Ancient homes
Title
:
Ancient homes
Personal Author EPSB
:
Saranne. Taylor
Summary
:
"What kind of houses did they build in ancient times? Did they use the same materials as today? How can archaeologists tell so much about buried towns and buildings when they dig up the ruins? An architect's notebook helps answer these questions in Ancient Homes."--Page 4 of cover.
Year Published
:
2015
Series
:
Young architect
Physical Description
:
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Contents
:
Mud towers -- Inside an ancient site -- Architect's notebook : Town planning -- Architect's notes : grid -- Museums -- Choosing a site -- Architect's words : settlement -- What do we need? -- Architect's notebook : Ancient tools and technology -- Moving stones -- 9,000 years ago! -- Petra -- architect's notebook: Water engineering -- Flooded! the story of Atlantis -- Pompeii -- Archaeologist's words: excavation -- New or old technology? -- Architect's notes: underfloor heating -- Activity: design your own mosaic 30 glossary -- Learning more -- Index.
Subject
:
Domestic Architecture -- History.
Ancient Architecture.
Housing.
Civil engineering.
Civil engineering -- History.
Added Author
:
Chiacchiera, Moreno,
Todd, Michelle, 1978-
Summary
:
"What kind of houses did they build in ancient times? Did they use the same materials as today? How can archaeologists tell so much about buried towns and buildings when they dig up the ruins? An architect's notebook helps answer these questions in Ancient Homes."--Page 4 of cover.
ISBN
:
9780778714378
9780778714538
Publisher
:
St. Catharines, Ontario : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2015.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| George P. Nicholson | 728 TAY | Book | 31004000225115 | Non-Fiction |