Format:
XIII, 271 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
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23 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
ISBN:
0199693986
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9780199693986
Content:
This volume explores Rome's northern provinces through the portable artefacts people used and left behind. Objects are crucial to our understanding of the past, and can be used to explore interlinking aspects of identity. For example, can we identify incomers? How are exotic materials (such as amber and ivory) and objects depicting 'the exotic' (e.g. Africans) consumed? Do regional styles exist below the homogenizing influence of Roman trade? How do all these aspects of identity interact with others, such as status, gender, and age? In this innovative study, the author combines theoretical awareness and a willingness to engage with questions of social and cultural identity with a thorough investigation into the well-published but underused material culture of Rome's northern provinces. Pottery and coins, the dominant categories of many other studies, have here been largely excluded in favour of small portable objects such as items of personal adornment, amulets, and writing equipment
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [215] - 255
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Material culture and ethnic identitySeeing black : Africans in Roman Britain -- Materialities and meanings : exotic and local materials in Roman Britain -- Localized consumption : bone 'spoons' and regional identities in Roman Britain -- Embodied meanings : the 'right' hand in the north-western provinces -- Writing power and status : the artefactual evidence for literacy -- Local , regional, and inter-provincial identities and provincial material culture.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Eckardt, Hella Objects and identities Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015 ISBN 9780191804854
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Römisches Reich
;
Britannien
;
Sachkultur
;
Kulturelle Identität
