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Informationen zum Autor Jane DeRose Evans is Professor of Art History at Temple University, where she is also affiliated with the Classics Department. She is the author of The Art of Persuasion: Political Propaganda from Aeneas to Brutus (1992) and The Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima: Excavation Reports v.6, The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Economy of Palestine (2006). Klappentext A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic offers a diversity of perspectives to explore how differing approaches and methodologies can contribute to a greater understanding of the formation of the Roman Republic.* Brings together the experiences and ideas of archaeologists from around the world, with multiple backgrounds and areas of interest* Offers a vibrant exploration of the ways in which archaeological methods can be used to explore different elements of the Roman Republican period* Demonstrates that the Republic was not formed in a vacuum, but was influenced by non-Latin-speaking cultures from throughout the Mediterranean region* Enables archaeological thinking in this area to be made accessible both to a more general audience and as a valuable addition to existing discourse* Investigates the archaeology of the Roman Republican period with reference to material culture, landscape, technology, identity and empire "This collection punches well above the weight of most of similar editorial enterprises. D. E. has impressively succeeded in gathering a body of work that does justice both to the complexity of the material and the diversity of the scholarly debate . . . Readers will encounter, as a rule, reliable and often insightful overviews of complex problems, with plenty of engagement with the ancient evidence and invaluable bibliographical information." ("Journal of Classics Teaching", 1 June 2013) Zusammenfassung A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic offers a diversity of perspectives to explore how differing approaches and methodologies can contribute to a greater understanding of the formation of the Roman Republic. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xiv Abbreviations xxi Preface xxii Introduction 1 Jane DeRose Evans PART I Material Culture and Its Impact on Social Configuration 13 1 Development of Baths and Public Bathing during the Roman Republic 15 Fikret K. Yegül 2 Public Entertainment Structures 33 Mantha Zarmakoupi 3 Republican Houses 50 Shelley Hales 4 Tombs and Funerary Monuments 67 Sylvia Diebner 5 Before Sigillata: Black-Gloss Pottery and Its Cultural Dimensions 81 Roman Roth 6 Amphoras and Shipwrecks: Wine from the Tyrrhenian Coast at the End of the Republic and Its Distribution in Gaul 97 Fanette Laubenheimer 7 Coins and the Archaeology of the Roman Republic 110 Jane DeRose Evans 8 Weapons and the Army 123 Andrew L. Goldman 9 Bodies of Evidence: Skeletal Analysis in Roman Greece and Cyprus 141 Susan Kirkpatrick Smith 10 Population and Demographic Studies 155 Elio Lo Cascio PART II Archaeology and the Landscape 167 11 Looking at Early Rome with Fresh Eyes: Transforming the Landscape 169 Albert J. Ammerman 12 Survey, Settlement and Land Use in Republican Italy 181 Helena Fracchia 13 Agriculture and the Environment of Republican Italy 198 Helen Goodchild 14 No Holiday Camp: The Roman Republican Army Camp as a Fine-Tuned Instrument of War 214 Michael Dobson 15 Reconstructing Religious Ritual in Italy 235 Alison B. Griffith PART III Archaeology and Ancient Technology 251 16 The Orientation of Towns a...
