Regionality in Dress Accessories in the Late Roman West
Author: Ellen Swift
Publisher: Editions Mergoil
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13:
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Technology in Transition A.D. 300-650
Author: Luke Lavan
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008-03-31
Total Pages: 633
ISBN-13: 9047433041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the first general work to be published on technology in Late Antiquity. It seeks to survey aspects of the technology of the period and to respond to questions about technological continuity, stagnation and decline. The book opens with a comprehensive bibliographic essay that provides an overview of relevant literature. The main section then explores technologies in agriculture, production (metal, ceramics and glass), engineering and building. Papers draw on both archaeological and textual sources, and on analogies with medieval and early modern technologies. Reference is made not only to the periods which preceded it, but to the transition to the Early Middle Ages and to the technological heritage of Late Antiquity to the Islamic world. Several papers focus on Italy, whilst others consider North Africa, Asia Minor, and the Near-East.
The Roman West, AD 200-500
Author: Simon Esmonde Cleary
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-03-07
Total Pages: 551
ISBN-13: 0521196493
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the archaeological evidence, allowing fresh perspectives and new approaches to the fate of the Roman West.
Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture
Author: Jonathan Edmondson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2009-11-21
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1442691891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRoman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture investigates the social symbolism and cultural poetics of dress in the ancient Roman world in the period from 200 BCE-400 CE. Editors Jonathan Edmondson and Alison Keith and the contributors to this volume explore the diffusion of Roman dress protocols at Rome and in the Roman imperial context by looking at Rome's North African provinces in particular, a focus that previous studies have overlooked or dealt with only in passing. Another unique aspect of this collection is that it goes beyond the male elite to address a wider spectrum of Roman society. Chapters deal with such topics as masculine attire, strategies for self-expression for Roman women within a dress code prescribed by a patriarchal culture, and the complex dynamics of dress in imperial Roman culture, both literary and artistic. This volume further investigates the literary, legal, and iconographic evidence to provide anthropologically-informed readings of Roman clothing. This collection of original essays employs a range of methodological approaches - historical, literary critical, philological, art historical, sociological and anthropological - to offer a thorough discussion of one of the most central issues in Roman culture.
Life, Death and Rubbish Disposal in Roman Norton, North Yorkshire
Author: Janet Phillips
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2021-02-18
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1789698391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume reports on excavations in advance of the development of a site in Norton-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire close to the line of the main Roman road running from the crossing point of the River Derwent near Malton Roman fort to York. This site provided much additional information on aspects of the poorly understood ‘small town’ of Delgovicia.
An Imperial Possession
Author: David Mattingly
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-05-27
Total Pages: 684
ISBN-13: 1101160403
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart of the Penguin History of Britain series, An Imperial Possession is the first major narrative history of Roman Britain for a generation. David Mattingly draws on a wealth of new findings and knowledge to cut through the myths and misunderstandings that so commonly surround our beliefs about this period. From the rebellious chiefs and druids who led native British resistance, to the experiences of the Roman military leaders in this remote, dangerous outpost of Europe, this book explores the reality of life in occupied Britain within the context of the shifting fortunes of the Roman Empire.
The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses
Author: Jennifer A. Baird
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 019968765X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDura-Europos, on the Syrian Euphrates, is one of the best preserved and most extensively excavated sites of the Roman world. A Hellenistic foundation later held by the Parthians and then the Romans, Dura had a Roman military garrison installed within its city walls before it was taken by the Sasanians in the mid-third century. The Inner Lives of Ancient Houses is the first study to consider the houses of the site as a whole. The houses were excavated by a team from Yale and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters in the 1920s and 30s, and though a wealth of archaeological and textual material was recovered, most of that relating to housing was never published. Through a combination of archival information held at the Yale University Art Gallery and new fieldwork with the Mission Franco-Syrienne d'Europos-Doura, this study re-evaluates the houses of the site, integrating architecture, artefacts, and textual evidence, and examining ancient daily life and cultural interaction, as well as considering houses which were modified for use by the Roman military.
Gender in the Early Medieval World
Author: Leslie Brubaker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-11-11
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780521013277
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Dress and Ideology
Author: Shoshana-Rose Marzel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-12-18
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 147255809X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDress and fashion are powerful visual means of communicating ideology, whether political, social or religious. From the communist values of equality, simplicity and solidarity exemplified in the Mao suit to the myriad of fashion protests of feminists such as French revolutionary women's demand to wear trousers, dress can symbolize ideological orthodoxy as well as revolt. With contributions from a wide range of international scholars, this book presents the first scholarly analysis of dress and ideology through accessible case studies. Chapters are organized thematically and explore dress in relation to topics including nation, identity, religion, politics and utopias, across an impressive chronological reach from antiquity to the present day. Dress & Ideology will appeal to students and scholars of fashion, history, sociology, cultural studies, politics and gender studies.
The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology
Author: Helena Hamerow
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2011-03-31
Total Pages: 1110
ISBN-13: 0199212147
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a team of experts and presenting the results of the most up-to-date research, The Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology will both stimulate and support further investigation into a society poised at the interface between prehistory and history.
