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CONTENTS JOSEPH W. SHAW – MINOAN ARCHITECTURE: MATERIALS Introduction Abbreviations Credits Chapter I – Stone A) Building Stone Limestone Gypsum Sandstone Schist Conglomerate Other Stones B) Quarryng and the Transportation of Stone Sandstone and Limestone Quarries Gypsum Quarries Transportation C) Tools for Building Double-axes Adzes Axes-adzes Picks and Double-adzes Hammers Saws Stone-cutting with Saws Drills Chisels D) Masonry Foundation Rubble Walls Ashlar Walls Orthostates Coursed Ashlar Masonry Techniques of Building Examples of Coursed Ashlar Walls Plaster on Ashlar Façades Mason's Marks E) Special Uses of Cut Stone Column Bases Stone Drainage Channels Chapter II – Wood A) Types and Evidence B) Chief Uses of Wood in Architecture C) Wooden Clamps and Dowels Wooden Clamps Round Dowels Square Dowls Chapter III – Sun-dried Mud Brick and Terracotta A) Sun-dried Mud Brick Composition and Technique Evidence on Sites Sizes B) Terracotta Pipes Channels and Catch-Basins Flooring Tiles Chapter IV – Lime and Clay Plaster Composition and Early Uses Later Uses and the Preparation of Lime Plaster Tarazza Ceiling and Roofs Calcestruzzo Appendixes A) Metal used in Building B) "White Earth" or Asprochroma C) Analyses of Plasters D) Column Bases: Stone Types and Sites E) Column Bases with Mortises F) Stone "Ceremonial" Hammers G) Six mortised Blocks from Knossos H) New Window Sills I) Dimensions of Mud Bricks J) Terracotta Pipes, Channels, and Catch-Basins Atti della Scuola List of Illustrations General Index
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