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Roman Artefacts and Society

Author : Ellen Swift
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198785267
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Roman Artefacts and Society written by Ellen Swift and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Ellen Swift uses design theory, previously neglected in Roman archaeology, to investigate Roman artifacts in a new way, making a significant contribution to both Roman social history and our understanding of the relationships that exist between artefacts and people. Based on extensive data collection and the close study of artefacts from museum collections and archives, the book examines the relationship between artefacts, everyday behavior, and experience. The concept of "affordances"--features of an artefact that make possible, and incline users towards, particular uses for functional artifacts--is an important one for the approach taken. This concept is carefully evaluated by considering affordances in relation to other sources of evidence, such as use--wear, archaeological context, the end--products resulting from artifact use, and experimental reconstruction. Artifact types explored in the case studies include locks and keys, pens, shears, glass vessels, dice, boxes, and finger-rings, using material mainly drawn from the north-western Roman provinces, with some material also from Roman Egypt. The book then considers how we can use artefacts to understand particular aspects of Roman behavior and experience, including discrepant experiences according to factors such as age, social position, and left- or right-handedness, which are fostered through artifact design. The relationship between production and users of artifacts is also explored, investigating what particular production methods make possible in terms of user experience, and also examining production constraints that have unintended consequences for users. The book examines topics such as the perceived agency of objects, differences in social practice across the provinces, cultural change and development in daily practice, and the persistence of tradition and social convention. It shows that design intentions, everyday habits of use, and the constraints of production processes each contribute to the reproduction and transformation of material culture.

Roman Artefacts and Society

Author : Ellen Swift
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191087998
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Roman Artefacts and Society written by Ellen Swift and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Ellen Swift uses design theory, previously neglected in Roman archaeology, to investigate Roman artefacts in a new way, making a significant contribution to both Roman social history, and our understanding of the relationships that exist between artefacts and people. Based on extensive data collection and the close study of artefacts from museum collections and archives, the book examines the relationship between artefacts, everyday behaviour, and experience. The concept of 'affordances'-features of an artefact that make possible, and incline users towards, particular uses for functional artefacts-is an important one for the approach taken. This concept is carefully evaluated by considering affordances in relation to other sources of evidence, such as use-wear, archaeological context, the end-products resulting from artefact use, and experimental reconstruction. Artefact types explored in the case studies include locks and keys, pens, shears, glass vessels, dice, boxes, and finger-rings, using material mainly drawn from the north-western Roman provinces, with some material also from Roman Egypt. The book then considers how we can use artefacts to understand particular aspects of Roman behaviour and experience, including discrepant experiences according to factors such as age, social position, and left- or right-handedness, which are fostered through artefact design. The relationship between production and users of artefacts is also explored, investigating what particular production methods make possible in terms of user experience, and also examining production constraints that have unintended consequences for users. The book examines topics such as the perceived agency of objects, differences in social practice across the provinces, cultural change and development in daily practice, and the persistence of tradition and social convention. It shows that design intentions, everyday habits of use, and the constraints of production processes each contribute to the reproduction and transformation of material culture.

Artifacts from Ancient Rome

Author : James B. Tschen-Emmons
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Artifacts from Ancient Rome written by James B. Tschen-Emmons and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Roman objects and artifacts are properly analyzed, they serve as valuable primary sources for learning about ancient history. This book provides the guidance and relevant historical context students need to see relics as evidence of long-past events and society. Artifacts from Ancient Rome is a unique social history that explores major aspects of daily life in a long-ago era via images of physical objects and historical information about these items. This book also affords "hands-on training" on how to approach primary sources. The author—a historian also trained as an archaeologist—begins by explaining the concept of using artifacts to understand and "see" the past and providing a primer for effectively analyzing artifacts. Entries on the artifacts follow, with each containing an introduction, a description of the artifact, an explanation of its significance, and a list of further sources of information. Readers of the book will not only gain a composite impression of daily life in ancient Rome through the study of artifacts from domestic life, religion, war, transportation, entertainment, and more, but will also learn how to best understand and analyze primary sources for learning.

Cave Canem

Author : Iain Ferris
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445652943
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Cave Canem written by Iain Ferris and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated, this book examines both written and archaeological sources, particularly visual evidence in the form of sculptures, coins, mosaics, wall paintings and decorated everyday items in order to shed light on animals in Roman culture.

Materialising Roman Histories

Author : Astrid Van Oyen
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1785706799
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Materialising Roman Histories written by Astrid Van Oyen and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman period witnessed massive changes in the human-material environment, from monumentalised cityscapes to standardised low-value artefacts like pottery. This book explores new perspectives to understand this Roman ‘object boom’ and its impact on Roman history. In particular, the book’s international contributors question the traditional dominance of ‘representation’ in Roman archaeology, whereby objects have come to stand for social phenomena such as status, facets of group identity, or notions like Romanisation and economic growth. Drawing upon the recent material turn in anthropology and related disciplines, the essays in this volume examine what it means to materialise Roman history, focusing on the question of what objects do in history, rather than what they represent. In challenging the dominance of representation, and exploring themes such as the impact of standardisation and the role of material agency, Materialising Roman History is essential reading for anyone studying material culture from the Roman world (and beyond).

