The Natural History of PompeiiWilhelmina Mary Feemster Jashemski, Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski, Frederick G. Meyer Cambridge University Press, 19.09.2002 - 502 Seiten The sudden destruction of Pompeii, Herculaneum and the surrounding Campanian countryside following the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 preserved the remarkable evidence that has made possible this reconstruction of the natural history of the local environment. Following the prototype of Pliny the Elder's Natural History, various aspects of the natural history of Pompeii are discussed and analyzed by a team of eminent scientists, many of whom have collaborated with Jashemski during her years of excavation of several gardens in the Vesuvian area. This volume brings together the work of geologists, soil specialists, paleobotanists, botanists, palaeontologists, biologists, chemists, dendrochronologists, ichthyologists, zoologists, ornithologists, mammalogists, herpetologists, entymologists, and archaeologists, affording a thorough picture of the landscape, flora, and fauna of the ancient sites. The detailed and rigorously scientific catalogues, which are copiously illustrated, provide a checklist of the flora and fauna upon which future generations of scholars can continue to build. |
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Paleosols of the Pompeii Area | 77 |
Dendrochronological Investigations | 235 |
Evidence from Specimens Mosaics | 274 |
Pollen Analysis of Soil Samples from | 315 |
Evidence from Wall Paintings | 357 |
Examination of Human Skeletal Remains | 451 |
In Conclusion | 476 |
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A.D. 79 eruption animals Apicius atrium AUTHORS Pliny Avellino bird bones Boscoreale Campania Capaldo carbonized hay century B.c. Ciarallo color Columella Columella RR depicted deposit diatoms Dioscorides English Eumachia Europe excavations Faun FIGURE fish flowers fountain fragments freshwater fruit garden painting gastropods Gold Bracelet Greek hay at Oplontis Herculaneum identified Italian Italy Jashemski 1979 Lake Avernus lapilli lararium layer Maiuri marine MATERIAL EXAMINED Matteucig Mediterranean Meyboom mosaic Mount Vesuvius Naples Museum NM inv occurs Oplontis paleosols Palombi percent peristyle Photo plants Pliny HN pollen Polybius Pompeian Pompeii preserved probably pumice pyroclastic flow REFERENCES IN ANCIENT REMARKS Roman Rome samples Schefold SCULPTURE sediments shells shows Sigurdsson snake soil species SPECIMENS surge tablinum Tammisto Terzigno Theophrastus tion Toynbee Trans tree triclinium Vesuvian area Vesuvian sites Vesuvius Villa of Poppaea villa rustica volcanic WALL PAINTINGS wild wood zone
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Seite 61 - Pomponianus and the rest of the household who had sat up all night. They debated whether to stay indoors or take their chance in the open, for the buildings were now shaking with violent shocks, and seemed to be swaying to and fro as if they were torn from their foundations.
Seite 39 - In places it looked white, elsewhere blotched and dirty, according to the amount of soil and ashes it carried with it. My uncle's scholarly acumen saw at once that it was important enough for a closer inspection, and he ordered a boat to be made ready, telling me I could come with him if I wished. I replied that...
Seite 39 - Tascius whose house was at the foot of the mountain, so that escape was impossible except by boat. She was terrified by the danger threatening her and implored him to rescue her from her fate. He changed his plans, and what he had begun in a spirit of inquiry he completed as a hero.
Seite 40 - We had scarcely sat down to rest when darkness fell, not the dark of a moonless or cloudy night, but as if the lamp had been put out in a closed room.
Seite 38 - Vesuvius) ; its general appearance can best be expressed as being like an umbrella pine, for it rose to a great height on a sort of trunk and then split off into branches...
Seite 38 - August, in the early afternoon, my mother drew his attention to a cloud of unusual size and appearance. He had been out in the sun, had taken a cold bath, and lunched while lying down, and was then working at his books. He called for his shoes and climbed up to a place which would give him the best view of the phenomenon. It was not clear at that distance from which mountain the cloud was rising...
Seite 40 - ... for evermore. There were people, too, who added to the real perils by inventing fictitious dangers: some reported that part of Misenum had collapsed or another part was on fire, and though their tales were false they found others to believe them. A gleam of light returned, but we took this to be a warning of the approaching flames rather than daylight. However, the flames remained some distance off; then darkness came on once more and ashes began to fall again, this time in heavy showers. We...
Seite 34 - MSS. have orbis. 128 complain about. Naples also lost many private dwellings but no public buildings and was only mildly grazed by the great disaster; but some villas collapsed, others here and there shook without damage. To these calamities others were added : they say that a flock of hundreds of sheep was killed, statues were cracked, and some people were deranged and afterwards wandered about unable to help themselves. The thread of my proposed work, and the concurrence of the disaster at this...
Seite 32 - ... closely watched; everywhere else there were smooth and precipitous cliffs. But the top of the hill was covered with a wild vine of abundant growth, from which the besieged cut off the serviceable branches, and wove these into strong ladders of such strength and length that when they were fastened at the top they reached along the face of the cliff to the plain below. On these they descended safely, all but one man, who remained above to attend to the arms. When the rest had got down, he began...
Seite 39 - ... rather loud and heavy and could be heard by people coming and going outside his door. By this time the courtyard giving access to his room was full of ashes mixed with pumice-stones, so that its level had risen, and if he had stayed in the room any longer he would never have got out. He was wakened, o came out and joined Pomponianus and the rest of the household who had sat up all night.