Future Currents in Aqueduct Studies

by A. Trevor Hodge

A secure supply of safe water is essential for the development of civilised life. The great aqueducts of the Roman period are lasting and visible symbols of ancient achievements in this area, while other, less spectacular but equally well adapted water storage and distribution systems served communities of different types. All of these systems are of interest to archaeologists and to historians of engineering and technology. This volume contains thirteen papers by leaders in the field of Roman hydraulics in response to the "What would be the approach most profitably to be pursued in future studies in Roman aqueducts?" The nucleus is the five revised papers of the colloquium chaired by A. T. Hodge in New York in 1987. Eight further papers were added at the editor's invitation, to make a volume varied in approach and in geographical spread, unified by the international distinction of the contributors. Trevor Hodge himself contributes a masterly, and entertaining, concluding essay on the whole question of the interdisciplinary nature of his field, its possibilities, problems and pleasures.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published December 15, 1991

About the author

A graduate of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, A. Trevor Hodge earned a B.A. from Cambridge University in 1951 and a Diploma in Classical Archaeology (1952), after which he spent a year at the British School of Archaeology in Athens, and two years at the British School at Rome. He earned an M.A. in 1955 and Ph.D. from Cambridge in 1956. He was an instructor in classics at Stanford (1957-8), and assistant professor at Cornell University (1958-9) and the University of Pennsylvania (1959-60) before taking a position in 1960 at Carleton College in Ottawa. There he rose to associate professor (1963-6) then professor (1966-97) and Distinguished Research Professor (1997-2012) of classics at Carleton College.