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Small finds and ancient social practices in the north-west provinces of the Roman Empire
Title
Small finds and ancient social practices in the north-west provinces of the Roman Empire / edited by Stefanie Hoss & Alissa Whitmore.
ISBN
9781785702563
1785702564
9781785702570
Publication
Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2016.
Physical Description
173 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
Summary
"Small finds--the stuff of everyday life--offer archaeologists a fascinating glimpse into the material lives of the ancient Romans. These objects hold great promise for unravelling the ins and outs of daily life, especially for the social groups, activities, and regions for which few written sources exist. Focusing on amulets, brooches, socks, hobnails, figurines, needles, and other 'mundane' artefacts, these 12 papers use small finds to reconstruct social lives and practices in the Roman Northwest provinces. Taking social life broadly, the various contributions offer insights into the everyday use of objects to express social identities, Roman religious practices in the provinces, and life in military communities. By integrating small finds from the Northwest provinces with material, iconographic, and textual evidence from the whole Roman empire, contributors seek to demystify Roman magic and Mithraic religion, discover the latest trends in ancient fashion (socks with sandals!), explore Roman interactions with Neolithic monuments, and explain unusual finds in unexpected places. Throughout, the authors strive to maintain a critical awareness of archaeological contexts and site formation processes to offer interpretations of past peoples and behaviours that most likely reflect the lived reality of the Romans. While the range of topics in this volume gives it wide appeal, scholars working with small finds, religion, dress, and life in the Northwest provinces will find it especially of interest. Small Finds and Ancient Social Practices grew out of a session at the 2014 Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference"--From publisher's website.
Variant and related titles
Small finds & ancient social practices in the northwest provinces of the Roman Empire
Other formats
Online version: Small finds and ancient social practices in the north-west provinces of the Roman Empire Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2016
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 23, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction: Small finds and ancient social practices / Stefanie Hoss and Alissa Whitmore
Part 1. Small finds, the body and identity
Iron footed : hobnail patterns under Roman shoes and their functional meaning / Boris Burandt
Wearing socks in sandals : the height of Roman fashion? / Barbara Köstner
Laying it on thick : makeup in the Roman Empire / Gisela Michel
Of brooches and men / Stefanie Hoss
Part 2. Religion and ritual in the Roman north-west provinces
Ordinary objects transformed : the compound natures of material culture / Mara Vejby
A Mars with breasts from Weissenburg in Bavaria / Nicole Birkle
Metropolitan styling : metal figurines from London and Colchester / Emma Durham
Staring at death : the jet Gorgoneia of Roman Britain / Adam Parker
Part 3. Artefacts, behaviours and spaces
Dining with mithras : functional aspects of pottery ensembles from Roman Mithraea / Ines Klenner
Cloth working in the baths? Site formation processes, needles and spindle whorls in Roman bathhouse contexts / Alissa M. Whitmore
The complexity of intramural and extramural relationships on the northern frontier of Roman Britain : a Vindolanda case study / Andrew R. Birley.
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Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (24th : 2014 : Reading, England)
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