| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 27
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Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 27.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
This book explores a major step-change in Eurasian history: the revolutionary boom in standardised objects at the start of the Roman era. The far-reaching impacts of this revolution are addressed through an examination of the circulation and selections of thousands of standardized pots and brooches, with particular emphasis on funerary repertoires, c. 100 BC - AD 100. Breaking with the national frameworks that inform artefact research in much 'provincial' Roman archaeology, the book tests the idea that marked increases in the movement of people and objects fostered pan-regional culture(s) and transformed societies. Using a rich database spanning a swathe of northwest Europe, the study is one of the first to extensively apply multivariate statistics (such as correspondence analysis) to material of this kind, enabling a move from disconnected regional studies, sites and assemblages to new understandings of a more richly complex cultural milieu. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Standardised objects as historical agents -- 2 The roles of objects in later Iron Age societies -- 3 The object revolution in northwest Europe -- 4 Objectscapes, cityscapes, and colonial encounters -- 5 Local elites, imperial culture, and provincial objectscapes -- 6 Historical change and the Roman inter-artefactual domain -- References -- Appendices |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Europe, Northern -- Antiquities, Roman.
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Northern Europe. |
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Classical antiquities. |
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Classical antiquities -- Standards.
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Standardization -- Rome.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9789048543878 (electronic book) |
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9048543878 (electronic book) |
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