Artefacts in Roman Britain : their purpose and use /
Artefacts in Roman Britain : their purpose and use /
Artifacts in Roman Britain
edited by Lindsay Allason-Jones.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- xv, 356 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-348) and index.
Introduction / Commerce / Transport / Industry / Agriculture / Weaponary and military equipment / Writing and communication / Domestic life / Heating and lighting / Personal ornament / Recreation / Medicine and hygiene / Religion / Funerary contexts / Lindsay Allason-Jones -- R.J. Brickstock -- Nina Crummy -- W.H. Manning -- Sîan Rees -- M.C. Bishop -- R.S.O. Tomlin -- Quita Mould -- Hella Eckhardt -- Ellen Swift -- Lindsay Allason-Jones Ralph Jackson -- Joanna Bird -- H.E.M. Cool. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
"Roman Britain has given us an enormous number of artefacts. Yet few books available today deal with its whole material culture as represented by these artefacts. This introduction, aimed primarily at students and general readers, begins by explaining the process of identifying objects of any period or material. A series of themed chapters, written by experts in their particular area of interest, then discusses artefacts from the point of view of their use. The contributors' premise is that every object was designed for a particular purpose, which may have been to satisfy a general need or the specific need of an individual. If the latter, the maker, the owner and the end user may have been one and the same person; if the former, the manufacturer had to provide objects that others would wish to purchase or exchange. Understanding this reveals a fascinating picture of life in Roman Britain"-- "Roman Britain has given us an enormous number of artefacts. Yet few books available today deal with its whole material culture as represented by these artefacts. This introduction, aimed primarily at students and general readers, begins by explaining the process of identifying objects of any period or material. Themed chapters, written by experts in their particular area of interest, then discuss artefacts from the point of view of their use. The contributors' premise is that every object was designed for a particular purpose, which may have been to satisfy a general need or the specific need of an individual. If the latter, the maker, the owner and the end user may have been one and the same person; if the former, the manufacturer had to provide objects that others would wish to purchase or exchange. Understanding this reveals a fascinating picture of life in Roman Britain"--
9780521860123 (hardback) 0521860121 (hardback) 9780521677523 (pbk.) 0521677521 (pbk.)
2010038773
GBB098644 bnb
015629899 Uk
Material culture--Great Britain.
Romans--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Antiquities, Roman.
DA 145 / .A78 2011
936.2/04
Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-348) and index.
Introduction / Commerce / Transport / Industry / Agriculture / Weaponary and military equipment / Writing and communication / Domestic life / Heating and lighting / Personal ornament / Recreation / Medicine and hygiene / Religion / Funerary contexts / Lindsay Allason-Jones -- R.J. Brickstock -- Nina Crummy -- W.H. Manning -- Sîan Rees -- M.C. Bishop -- R.S.O. Tomlin -- Quita Mould -- Hella Eckhardt -- Ellen Swift -- Lindsay Allason-Jones Ralph Jackson -- Joanna Bird -- H.E.M. Cool. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
"Roman Britain has given us an enormous number of artefacts. Yet few books available today deal with its whole material culture as represented by these artefacts. This introduction, aimed primarily at students and general readers, begins by explaining the process of identifying objects of any period or material. A series of themed chapters, written by experts in their particular area of interest, then discusses artefacts from the point of view of their use. The contributors' premise is that every object was designed for a particular purpose, which may have been to satisfy a general need or the specific need of an individual. If the latter, the maker, the owner and the end user may have been one and the same person; if the former, the manufacturer had to provide objects that others would wish to purchase or exchange. Understanding this reveals a fascinating picture of life in Roman Britain"-- "Roman Britain has given us an enormous number of artefacts. Yet few books available today deal with its whole material culture as represented by these artefacts. This introduction, aimed primarily at students and general readers, begins by explaining the process of identifying objects of any period or material. Themed chapters, written by experts in their particular area of interest, then discuss artefacts from the point of view of their use. The contributors' premise is that every object was designed for a particular purpose, which may have been to satisfy a general need or the specific need of an individual. If the latter, the maker, the owner and the end user may have been one and the same person; if the former, the manufacturer had to provide objects that others would wish to purchase or exchange. Understanding this reveals a fascinating picture of life in Roman Britain"--
9780521860123 (hardback) 0521860121 (hardback) 9780521677523 (pbk.) 0521677521 (pbk.)
2010038773
GBB098644 bnb
015629899 Uk
Material culture--Great Britain.
Romans--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Antiquities, Roman.
DA 145 / .A78 2011
936.2/04