Title
Artefacts in Roman Britain : their purpose and use / [edited by] Lindsay Allason-Jones.
ISBN
9780521677523 pbk
0521677521 pbk
9780521860123
0521860121
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xv, 356 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
DA145 .A78 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
936.2/04
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-348) and index.
Commerce / R. J. Brickstock
Travel and transport / Nina Crummy
Industry / W. H. Manning
Agriculture / Sîan Rees
Weaponry and military equipment / M. C. Bishop
Writing and communication / R. S. O. Tomlin
Domestic life / Quita Mould
Heating and lighting / Hella Eckhardt
Personal ornament / Ellen Swift
Recreation / Lindsay Allason-Jones
Medicine and hygiene / Ralph Jackson
Religion / Joanna Bird
Funerary contexts / H. E. M. Cool.
