Liquid Footprints: Water, Urbanism, and Sustainability in Roman Ostia

by Mark Locicero

This study opens a dialogue between first and twenty-first century successes and failures in our urban relationship with water. This publication examines the archaeological evidence from three city blocks in Ostia, focusing on elements of the water systems identified by past excavations and within unpublished archival material. Inspired by the diversity of research approaches currently used to assess the sustainability of water in contemporary cities,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9087283237
• ISBN13: 9789087283230
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Leiden University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.2" x 10.7"