Archaeology and Italian Society
Author: Graeme Barker
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 370
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Author: Graeme Barker
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 370
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Francesco Ripanti
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2022-10-13
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 180327347X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhether as excavators and re-enactors, or co-organising research campaigns and outreach activities, the participation of the general public in archaeology has become a well-represented practice, but the impact remains underexplored. Evaluating participation can influence fieldwork practice and enrich the academic discussion on public archaeology.
Author: Nathalie de Haan
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9782503524061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tesse Dieder Stek
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9089641777
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSummary: This study throws new light on the Roman impact on Italic religious structures in the last four centuries BC and, more generally, on the complex processes of change and accommodation set in motion by the Roman expansion in Italy. Cult places had a pivotal function among the various 'Italic' tribes known to us from the ancient sources, which had been gradually conquered and subsequently controlled by Rome. Through an analysis of archaeological, literary and epigraphic evidence from rural cult places in Central and Southern Italy including a case study on the Samnite temple of San Giovanni in Galdo, the authors investigate the fluctuating function of cult places in among the non-Roman Italic communities, before and after the establishment of Roman rule.
Author: Emma Blake
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-08-11
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1107063205
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis innovative book uses social network analysis to trace the origins of pre-Roman Italian peoples from their earliest exchange networks.
Author: Sauro Gelichi
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Published: 2015
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ISBN-13: 9782503565576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Margarita Gleba
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2008-11-05
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1782976035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOlder than both ceramics and metallurgy, textile production is a technology which reveals much about prehistoric social and economic development. This book examines the archaeological evidence for textile production in Italy from the transition between the Bronze Age and Early Iron Ages until the Roman expansion (1000-400 BCE), and sheds light on both the process of technological development and the emergence of large urban centres with specialised crafts. Margarita Gleba begins with an overview of the prehistoric Appennine peninsula, which featured cultures such as the Villanovans and the Etruscans, and was connected through colonisation and trade with the other parts of the Mediterranean. She then focuses on the textiles themselves: their appearance in written and iconographic sources, the fibres and dyes employed, how they were produced and what they were used for: we learn, for instance, of the linen used in sails and rigging on Etruscan ships, and of the complex looms needed to produce twill. Featuring a comprehensive analysis of textiles remains and textile tools from the period, the book recovers information about funerary ritual, the sexual differentiation of labour (the spinners and weavers were usually women) and the important role the exchange of luxury textiles played in the emergence of an elite. Textile production played a part in ancient Italian society's change from an egalitarian to an aristocratic social structure, and in the emergence of complex urban communities.
Author: Fiona Greenland
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2021-03-15
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 022675703X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A major, on-the-ground look at antiquities looting in Italy. More looting of ancient art takes place in Italy than in any other country. Ironically, Italy trades on the fact to demonstrate its cultural superiority over other countries. And, more than any other country, Italy takes pains to prevent looting by instituting laws, cultural policies, export taxes, and a famously effective art-crime squad that has been the inspiration of novels, movies, and tv shows. In fact, Italy is widely regarded as having invented the discipline of art policing. In 2006 the then-president of Italy declared his country to be "the world's greatest cultural power." Why do Italians believe this? Why is the patria, or "homeland," so frequently invoked in modern disputes about ancient art, particularly when it comes to matters of repatriation, export, and museum loans? Fiona Greenland's Ruling Culture addresses these questions by tracing the emergence of antiquities as a key source of power in Italy from 1815 to the present. Along the way, it investigates the activities and interactions of three main sets of actors: state officials (including Art Squad agents), archaeologists, and illicit excavators and collectors"--
Author: Emma Blake
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 140513724X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an essential reference to the most recent research and fieldwork. Only book available to offer general coverage of Mediterranean prehistory Written by 14 of the leading archaeologists in the field Spans the Neolithic through the Iron Age, and draws from all the major regions of the Mediterranean's coast and islands Presents the central debates in Mediterranean prehistory---trade and interaction, rural economies, ritual, social structure, gender, monumentality, insularity, archaeometallurgy and the metals trade, stone technologies, settlement, and maritime traffic---as well as contemporary legacies of the region's prehistoric past Structure of text is pedagogically driven Engages diverse theoretical approaches so students will see the benefits of multivocality
Author: Neil Christie
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 9781859284216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers an overview of the archaeological and structural evidence for one of the most vital periods of Italian history, spanning the late Roman and early medieval periods. The chronological scope covers the adoption of Christianity and the emergence of Rome as the seat of Western Christendom, the break-up of the Roman west in the face of internal decay and the settlement of non-Romans and Germanic groups, the impact of Germanic and Byzantine rule on Italy until the rise of Charlemagne and of a Papal State in the later eighth century. Presenting a detailed review and analysis of recent discoveries by archaeologists, historians, art historians, numismatists and architectural historians, Neil Christie identifies the changes brought about by the Church in town and country, the level of change within Italy under Rome before and after occupation by Ostrogoths, Byzantines and Lombards, and reviews wider changes in urbanism, rural exploitation and defence. The emphasis is on human settlement on its varied levels - town, country, fort, refuge - and the assessment of how these evolved and the changes that impacted on them. this fascinating and dynamic period of European history.