UID:
almafu_9959240734002883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 137 pages) :
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illustrations, maps.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-78491-116-X
Series Statement:
Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 8
Content:
Presents analysis of all the recovered seeds, fruits and cereal remains from the extensive excavations (1995-2006) by the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (AAPP), providing a unique research opportunity to undertake a diachronic study of urban Roman plant food consumption and discards.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1.1 Pompeii: historical background -- 1.2 Pompeii: a case study in urban archaeobotany -- 1.3 Research aims and objectives -- 1.4 Research questions -- 1.5 Status, ethnicity and Romanisation -- 1.6 City and hinterland -- 1.7 Pompeii as a type site and economic models -- 1.8 Situate environmental data -- 1.9 Domestic space -- Chapter 1 -- Figure 1: Pompeii and the surrounding region (AAPP 2005 Resource Book, p. 37) -- Historical Background -- 2.1 Introduction to the Mediterranean Environment -- 2.2 Palynological evidence -- 2.3 The modern environment -- 2.4 Historical overview of the city of Pompeii -- 2.5 Roman literary sources -- 2.6 Ancient literary biases -- 2.7 Viticulture and villas -- 2.8 Latifundia -- 2.9 The hinterland -- 2.10 Economy -- 2.11 Ceramic evidence from Pompeii -- 2.12 Regione VI, Insula I: brief historical overview -- 2.13 The House of the Vestals (Casa delle Vestali) (VI.IVII) -- 2.14 The House of the Surgeon (Casa del Chirurgo) (VI.I.x) -- Chapter 2 -- Table 1: Results of Amphorae Study from the House of the Vestals (VI.I.7) (De Sena and Ikäheimo 2003) -- Figure 2: Photomosaic of Insula VI.I from the Via Consolare -- Figure 3: Map of the city of Pompeii (AAPP 2005 Resource Book, p. 39) -- Figure 4: Insula VI.I (AAPP 2005 Resource Book p. 26) -- Figure 5: House of the Vestals (VI.I.vii) frontage (Photomosaic © 2007 Jennifer F. Stephens ∙ Arthur E. Stephens) -- Figure 6: Map of excavation of Pompeii (AAPP 2005 Resource Book, p. 40).
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Figure 7: The southern end of Insula VI.I, including from left to right the Soap Factory (Fabbrica del Sapone), the Bar of Acisculus (Taberna di Acisculus), the Bar of Phoebus (Taberna di Phoebus) and the well/fountain (Photomosaic © 2007 Jennifer F. Ste -- Figure 8: House of the Surgeon (VI.I.x) frontage -- Figure 9: House of the Surgeon (VI.I.x) (AAPP 2005 Resource Book, p. 27) -- Figure 10: House of the Surgeon (VI.I.x) entranceway with view into the hortus (photo by author 2007) -- Figure 11: Timeline for Regione VI, insula I -- Chapter 3 -- Methodology -- 3.1 Research methods -- 3.2 Recovery methods -- 3.3 Sampling -- 3.4 Distribution of sample number by type -- 3.5 Identification -- 3.6 Quantification -- 3.7 Fruit -- Grape -- Olives -- 3.8 Cereals -- Fig -- Nutshells -- 3.10 Pulses -- 3.9 Millet -- 3.11 Limitations of the data -- Modern taphonomic factors -- Taphonomy -- 3.12 Historical factors -- 3.13 Current research -- 3.14 The field school -- 3.15 Contexts -- 3.16 Preservation -- Carbonisation -- Mineralisation -- Figure 12: Total volume of residue (L) examined per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 13: Number of samples examined from different properties within Insula VI.I -- Figure 14: Number of Samples examined per property type -- Figure 15: Mineralised Malus domestica (Apple) seed from Insula VI.I -- Table 2: Number of samples examined from properties within Insula VI.I -- Figure 16: a. Carbonised Vitis vinifera (Grape) pips and b. Mineralised Vitis vinifera (Grape) pips (both dorsal view) from Insula VI.I -- Figure 17: a. and b. Carbonised Vitis vinifera (Grape) pips and c. Mineralised Vitis vinifera (Grape) pip (all ventral views) from Insula VI.I -- Figure 18: SEM of carbonised Vitis vinifera (Grape) pip from Insula VI.I.
