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Review of: Patricia Erfurt, The Geoheritage of Hot Springs, Springer Ed., April 2021, 2021
Diving into (the research on) healing spas again, I discovered the new book "The Geoheritage of H... more Diving into (the research on) healing spas again, I discovered the new book "The Geoheritage of Hot Springs" by Patricia Erfurt, published in April 2021.
Papers by Jens Koehler
Rethinking the Concept of ‘Healing Settlements’: Water, Cults, Constructions and Contexts in the Ancient World, Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 52, 2019
Cover image: Viterbo, Terme Carletti. A free thermo-mineral spring (courtesy of Matteo Annibalett... more Cover image: Viterbo, Terme Carletti. A free thermo-mineral spring (courtesy of Matteo Annibaletto) All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owners.
Geologia e Ambiente,, 2017
The paper will present first results of a research project started in 2014/2015. Beyond a discuss... more The paper will present first results of a research project started in 2014/2015. Beyond a discussion of general questions about the Aqua Alexandrina, special focus will be on recent surveys in the Pantano region East of Rome, where the source can be located and where impressing ruins are still waiting for documentation. The identification of the visible remains with the Aqua Alexandriana, Rome's last ancient aqueduct inaugurated in AD 226, has to be re-evaluated through a critical analysis of the ancient and medieval text sources and a review of Raffaello Fabretti's and E. B Van Deman's and Th. Ashby's publications. One major problem in this concern is the lack of evidence for the urban track of the aqueduct, as for its final destination (to the Thermae of Alexander Severus?). A more detailed documentation of various parts of the aqueduct has to be done both in the urban area and in the countryside. Pieces running above ground, more than once on high arches – only the double-arched bridge crossing Viale Palmiro Togliatti is relatively well known – alternate with those conducted underground. The great diversity of building materials and techniques employed in the aqueduct show the many phases of its life: probably from the early 3rd to the 9th century AD. Of particular interest is the construction of a second specus on top of the first, not far from the source area. A closer look on calcareous sinter deposits in the channel and their massive formation below many leaks may contribute to a better understanding of function and abandonment of the Aqua Alexandrina.
The "Great Trapezium" in the south of Villa Hadriana is a large gallery which is entirely built i... more The "Great Trapezium" in the south of Villa Hadriana is a large gallery which is entirely built into the tufa, excluding a section in the north-east with a vault made of caementicium.
Review of: Patricia Erfurt, The Geoheritage of Hot Springs, Springer Ed., April 2021, 2021
Diving into (the research on) healing spas again, I discovered the new book "The Geoheritage of H... more Diving into (the research on) healing spas again, I discovered the new book "The Geoheritage of Hot Springs" by Patricia Erfurt, published in April 2021.
Rethinking the Concept of ‘Healing Settlements’: Water, Cults, Constructions and Contexts in the Ancient World, Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 52, 2019
Cover image: Viterbo, Terme Carletti. A free thermo-mineral spring (courtesy of Matteo Annibalett... more Cover image: Viterbo, Terme Carletti. A free thermo-mineral spring (courtesy of Matteo Annibaletto) All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owners.
Geologia e Ambiente,, 2017
The paper will present first results of a research project started in 2014/2015. Beyond a discuss... more The paper will present first results of a research project started in 2014/2015. Beyond a discussion of general questions about the Aqua Alexandrina, special focus will be on recent surveys in the Pantano region East of Rome, where the source can be located and where impressing ruins are still waiting for documentation. The identification of the visible remains with the Aqua Alexandriana, Rome's last ancient aqueduct inaugurated in AD 226, has to be re-evaluated through a critical analysis of the ancient and medieval text sources and a review of Raffaello Fabretti's and E. B Van Deman's and Th. Ashby's publications. One major problem in this concern is the lack of evidence for the urban track of the aqueduct, as for its final destination (to the Thermae of Alexander Severus?). A more detailed documentation of various parts of the aqueduct has to be done both in the urban area and in the countryside. Pieces running above ground, more than once on high arches – only the double-arched bridge crossing Viale Palmiro Togliatti is relatively well known – alternate with those conducted underground. The great diversity of building materials and techniques employed in the aqueduct show the many phases of its life: probably from the early 3rd to the 9th century AD. Of particular interest is the construction of a second specus on top of the first, not far from the source area. A closer look on calcareous sinter deposits in the channel and their massive formation below many leaks may contribute to a better understanding of function and abandonment of the Aqua Alexandrina.
