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Lectures

Techniques and economies in the ancient mediterranean

Fridays at 10:00 a.m

First lecture: April 6
Last lecture: June 22

No lecture on May 18 and June 8

April 6
General introduction to the subject and historiography

May 25
The Archaeology of water-power: grain mills

June 15
The Archaeology of water-powered mills: industrial mills

Seminars

Linked to the topics covered in the lectures

Fridays at 11:00 a.m.

First seminar: April 6
Last seminar: June 22

No seminar on May 18 and June 8

May 11
Noria and water-lifting devices
Dr Andrew Wilson, Professor at the University of Oxford
June 1
The Archaeology of water-power throughout the Roman Empire
Dr Robert J. SPAIN, Historian of Ancient Technology
June 22
The use of water-power in the Roman gold mines of North-Western Spain
Claude Domergue, Professor emeritus, TRACES research laboratory, University of Toulouse

Abroad lectures

GREAT BRITAIN
University of Oxford
Professor Jean-Pierre BRUN (Holder of the Chair in Techniques and Economies in the Ancient Mediterranean) will give in Spring 2012, two lectures and two seminars on: Archeology of Water-Mills in Italy and Gaul during the Roman Empire.

ITALY
University of Naples Federico II
Professor Jean-Pierre BRUN (Holder of the Chair in Techniques and Economies in the Ancient Mediterranean) will give in April 2012, two lectures and two seminars on: L'archeologia dell'energia nell'antichità