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Title Designating place : archaeological perspectives on built environments in Ostia and Pompeii / edited by Hans Kamermans & L. Bouke van der Meer.

Publication Info. Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2020]

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Series Archaeological studies Leiden University ; 50
Archaeological studies Leiden University ; 50.
Summary Spatial analysis on the basis of material culture has always been one of the mayor topics in archaeological research. 'Designating place' analyses the urban space of Roman Ostia and Pompeii in different ways: geophysical analysis, spatial analysis, iconographic analysis and epigraphic analysis. This book is based on the work of Hanna Stöger, the Leiden scholar who died in 2018. Hanna?s work in Ostia was not finished and this book contains contributions from people who inspired her, people she worked with, people she inspired and people who were presented on sessions she organized. The part on geophysics contains new data on Ostia from teams from the University of Delft in the Netherlands and from Canada and Germany. The spatial analysis discusses mainly the pro and cons of the use of Space Syntacs, the computer program Hanna used to analyse Ostia with contributions from scholars from the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands and the USA. The last two parts on iconographic and epigraphic analysis consists of articles by researchers from the Netherlands and Norway.
Contents Cover -- Title page -- Colophon -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1. Geophysical Analysis -- 2 Behind the Block -- 3 Exploring with GPR the Frigidarium of the Byzantine Baths in Ostia Antica -- Ultra-shallow Shear-wave Reflections Locating Near-surface Buried Structures -- Part 2. Spatial Analysis -- 5 Embellishing the Streets of Ostia -- 6 Space Syntax a Ostia Antica -- 7 From the Forum to the Gate -- Untitled -- 9 The Social Construction of Roman Industrial Space -- Part 3. Iconographic Analysis -- 10 Realia, Rituals and Symbols of the Torlonia Relief
Bodies and Buildings -- Part 4. Epigraphic Analysis -- 12 Verba Volant, Scripta Manent -- 13 Cuius Memoria Vivit -- Part 5. Hanna Stöger -- 14 A Hommage to Hanna Stöger -- 15 Publications by Hanna Stöger
Bibliography Bibliography of Hanna Stöger (pages 241-243).
Includes bibliographical references.
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Language Text in English; 1 contribution in Italian with an English summary.
Subject Ostia (Extinct city)
Pompeii (Extinct city)
Classical Greek and Roman archaeology.
Landscape archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Italy -- Ostia (Extinct city)
Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city)
Archaeological sites.
Landscape archaeology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kamermans, Hans, editor.
Meer, L. Bouke van der, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Kamermans, Hans. Designating Place. Leiden : Leiden University Press, ©2020 9789087283575
ISBN 9400603983 (electronic book)
9087283571
9789087283575
9789400603981 (electronic book)
Standard No. 9789087283575