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A Comparison Of Ancient Mediterranean Metal Structural Fittings, Evan Galen Sharp Jan 2011

A Comparison Of Ancient Mediterranean Metal Structural Fittings, Evan Galen Sharp

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The construction of shelter is one of the basic activities that allows humans to survive. It is, moreover, one of the principal means by which we identify the occupation of a place by peoples who came before us. In the world of the ancient Mediterranean, methods and techniques flowed among populations as readily as any other commodity, and their manifestations bear witness to cultural contact as much as any transported religious, commercial, or military object. Moreover, since the construction of shelter is an activity common to all, functional techniques were a universally sharable knowledge. A collection and comparison of the …