The "Great Trapezium" in the south of Villa Hadriana is a large gallery which is entirely built i... more The "Great Trapezium" in the south of Villa Hadriana is a large gallery which is entirely built into the tufa, excluding a section in the north-east with a vault made of caementicium.
herausgegeben von Manfred Landfester Rezeptions-und Wissenschaftsgeschichte Band 14 Fr-Ky 4 s\ Ve... more herausgegeben von Manfred Landfester Rezeptions-und Wissenschaftsgeschichte Band 14 Fr-Ky 4 s\ Verlag J.B.Metzler Stuttgart • Weimar 709 710 ITALIEN Oreslee von Luca Ronconi (1972) und der Societas Raffaello Sanzio (1995) zu erwahnen. In It. ist Pier Paolo Pasolini (i 922-1975) der Kiinsder gewesen, der am meisten den Dialog mit der Ant. gesucht hat: zunachst als Ubersetzer der Orestic, die er als Konflikt zwischen der magisch-sakralen, archa. und der rationalistisch-pragmatischen, mod. Zivilisation interpretiert hat, spater als Filmregisseur. Pasolinis Orc5fic-Interpretation wird sich in Orcstea di Gibellina (1983-1985) von Emilio Isgrò wiederholen, einem Protagonisten der visuellen Dichtung. Das Bild der Aut., das in Pasohnis mythischen, wenig lit. und sehr bildhaften Filmen entsteht (Edipo re, 1967; Medea, 1969; Appunti per un'Orestiade africana, «Anmerkungen zu einer afrikan. Orestie«, 1970), ist antiklassizistisch und barbarisch, einer in denselben Jahren von Elsa Morante entwickelte Poetik zufolge, die in einer Pasolini vergleichbaren Weise eine Bearbeitung des sophokleischen Oidipus auf Kokmos {La serata a Colono, »Der Abend auf Kolonos«, 19(18) verfaBt hat. Griechenland wird zur Metapher einer landlichen Zivilisation, zum Smnbild einer jahrtausendealten Lebehsweise, die durch die wilde Modemisierung des Neukapitalismus zertriimmert wurde, wahrend doch eine ausgeglichenere Entwicklung nach einer harmonischen AssimiHerung batte streben miissen. Pasolinis Theaterstiicke, die im Unterschied zu seinen Filmen deutlich ideologisch und didaktisch ausgerichtet sind, richten sich in ihrer Struktur nach der griech. Trag. und ùbemehmen von ihr verschiedene Themen, die er direkt in den zeitgenòssischen Kontext einbezieht {Affabuìazione, eine Neubearbeitung des Odipus-Mythos aus der Sicht von Odipus' Vater Laios, 1966; Pilade, eine fiktive Fortsetzung der Orestie ini zeitgenòssischen It.; 1967) . In den letzten Jahren seines Lebens beschaftigt sich Pasohni wieder mit dem Roman: In Petronio (die unvollstandigen Fragmente sind erst 1992 veròffentlicht worden), den er selbst als ein mod. Satyricon bezeichnete, iibemimmt er aus Petron die flieBende Form, die polyphone Mischung der Stil-und Sprachebenen und die Form des Prosimetrum. Er batte zudeni die Absicht, von Apollonios Rhodios inspirierte Argonautiche auf Neugriech. in das Werk einzufùgen; die Argonautenfahrt nach Osten solite den KoloniaUsmus und die Ausbeutung der Dritten Welt durch den Westen symbolisieren. Petrons Roman hat in It. eine vieltìiltige Rezeption erfahren, wenn man an die Ubers. und Bearbeitung durch einen Protagonisten der Neoavantgarde des Gmppo '63, Edoardo Sanguineti {lì gioco del Satyricon, 1968) oder den durch C. G.Jung beeinfluBten Film von Federico FeUini (1969) denkt. Petron hat auf eine allgemeinere Weise die Rolle eines Vorbilds fiir eine freie, spielerische, »nienippeische« Erzahlkunst gespielt, wie etwa in Alberto Arbasinos umfangreichen Werken {Fratelli d'Italia, 1963; Super-Eliogabalo, 1969). Die mod. Neufassungen des Odysseus-Mythos, der mit der archetypischen Vorstellung von -> Reise verbunden ist, verweisen hingegen auf die Riickkehr zu einer traditio-nelleren Erzahltechnik: In L'olivo e l'olivastro (»Der kultivierte und der wilde Òlbauni», 1994) von Vincenzo Consolo bildet Odysseus' Heimkehr das Modell fùr die Erzahlung einer Reise in das zeitgenòssische Sizihen. In
A documentary with interviews, produced by Barry University media students in July 2016 at John C... more A documentary with interviews, produced by Barry University media students in July 2016 at John Cabot University, Rome. From the ancient Roman aqueducts to problems with the water supply in modern times.
The video was produced for ORF and ARTE television. After an introduction to modern issues of wa... more The video was produced for ORF and ARTE television. After an introduction to modern issues of water therapy, a tour through the ancient spa installations at Baia leads to a discussion of various aspects of water and health in ancient Rome. (see: http://www.janson.com/rights/2009/06/25/the-secret-world-of-wellness-ancient-rome/)