Artefacts in Roman Britain - Their Purpose and Use

Informationen zum Autor Lindsay Allason-Jones is Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Artefact Studies and Reader in Roman Material Culture at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and has published eight books and over a hundred academic papers on themes related to the archaeology of the Roman Empire. She is the author of two previous textbooks, Women in Roman Britain and Daily Life in Roman Britain. Klappentext Helps the student understand the numerous artefacts from Roman Britain and what they reveal about life in the province. Zusammenfassung Lively introduction to the artefacts from Roman Britain according to the purposes for which they were made. It helps the student and general reader understand how to identify them and how to use them to understand the province of Britannia as an active manufacturing and trading centre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Lindsay Allason-Jones; 1. Commerce Richard Brickstock; 2. Transport Nina Crummy; 3. Industry W. H. Manning; 4. Agriculture Sîan Rees; 5. Military life M. C. Bishop; 6. Writing and communication R. S. O. Tomlin; 7. Domestic life Quita Mould; 8. Lighting and heating Hella Eckhardt; 9. Personal ornament Ellen Swift; 10. Recreation Lindsay Allason-Jones; 11. Medicine and hygiene Ralph Jackson; 12. Religion Joanna Bird; 13. Funerary rites Hilary Cool.

Product details

• Authors: Lindsay Allason-Jones, Lindsay (University of Newcastle Up Allason-Jones
• Assisted by: Lindsay Allason-Jones (Editor), Lindsay (University of Newcastle upon Tyne) Allason-Jones (Editor), Allason-Jones Lindsay (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521677523
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67752-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Archaeology by period / region, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology