Writing Demetrias: Ascetic Logic in Ancient Christianity

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Buccellati, F. 2015. “What Might a Field Archaeologist Want from an Architectural 3D Model?” In How Do We Want the Past to Be? On Methods and Instruments of Visualizing Ancient Reality, edited by M.G. Micale and D. Nadali, 157–69. Piscataway: Gorgias.

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Buccellati, F., and E. Kansa. 2016. “The Value of Energetic Analysis in Architecture as an Example for Data Sharing.” Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 3: 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2016.07.001.

Buccellati, F., N. Dell’Unto, and M. Forte. 2005. “The Tell Mozan/Urkesh Archaeological Project: An Integrated Approach of Spatial Technologies.” In The Reconstruction of Archaeological Landscapes through Digital Technologies: Proceedings of the 2nd Italy-United States Workshop, Rome, Italy, November 3-5, 2003, Berkeley, USA, May 2005, edite…[Read more]

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Buccellati, F. 2014. “Diachronic Developments at the Central Monumental Complex of Ancient Urkesh (Tell Mozan).” In Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: 10 April-4 May, 2012 University of Warsaw, 1:313–22. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz.

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Buccellati, F. 2019. “Monumentality: Research Approaches and Methodology.” In Size Matters – Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations, edited by F. Buccellati, S. Hageneuer, S. van der Heyden, and F. Levenson, 41–63. Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389.

Buccellati, F., S. Hageneuer, S. van der Heyden, and F. Levenson. 2019. “Introduction.” In Size Matters – Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations, edited by F. Buccellati, S. Hageneuer, S. van der Heyden, and F. Levenson, 11–14. Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389.

Buccellati, F. 1998. “3-D Rendering and Animation at Tell Mozan/Urkesh.” In Urkesh and the Hurrians: Studies in Honor of Lloyd Cotsen, edited by G. Buccellati, 53–64. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 26. Malibu: Undena.

Buccellati, F., S. Hageneuer, S. van der Heyden, and F. Levenson, eds. 2019. Size Matters – Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations. Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389.

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