BABESCH - Annual Papers on Mediterranean Archaeology - vormals Bulletin Antieke Beschaving - ist das Publikationsorgan der niederländischen BABESCH-Foundation, das vom belgischen Peeters Verlag, Leuven verlegt wird. Etliche BABESCH-Supplement-Bände umfassen auch das archäologische Themenspektrum der Frontinus-Gesellschaft.
Seit 1994/96 erscheinen Publikationen von archäologischen Tagungen, bei denen die Frontinus-Gesellschaft beteiligt oder der Veranstalter war, als BABESCH-Supplement-Bände. Darüber hinaus erscheinen in der Reihe der Babesch-Supplement-Bände auch zentrale Buchveröffentlichungen der Frontinus-Gesellschaft. Diese Publikationen sind für die Mitglieder neben dem Peeters Verlag auch bei der Frontinus-Geschäftstelle zu Sonderonditionen erhältlich.
In dieser Rubrik finden Sie auch weitere BABESCH-Supplement-Publikationen zur antiken Wasserkultur, die über den Buchhandel oder vom Peeters Verlag bezogen werden können.
Sicily, with its abundant presence of historical waterworks, served as background for the 10th international conference on the history of water management and hydraulic engineering in the Mediterranean region in May 1998. The conference addressed five themes as a basis for discussion and as a stimulus for new debate and for finding new directions for research.
The first topic dealt with the conditions imposed by nature, their influence upon human behaviour and, consequently, the development of water management. The tangible results of human responses to these parameters set by nature were the subject of the second and third theme respectively, that is to say, on the building of aquaducts and the water management of Roman baths. Themes four and five went beyond a mere examination of the archaeological realia: they dealt with the questions whether there was a water shortage or a water surplus in Roman cities and whether the Romans had a hygienic lifestyle. These issues were tabled in order to improve our understanding of the context of ancient water management.
These proceedings contain the papers given at the conference, many of them presenting cases from Sicily. There are contributions by archaeologists, historians, geologists, hydraulic engineers and urban historians, all specialists in the field of historical water research. The volume is richly illustrated.
2000
ISBN: 978-90-429-0915-1
Babesch Supplement 6
Pages: X-312,
soft cover 27,5 x 21 cm,
Peeters-Publishers Leuven
Price: 65 € (Order from Peeters-Publishers )