TY - BOOK AU - Greenhalgh,Michael TI - From the Romans to the railways: the fate of antiquities in Asia Minor T2 - Technology and change in history SN - 9789004252615 AV - DR431 .G74 2013 U1 - 363.6/909561 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Leiden PB - Brill KW - Turkey KW - Antiquities, Roman KW - Conservation and restoration KW - Antiquities, Greek KW - Antiquities N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction: “The Ruins of Departed Greatness” -- 1. The Country and Its Travellers -- 2. Decline and Recycling of Ancient Settlements -- 3. Decline of the Road, Port and Transport Systems -- 4. Waterworks: Aqueducts, Fountains and Baths -- 5. Houses in Wood; Churches and Mosques in Marble -- 6. The Locals: Attitudes to Antiquities -- 7. The Demands of Modernity: Filching the Building-Blocks of the Ancient World -- 8. Classical Inscriptions: Discovery, Reuse and Treasure-Hunting -- 9. We Only Hear about Lord Elgin: Collecting -- 10. Tourism Meets Modernity in Asia Minor -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - This multi-disciplinary account of the fate of ancient monuments and technologies in Asia Minor studies the processes and their results with the help of archaeology, history, construction engineering, and travel documentation. To clarify changes, their causes and repercussions, it compares infrastructure engineering (transportation, water management, utilitarian architecture) in antiquity with developments over the past 200 years, using the accounts of European travellers and then of excavations. It analyses patterns of and reasons for the deterioration of material life, documenting the perceptions and understanding of Roman antiquities and engineering by populations living amidst ancient Roman art and architecture, roads, and aqueducts. These are complemented by travellers' accounts of the myriad aspects of the plundering of archaeological sites and antiquities UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004252615 ER -