Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780521865418 |
| ISBN10: | 0521865417 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 458 pages |
| Size: | 234x159x26 mm |
| Weight: | 738 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 120 b/w illus. 9 maps 12 tables |
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Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 30 April 2007
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Short description:
A rich portrayal of the dynamic that shaped the archaeological record of the ancient Romans.
Long description:
This book examines how Romans used their pottery and the implications of these practices on the archaeological record. It is organized around a flow model for the life cycle of Roman pottery that includes a set of eight distinct practices: manufacture, distribution, prime use, reuse, maintenance, recycling, discard, reclamation. J. Theodore Pe&&&241;a evaluates how these practices operated, how they have shaped the archaeological record, and the implications of these processes on archaeological research through the examination of a wide array of archaeological, textual, representational and comparative ethnographic evidence. The result is a rich portrayal of the dynamic that shaped the archaeological record of the ancient Romans that will be of interest to archaeologists, ceramicists, and students of material culture.
'Pe&&&241;a's book is an essential study that needed to be carried out, and its author was ideally placed to undertake this task. ... we strongly recommend that Pe&&&241;a's rigourous work should become a component of the training of all field archaeologists and pottery specialists involved in the study of Roman sites.' Antiquity
'Pe&&&241;a's book is an essential study that needed to be carried out, and its author was ideally placed to undertake this task. ... we strongly recommend that Pe&&&241;a's rigourous work should become a component of the training of all field archaeologists and pottery specialists involved in the study of Roman sites.' Antiquity
Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. A model of the life cycle of roman pottery; 2. Background considerations; 3. Manufacture and distribution; 4. Prime use; 5. The reuse of amphorae as packaging containers; 6. The reuse of amphorae for purposes other than as packaging containers; 7. The reuse of the other functional categories of pottery; 8. Maintenance; 9. Recycling; 10. Discard and reclamation; 11. Modeling the formation of the Roman pottery record.
