Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 368 pages)
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Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme
ISBN:
9781803273815
Series Statement:
Archaeopress Roman archaeology 95
Content:
This volume brings together a range of papers on buildings that have been categorised as 'villas', mainly in Roman Britain, from the Isle of Wight to Shropshire. It comprises the first such survey for almost half a century
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Roman villas in Britain and beyond -- Figure 1.1 The 'Leopard Mosaic', from Dewlish villa, Dorset. This was recently acquired for Dorset County Museum from private owners, after a fund-raising campaign. (Photo courtesy of Dorset County Museum and Anthony Beeson) -- Figure 1.2. Map of villas in Table 1.1, and of the villas that are the subject of papers in this volume (individually named). NB, seven villas in Table 1.1, Aiskew (N Yorks), Beadlam (N Yorks), Eastfield (N Yorks), Ingleby Barwick (Teesside), Ketton (Rutl -- Where, when and what for? Coin use in the Romano-British countryside -- Figure 2.1. The distribution of all Roman coins recorded by the PAS between 1997 and 2011 (a dot can represent anything from a single coin to an assemblage of more than 1000). -- Figure 2.2. The distribution of site and parish assemblages. -- Figure 2.3. Bar-chart profile for rural coin loss compared with the PAS mean. -- Figure 2.4. The distribution of, a) all sites with specifically 'rural' site profiles, compared with, -- b) the distribution of villas (English Heritage dataset). -- Figure 2.5. The decline of rural coin loss in the fourth century AD, a) late third to early fourth century profiles. -- Villa mosaics and archaeology -- Figure 3.1. Whitley Grange villa, painting of the mosaic by David Neal. (Copyright David Neal) -- Figure 3.2. Bignor villa, Ganymede mosaic. (From Lysons 1817, pl. V) -- Figure 3.3. Bradford on Avon villa, mosaic in apse. (Photograph P. Witts, courtesy of M. Corney) -- Figure 3.4. Verulamium, Building XXVII,2, Room 8/9, Bacchus mosaic, detail. (Copyright School of Archaeology, University of Oxford) -- The Roman villas of the Lower Nene Valley and the Praetorium at Castor -- Figure 4.1. The area of the Lower Nene Valley.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2023
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"This volume has been financially supported by a generous subvention from the Association for Roman Archaeology"--Title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references
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Zielgruppe: Specialized
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"The genesis of this volume was a conference held in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre at the British Museum, 13-14 June 2009, jointly organised by the Association for Roman Archaeology (ARA) and the British Museum’s Departments of Prehistory and Europe, and Portable Antiquities and Treasure"
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781803273808
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781803273808
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
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