10:00 - 11:00am
Seminar

The Archaeology of Water-Power throughout the Roman Empire

Robert J. Spain
General introduction and historiography
10:00 - 11:00am
    Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Abstract

    The seminar focuses on the technical study of the power of ancient mills.

    Speaker(s)

    Robert J. Spain

    Events

    General introduction and historiography
    Jean-Pierre Brun

    Lecture
    10:00 - 11:00am

    Noria and water-lifting machines in antiquity (1)
    Andrew Wilson

    Seminar
    10:00 - 11:00am

    Noria and water-lifting machines in antiquity (2)
    Andrew Wilson

    Seminar
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    Archaeology of hydraulic power : grain mills
    Jean-Pierre Brun

    Lecture
    10:00 - 11:00am

    The Archaeology of Water-Power throughout the Roman Empire
    Robert J. Spain

    Seminar
    10:00 - 11:00am

    Millstones from ancient hydraulic mills in northeastern France
    Luc Jaccottey

    Seminar
    11:00am - 12:00pm

    The archaeology of hydraulic mills : industrial mills
    Jean-Pierre Brun

    Lecture
    10:00 - 11:00am

    The use of hydraulic power in the Roman gold mines of northwest Spain
    Claude Domergue et Jean-Louis Bordes

    Seminar
    10:00am - 12:00pm

    See also

    Lecture related to the seminar: The archaeology of energy in antiquity
    Jean-Pierre Brun, chair Techniques and Economies in the Ancient Mediterranean
    General introduction and historiography