Geotechnical talks

In late 1600 BC and 1100 BC Geotechnical engineering was known with different names. Various archeological findings and literature resources of ancient Greece civilization of Mycenaeans time had established that geotechnical engineering had flourished during that time. Various archeological remains justify there construction practices of the monuments. The literatures of Mycenaeans civilization in the form of plates and various other written texts in the form of poems had provided large amount of geotechnical practices applied there.

According to the findings Various Geotechnical projects which was undertaken during there time are as following.

i) Fortifications

ii) Underground shafts (graves)

iii) Retaining walls

IV) Roads/Pavements

v) Bridges

vi) Hydraulic works

vii) Dams/Embankments

viii) Tunnels

ix) Harbors

x) Quarries/Mines

xi) Residential construction