Artefacts in Roman Britain

Author : Lindsay Allason-Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521860121
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Artefacts in Roman Britain written by Lindsay Allason-Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-10 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps the student understand the numerous artefacts from Roman Britain and what they reveal about life in the province.

50 Roman Finds

Author : John Pearce
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445686856
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book 50 Roman Finds written by John Pearce and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delving into the Portable Antiquities Scheme archives to explore 50 finds from Britain's Roman history.

Ancient Rome as a Museum

Author : Steven Rutledge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199573239
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Rome as a Museum written by Steven Rutledge and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Rome as a Museum considers how cultural objects from the Roman Empire came to reflect, construct, and challenge Roman perceptions of power and identity. Rutledge argues that Roman cultural values are indicated in part by what sort of materials Romans deemed worthy of display and how they chose to display, view, and preserve them.

Roman Art

Author : Nancy Lorraine Thompson
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392228
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Roman Art written by Nancy Lorraine Thompson and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2007 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete introduction to the rich cultural legacy of Rome through the study of Roman art ... It includes a discussion of the relevance of Rome to the modern world, a short historical overview, and descriptions of forty-five works of art in the Roman collection organized in three thematic sections: Power and Authority in Roman Portraiture; Myth, Religion, and the Afterlife; and Daily Life in Ancient Rome. This resource also provides lesson plans and classroom activities."--Publisher website.

Society in Rome Under the Caesars

Author : William Ralph Inge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Society in Rome Under the Caesars written by William Ralph Inge and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Social Archaeology of Roman and Late Antique Egypt

Author : Ellen Swift
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191904103
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book A Social Archaeology of Roman and Late Antique Egypt written by Ellen Swift and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artefact evidence has the unique power to illuminate many aspects of life that are rarely explored in written sources. This book presents the first in-depth study that uses everyday artefacts as its principal source of evidence to transform our understanding of the society and culture of Roman and Late Antique Egypt.

Fifty Topics in Roman Antiquities

Author : Francis Willey Kelsey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Fifty Topics in Roman Antiquities written by Francis Willey Kelsey and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reflections of Roman Imperialisms

Author : Marko A. Janković
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527512274
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Reflections of Roman Imperialisms written by Marko A. Janković and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers collected in this volume provide invaluable insights into the results of different interactions between “Romans” and Others. Articles dealing with cultural changes within and outside the borders of Roman Empire highlight the idea that those very changes had different results and outcomes depending on various social, political, economic, geographical and chronological factors. Most of the contributions here focus on the issues of what it means to be Roman in different contexts, and show that the concept and idea of Roman-ness were different for the various populations that interacted with Romans through several means of communication, including political alliances, wars, trade, and diplomacy. The volume also covers a huge geographical area, from Britain, across Europe to the Near East and the Caucasus, but also provides information on the Roman Empire through eyes of foreigners, such as the ancient Chinese.

Roman Society

Author : Donald Dudley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140136845
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Roman Society written by Donald Dudley and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within this narrative, which runs from the 9th century BC to the 4th century AD and briefly beyond, the author gives special consideration to the society of Rome and its Empire. It provides an introduction to the art and architecture, law and literature, religion and philosophy, trade and commerce and to the military and civil administration as well as the history of the people with the best claim to be called the founders of Europe.

An Illustrated Introduction to Ancient Rome

Author : Iain Ferris
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445645734
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Book Synopsis An Illustrated Introduction to Ancient Rome by : Iain Ferris

Download or read book An Illustrated Introduction to Ancient Rome written by Iain Ferris and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinated by history? Wish you knew more? The Illustrated Introductions are here to help. In this lavishly illustrated, accessible guide, find out everything you need to know about Ancient Rome

Dress and Society

Author : T. F. Martin
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1785703188
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Dress and Society written by T. F. Martin and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While traditional studies of dress and jewellery have tended to focus purely on reconstruction or descriptions of style, chronology and typology, the social context of costume is now a major research area in archaeology. This refocusing is largely a result of the close relationship between dress and three currently popular topics: identity, bodies and material culture. Not only does dress constitute an important means by which people integrate and segregate to form group identities, but interactions between objects and bodies, quintessentially illustrated by dress, can also form the basis of much wider symbolic systems. Consequently, archaeological understandings of clothing shed light on some of the fundamental aspects of society, hence our intentionally unconditional title. Dress and Society illustrates the range of current archaeological approaches to dress using a number of case studies drawn from prehistoric to post-medieval Europe. Individually, each chapter makes a strong contribution in its own field whether through the discussion of new evidence or new approaches to classic material. Presenting the eight papers together creates a strong argument for a theoretically informed and integrated approach to dress as a specific category of archaeological evidence, emphasising that the study of dress not only draws openly on other disciplines, but is also a sub-discipline in its own right. However, rather than delimiting dress to a specialist area of research we seek to promote it as fundamental to any holistic archaeological understanding of past societies.

Society and Politics in Ancient Rome, Essays and Sketches;

Author : Frank Frost Abbott
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781356169177
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Society and Politics in Ancient Rome, Essays and Sketches; written by Frank Frost Abbott and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.