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Notes on video lecture:
The 79 AD Ruins of Herculaneum
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on July 3, 2017 (go to class or lectures)
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domestic architecture in Campania
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Herculaneum
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the sister city of             
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covered and presevered by volcanic eruption in August      AD
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also near Boscoreale
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famous for the frescoes of its aristocratic villas
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while most of the city of Pompei has been excavated, only about     % of the city of Hercumaneum has been excavated
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mostly missing the public architecture
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no                       
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no music hall complex
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no large forum space
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several houses that provide us an idea what was going on between the                     , 62-79
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was a                    town than Pompeii
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extraordinary density of fine houses
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more lavish use of coloured marble                 
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less excavated
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the modern city grew up on top of the                city
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politically difficult to move people so that they can excavate
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history similar to Pompeii
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overseen by the                 
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begin to see the same kind of architectural development in Pompeii
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got involved in social wars
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89 BC conquered by         
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becomes a Roman colony
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Romans begin to build buildings in the Roman manner
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also witnesses an earthquake
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went through a frenzied 17 year period of rebuilding
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but there is a difference in how the          fell and flowed down the volcano
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there was quite a bit of notice
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time for people to escape
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lava                          sealed the city
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materials that were lost at Pompeii were preserved at Herculaneum
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wooden bed
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wooden partition
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wooden frames around windows and           
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wooden beams
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wooden                railings
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people
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because there was so much notice, most people fled
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fled toward the water
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Herculaneum was near the sea
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many boats
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but some were trapped
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1980s found some                   
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huddled together
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found near the        wall
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the difference in lava
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not only preserved wood but also bone
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ring lady
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two            on fingers
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green and red stones
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the ring lady
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golden snake                   
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head of woman
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tuft of          is preserved
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was blond
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seven months                 
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one child
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found in         
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