Problem of Pompeii
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- Created on: 09-03-14 10:51
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- Problems of Pompeii
- Problem 1: The Speed of Destruction
- Mt V. erupted around midday on day 1
- Pompeii not engulfed until around 6.30am on day 2
- Gave people at least 18hrs to evacuate the city
- Can assume people took their most valuable possessions
- Items left what people chose to leave behind
- Evidence: Many of the bodies at Pompeii had money and/or jewelery with them
- Items left what people chose to leave behind
- Can assume people took their most valuable possessions
- Gave people at least 18hrs to evacuate the city
- Pompeii not engulfed until around 6.30am on day 2
- Mt V. erupted around midday on day 1
- Problem 2: Eruptions do a lot of damage
- Eruption itself caused a lot of random damage to the city
- Can only see what remained after a major natural disaster, considerable impact on the preservation of Pompeii
- Evidence: Hardly any buildings where they were upper storey remains intact
- Can only see what remained after a major natural disaster, considerable impact on the preservation of Pompeii
- Eruption itself caused a lot of random damage to the city
- Problem 3: Organic Materials destroyed or discarded
- At Pompeii, wooden furniture, food, curtains, clothes and so on, usually survived only as carbonized scraps
- Early excavators overlooked or failed to preserve organic materials after excavation
- At Pompeii, wooden furniture, food, curtains, clothes and so on, usually survived only as carbonized scraps
- Problem 4: Post Eruption Looting
- Considerable evidence for widespread looting at Pompeii
- Artefacts and building materials have been salvaged
- Treasure hunting took place in ancient times, still happening now though
- Evidence: 'House tunneled through' , An inscription from the wall of The House Of Menander in Pompeii
- Treasure hunting took place in ancient times, still happening now though
- Artefacts and building materials have been salvaged
- Considerable evidence for widespread looting at Pompeii
- Problem 5: The Earthquake of 62AD
- Pompeii was damaged by a severe earthquake in 62AD
- Life in Pompeii was severely damaged
- Important buildings were being restored at the time of the eruption, some were still heavily damaged
- Evidence: 'We have heard, my dear Lucilius, that Pompeii, a busy town in Campania, has subsided under a earthquake.' Seneca
- Important buildings were being restored at the time of the eruption, some were still heavily damaged
- Life in Pompeii was severely damaged
- Pompeii was damaged by a severe earthquake in 62AD
- Problem 6: Poor Excavation Techniques
- Early excavations at Pompeii were often poor quality and badly recorded
- Objects were often seen as unimportant and thrown away
- Early excavations at Pompeii were often poor quality and badly recorded
- Problem 1: The Speed of Destruction
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