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Title Small finds and ancient social practices in the north-west provinces of the Roman Empire / edited by Alissa Whitmore & Stefanie Hoss.

Publication Info. Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2016.
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Small finds--the stuff of everyday life--offer archaeologists a fascinating glimpse into the material lives of the ancient Romans. These objects hold great promise for unravelling the ins and outs of daily life, especially for the social groups, activities, and regions for which few written sources exist. Focusing on amulets, brooches, socks, hobnails, figurines, needles, and other 'mundane' artefacts, these 12 papers use small finds to reconstruct social lives and practices in the Roman Northwest provinces. Taking social life broadly, the various contributions offer insights into the everyday use of objects to express social identities, Roman religious practices in the provinces, and life in military communities. By integrating small finds from the Northwest provinces with material, iconographic, and textual evidence from the whole Roman empire, contributors seek to demystify Roman magic and Mithraic religion, discover the latest trends in ancient fashion (socks with sandals!), explore Roman interactions with Neolithic monuments, and explain unusual finds in unexpected places. Throughout, the authors strive to maintain a critical awareness of archaeological contexts and site formation processes to offer interpretations of past peoples and behaviours that most likely reflect the lived reality of the Romans. While the range of topics in this volume gives it wide appeal, scholars working with small finds, religion, dress, and life in the Northwest provinces will find it especially of interest. Small Finds and Ancient Social Practices grew out of a session at the 2014 Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference"--Publisher's website.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction: Small finds and ancient social practices / Stefanie Hoss and Alissa Whitmore -- Part 1. Small finds, the body and identity -- Iron footed : hobnail patterns under Roman shoes and their functional meaning / Boris Burandt -- Wearing socks in sandals : the height of Roman fashion? / Barbara Köstner -- Laying it on thick : makeup in the Roman Empire / Gisela Michel -- Of brooches and men / Stefanie Hoss -- Part 2. Religion and ritual in the Roman north-west provinces -- Ordinary objects transformed : the compound natures of material culture / Mara Vejby -- A Mars with breasts from Weissenburg in Bavaria / Nicole Birkle -- Metropolitan styling : metal figurines from London and Colchester / Emma Durham -- Staring at death : the jet Gorgoneia of Roman Britain / Adam Parker -- Part 3. Artefacts, behaviours and spaces -- Dining with mithras : functional aspects of pottery ensembles from Roman Mithraea / Ines Klenner -- Cloth working in the baths? Site formation processes, needles and spindle whorls in Roman bathhouse contexts / Alissa M. Whitmore -- The complexity of intramural and extramural relationships on the northern frontier of Roman Britain : a Vindolanda case study / Andrew R. Birley.
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Subject Roman provinces -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
Roman provinces -- Antiquities.
Material culture -- Rome -- Provinces -- History -- Congresses.
Personal belongings -- Rome -- Provinces -- History -- Congresses.
House furnishings -- Rome -- Provinces -- History -- Congresses.
Fashion -- Rome -- Provinces -- History -- Congresses.
Roman provinces -- Social life and customs -- Congresses.
Roman provinces.
Manners and customs.
Social archaeology -- Rome -- Provinces -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Whitmore, Alissa, editor.
Hoss, Stefanie, editor.
Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (24th : 2014 : Reading, England)
Other Form: Print version: Small finds and ancient social practices in the north-west provinces of the Roman Empire. Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2016 9781785702563 (DLC) 2016030479 (OCoLC)934606909
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