Ancient Building Technology, Volume 1: Historical Background

G.R.H. Wright studied history, law and architecture. He taught at the University of Munich and spent a lifetime recording and restoring monuments throughout the Mediterranean, the Middle East, East Africa and Southern India. His many publications include equally works on the History of Architecture and on the History of Religion, as also technical accounts of restoration projects.

Preface
Introduction
I. Historical Survey
(A) Palaeontological background
(B) First Shelters - Later Palaeolithic
(C) Domestic Building in the Middle East - Neolithic, Chalcolithic
(D) Monumental Building - ca. 3000 BC - 500 AD.
1. Megalithic Construction
2. Mesopotamian Construction
3. Egyptian Construction
4. Levanto-Aegaean Construction
5. Classical Greek Construction
6. Roman Construction
7. Late Antique Construction - Western and Eastern
8. Resume
II. Materials of Construction
Their winning/manufacture, processing and utilisation with tools of trace
(A) Wood
(B) Earth/Clay
(C) Stone
(D) Lime/Gypsum
(E) Bitumen
(F) Glass
(G) Metal
III. Structural Systems
Framed, Load bearing, Trabeated, Arcuated
IV. Processes of Construction
(A) Statistical Analysis and Calculation
(B) Project Drawings and Specifications
(C) Site Preparation, Installation and Equipment
(D) Works Organisation
V. Forms of Construction
(A) Foundations
(B) Walls
(C) Point Supports
(D) Floors
(E) Doors
(F) Windows
(G) Steps
(H) Roofs
VI. Conclusions
(A) Formation of Building Technology: Evolution - Diffusion
(B) Development of Building Technology: Technical and Social Factors
(C) Change and Progress in Building Technology
(D) Building Technology, Culture and Civilisation
Index.