Definition: Swiss engineer and architect Karl Weber produced remarkably detailed drawings of the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneam during the late 18th century. Weber was working with Cavaliere Rocco de Alcubierre, who despised him, and together they were part of the excavation team funded by the royal Bourbon family of France. Alcubierre's techniques were typical of the mid-18th century, in other words, maddeningly smash and grab, and it is only through Weber's extensive notes and drawings that we gain a fairly good understanding of what the Bourbons found during this period.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
