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Ancient Architecture

Ancient Architecture is a subfield of architectural history that encompasses the design, construction, and spatial organization of built environments in antiquity, distinguished by its focus on monumental, civic, and domestic structures from early civilizations such as those of the Mediterranean, Near East, and South Asia prior to the late antique period.

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Vitruvius: ten books of architecture

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 505 citations

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Monumental architecture: A thermodynamic explanation of symbolic behaviour

Bruce G. Trigger · World Archaeology · 1990 · 489 citations

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The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient

Creighton Gilbert, H. Frankfort · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · 1956 · 479 citations

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Form and Meaning in the Earliest Cities: A New Approach to Ancient Urban Planning

Michael E. Smith · Journal of Planning History · 2007 · 378 citations

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The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

C. H. S. Spaull, Wm. Stevenson Smith · The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology · 1960 · 348 citations

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  1. JJ
    J. J. Coulton

    Museum of the History of Science, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 565 citations

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  2. JA
    Juan Antonio Belmonte

    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain

    8 publications · 205 citations

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  3. JE
    James E. Packer

    Northwestern University, United States

    7 publications · 415 citations

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  4. MS
    Mosalam Shaltout

    National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egypt

    6 publications · 173 citations

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  5. DU
    David Ussishkin

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    6 publications · 189 citations

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Institutions

741

  1. University of Naples Federico II

    Naples, Italy

    13 h-index

    45 publications

    2K citations

  2. National Research Council

    Rome, Italy

    11 h-index

    44 publications

    825 citations

  3. National Technical University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1K citations

  5. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki, Greece

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    658 citations

  6. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    10 h-index

    42 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    351 citations

  8. Politecnico di Milano

    Milan, Italy

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    498 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 98 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. American Journal of Archaeology

    130 publications · 4.5K citations

    38

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  3. Journal of Roman Archaeology

    JRA · 30 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. The Art Bulletin

    33 publications · 1.3K citations

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