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Figure 19: a. Carbonised half fragment of Vitis vinifera (grape) pip and b. Carbonised grape pip embedded in mesocarp from Insula VI.I (scale in centimetres) -- Figure 20: SEM of carbonised Vitis vinifera (grape) petiole from Insula VI.I -- Figure 21: Whole carbonised Olea europea (olive) (scale in centimetres) from Insula VI.I (scale in centimetres) -- Figure 22: Ficus carica (fig) carbonised mesocarp from Insula VI.I -- Figure 23: a. and b: SEMs of carbonised Ficus carica (fig) mesocarp from Insula VI.I -- Figure 24 a. and b: Mineralised Ficus carica (fig) from Insula VI.I (scale in centimetres) -- Figure 25: SEM of one mineralised Ficus carica (fig) from Insula VI.I -- Figure 26: a. Carbonised Pinus pinea (pine nut) shell fragment a. inside view b. outer shell view from Insula VI.I -- Figure 27: a. Spikelet fork of T. dicoccum (Emmer) b. Spikelet fork of T. dicoccum (Emmer) from Insula VI.I -- Figure 28: a. Hordeum vulgare (Barley) (dorsal view) and b. Hordeum vulgare (Barley) (ventral view) from Insula VI.I -- Figure 29: SEM of carbonised Hordeum vulgare (Barley) (dorsal view) from Insula VI.I -- Figure 30: Badly damaged carbonised Triticum sp. from Insula VI.I -- Figure 31: a. Carbonised Panicum b. Carbonised Setaria both from Insula VI.I (scale in millimetres) -- Figure 32: Carbonised Vicia sp. from Insula VI.I (scale in centimetres) -- Figure 33: a. Carbonised Vicia sativa and b. Vicia faba from Insula VI.I -- Figure 35: Number of contexts examined by time period shown by property from Insula VI.I -- Chapter 4 -- Figure 34: Total number of contexts examined grouped by time period -- Figure 36: Total count of archaeobotanical remains (carbonised and mineralised remains) per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 37: Percentage of total count of archaeobotanical remains recovered from Insula VI.I by property.
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Figure 38: Total number of taxa (carbonised and mineralised) per property from Insula VI.I -- Results -- 4.1 Contexts examined from Insula VI.I -- 4.2 Contexts by time period -- 4.3 Total archaeobotanical remains -- 4.4 Preservation -- 4.5 Carbonised archaeobotanical remains from Insula VI.I -- 4.6 Mineralised archaeobotanical remains from Insula VI.I -- 4.7 Residue volume -- 4.8 Unknowns/indeterminate archaeobotanical material from Insula VI.I -- Carbonised unknowns/indeterminate archaeobotanical material from Insula VI.I -- Mineralised unknowns/indeterminate archaeobotanical material from Insula VI.I -- 4.9 Recovery method flot/residue/in situ/dry sieved -- House of the Surgeon (VI.I.x) (Casa della Chiurugo) -- House of the Surgeon (VI.I.x) 1st century BC -- House of the surgeon (VI.I.x) 1st century AD -- House of the Vestals (VI.I.vii) (Casa delle vestali) -- House of the Vestals (VI.I.vii) 1st century AD -- House of the Vestals (VI.I.vii) 1st century BC -- Shrine (VI.I.xiii) -- Shrine (VI.I.xiii) 1st century BC -- Shrine (VI.I.xiii) 1st century AD -- Soap factory (VI.I.xiv) -- Soap factory 1st century AD -- Triclinium -- Triclinium 1st century AD -- Via Consolare -- Via Consolare 1st century AD -- Via Consolare 1st century BC -- Vicolo di Narciso -- Vicolo di Narciso 1st century AD -- Vicolo di Narciso 1st century BC -- Comparison of archaeobotanical assemblage from roads -- Well -- Well 1st century BC -- 4.10 Unique deposits from insula VI.I -- Latrine -- Ritual deposit -- Well 1st century AD -- Drain -- 4.11 Unique deposits from the House of the Vestals (VI.I.vii) -- Mineralised archaeobotaanical remains -- Carbonised taxa from the House of the Vestals (VI.I.vii) -- 4.12 Summary -- Figure 39: Number of mineralised and carbonised taxa from published sources on Vesuvian sites including data from Ciaraldi (2001) PhD thesis.
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Matterne and Derreumaux 2008 -- Robinson 2002 -- Figure 40: Total number of archaeobotanical (carbonised and mineralised) remains per context examined by property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 41: Total volume of residue examined plotted alongside total count of archaeobotanical (carbonised and mineralised) remains per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 42: Archaeobotanical remains (carbonised and mineralised) recovered per L of residue examined per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 46: Total count of charred botanical remains per property from Insula VI.I by time period -- Figure 43: Percentage of archaeobotanical remains recovered from Insula VI.I by preservation -- Figure 44: Total count of charred botanical remains per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 45: Total count of carbonised archaeobotanical remains per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 47: Total count of carbonised botanical remains and total volume of residue examined per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 48: Charred botanical remains per L of residue examined per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 49: Number of carbonised taxa per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 50: Histogram of carbonised taxa from Insula VI.I -- Figure 51: Number of carbonised taxa from Vesuvian Sites (additional data from Ciaraldi (2001) PhD thesis) -- Figure 53: Carbonised archaeobotanical remains per context examined per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 54: Histogram of recovered carbonised botanical remains per context from Insula VI.I -- Figure 55: Total count of mineralised archaeobotanical remains per property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 56: Total count of mineralised archaeobotanical remains by property from Insula VI.I -- Figure 57: Total count of mineralised botanical remains recovered per property from Insula VI.I by time period.
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Figure 52: Histogram of carbonised taxa from Vesuvian sites (additional data from Ciaraldi (2001) PhD thesis).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78491-115-1
Language:
English
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