この本の初版に関しては、Shaw 1973を参照。
80ページ以上、増補されています。目次を以下に記します。
Joseph W. Shaw,
Minoan Architecture: Materials and Techniques.
Studi di Archeologia Cretese VII
(Padova: Centro di Archeologia Cretese, Università di Catania / Bottega d'Erasmo, Aldo Ausilio Editore, 2009.
First published in 1973, Roma: Istituto Poligraphico dello Stato, 1973, 256 p.)
337 p.
Contents
Introduction (p. 13)
Chapter 1. Stone (p. 17)
A) Building Stone (p. 17)
B) Quarrying and the Transportation of Stone (p. 28)
C) Tools for Building (p. 38)
D) Masonry (p. 54)
E) Special Uses of Cut Stone (p. 79)
Chapter 2. Wood and Timber (p. 91)
A) Types of Evidence for, and Chief Structural Uses of Wood in Architecture (p. 91)
B) Wooden Clamps and Dowels (p. 108)
Chapter 3. Sun-dried Mud Brick and Terracotta (p. 127)
A) Sun-dried Mud Brick (p. 127)
B) Terracotta (p. 135)
Chapter 4. Lime and Clay Plasters (p. 141)
A) Composition and Early Uses (p. 141)
B) Later Uses of Lime Plaster and its Preparation (p. 144)
C) Floors (p. 147)
D) Ceilings and Upper Floors (p. 152)
E) Roofs and Parapets (p. 153)
F) Calcestruzzo (p. 155)
Chapter 5. Conspectus and Beyond (p. 157)
A) Development and Change (p. 157)
B) The Builders (p. 166)
C) Diffusion: Minoan Architectural Styles Abroad (p. 169)
Appendixes (p. 179)
A) Metal Used in Building (p. 179)
B) Column Bases: Stone Types and Sites (p. 180)
C) Column Bases with Mortises (p. 181)
D) Dimensions of Mud Bricks (p. 183)
E) Terracotta Pipes, Channels, and Catch-Basins (p. 189)
F) Analyses of Plasters (p. 193)
Abbreviations (p. 195)
Bibliography (p. 199)
Guide to site plans (p. 227)
Illustration credits (p. 229)
List of Text Tables (p. 229)
List of Illustrations (p. 231)
Illustrations (p. 241)
Index (p. 313)
書評:Bryn Mawr Classical Review (by Quentin Letesson, in August 2010)
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2010/2010-08-48.html
図版(271 figs.)が多く収められているのは見どころのひとつですが、各図は小さく扱われており、この点がとても残念。
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