10:00 to 12:00
Seminar

The use of hydraulic power in the Roman gold mines of northwest Spain

Claude Domergue et Jean-Louis Bordes
General introduction and historiography
10:00 to 12:00
    Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Abstract

    The use of hydraulic power in gold and tin mining, to move huge masses of barren land and to break down mountains, is discussed. The techniques employed and their historical development are also presented.

    Speaker(s)

    Claude Domergue

    Jean-Louis Bordes

    Events

    General introduction and historiography
    Jean-Pierre Brun

    Lecture
    10:00 to 11:00

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

    Seminar
    10:00 to 11:00

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

    Seminar
    11:00 to 12:00

    Archaeology of hydraulic power : grain mills
    Jean-Pierre Brun

    Lecture
    10:00 to 11:00

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

    Seminar
    10:00 to 11:00

    Millstones from ancient hydraulic mills in northeastern France
    Luc Jaccottey

    Seminar
    11:00 to 12:00

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

    Lecture
    10:00 to 11:00

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

    Seminar
    10:00 to 12:00

    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