Writ in water—Unwritten histories obtained from carbonate deposits in ancient water systems

G Sürmelihindi, C Passchier - Geoarchaeology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Calcium carbonate deposits from ancient water systems such as aqueducts are a hidden
archive for archaeology and environmental sciences. These deposits formed wherever …

Travertine-based estimates of the amount of water supplied by ancient Rome's Anio Novus aqueduct

D Keenan-Jones, D Motta, MH Garcia… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Although popular with modern scholars, ancient flow rate measurements in Rome's
aqueducts are unreliable since they only recorded flow section, not velocity. Use of …

Hydraulic evaluation of the design and operation of ancient Rome's Anio Novus aqueduct

D Motta, D Keenan‐Jones, MH Garcia… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper evaluates conveyance and flow characteristics for the Anio Novus, the aqueduct
bringing water from the greatest distance to ancient Rome. Travertine accumulations …

Travertine crystal growth ripples record the hydraulic history of ancient Rome's Anio Novus aqueduct

D Keenan-Jones, D Motta, MH Garcia, M Sivaguru… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Travertine crystal growth ripples are used to reconstruct the early hydraulic history of the
Anio Novus aqueduct of ancient Rome. These crystalline morphologies deposited within the …

Depositional and diagenetic history of travertine deposited within the Anio Novus aqueduct of ancient Rome

M Sivaguru, KW Fouke, D Keenan-Jones, D Motta… - 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Travertine deposits preserved within ancient aqueduct channels record information about
the hydrology, temperature, and chemistry of the flowing water from which they precipitated …

New and multidisciplinary methods investigating Roman water management: aqueducts and castella in Rome and Pompeii-G. Wiplinger, ed. 2020. De aquaeductu …

D Keenan-Jones - Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2023 - cambridge.org
This volume presents the proceedings of the most important conference in studies of ancient
Mediterranean water systems (given that the Cura Aquarum conference seems in …