Table of Contents

Part I. The Historical Background: 1. Weber, Alcubierre and the first years of the excavations; 2. The earliest plans of the Vesuvian monuments; Part II. Excavations and Methodology: 3. The discovery of the Villa dei Papiri; 4. Pompeii and the Praedia Iuliae Felicis; 5. The 'Temples' at Herculaneum; Part III. Documentation: 6. Weber's application to the Accademia Ercolanese; 7. Dearth and discord; 8. The theatre at Herculaneum; Epilogue: Weber's place in the history of archaeology in the Vesuvian landscape; Appendices.

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A 1995 study of the archaeological methods of Karl Jakob Weber.

Reviews

' ... this book provides valuable material for those studying the archaeology of the Vesuvian sites and those concerned with the role of these sites in the creation of the eighteenth-century classical tradition in Europe.' Ray Laurence, The Classical Review