Pompeian Households

Author : Penelope M. Allison
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781938770944

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Pompeian Households by Penelope M. Allison Pdf

Studies of Pompeian material culture have traditionally been dominated by art-historical approaches, but recently there has been a renewed and burgeoning interest in Pompeian houses for studies of Roman domestic behavior. This book is concerned with contextualized Pompeian household artifacts and their role in deepening our understanding of household behavior at Pompeii. It consists of a study of the contents of thirty so-called atrium houses in Pompeii to investigate the spatial distribution of household activities, both within each architectural room type and across the house. It also uses this material to investigate the state of occupancy of these houses at the time of the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79. It thus examines artifact assemblages within their spatial and decorative contexts for a more material cultural approach to these remains and for the information which they provide on living conditions in Pompeii during the last decades. In this it takes a critical perspective the textual nomenclature which is traditionally applied to Pompeian room types.

Author : Penelope Mary Allison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : OCLC:244305735

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Pompeian Households by Penelope Mary Allison Pdf

Author : Louise Steel,Katharina Zinn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317377412

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Exploring the Materiality of Food 'Stuffs' by Louise Steel,Katharina Zinn Pdf

From remote antiquity to contemporary contexts, food and the ‘stuff’ of food remains central to people’s daily experiences as well as their sense and expression of identity. This volume explores the materiality of foodstuffs past and present, examining humanity’s intriguingly complex relationships with, and experiences of, food. The book also makes a fresh contribution to our understanding of materiality through a novel focus on material culture, analysing objects used to prepare, wrap, serve and consume food and the tactile experiences involved in its production and consumption. Considering a wide range of cultures, spanning from ancient China to modern-day Kenya, this broad collection of interdisciplinary chapters reveal the multiple interplays between foods, bodies, material worlds, rituals and embodied knowledge that emerge from these encounters and which, in turn, shape the material culture of food. Exploring the Materiality of Food 'Stuffs' makes an important contribution to this burgeoning field and will be of interest to archaeologists and anthropologists working in the key area of food research.

Author : Pedar Foss,John J. Dobbins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 979 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134689743

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The World of Pompeii by Pedar Foss,John J. Dobbins Pdf

This all embracing survey of Pompeii provides the most comprehensive survey of the region available. With contributions by well-known experts in the field, this book studies not only Pompeii, but also – for the first time – the buried surrounding cities of Campania. The World of Pompeii includes the latest understanding of the region, based on the up-to-date findings of recent archaeological work. Accompanied by a CD with the most detailed map of Pompeii so far, this book is instrumental in studying the city in the ancient world and is an excellent source book for students of this fascinating and tragic geographic region.

Author : Myles Lavan,Daniel Jew,Bart Danon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009302036

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The Uncertain Past by Myles Lavan,Daniel Jew,Bart Danon Pdf

Historians constantly wrestle with uncertainty, never more so than when attempting quantification, yet the field has given little attention to the nature of uncertainty and strategies for managing it. This volume proposes a powerful new approach to uncertainty in ancient history, drawing on techniques widely used in the social and natural sciences. It shows how probability-based techniques used to manage uncertainty about the future or the present can be applied to uncertainty about the past. A substantial introduction explains the use of probability to represent uncertainty. The chapters that follow showcase how the technique can offer leverage on a wide range of problems in ancient history, from the incidence of expropriation in the Classical Greek world to the money supply of the Roman empire.

Author : Penelope M. Allison
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191514661

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The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii by Penelope M. Allison Pdf

This book contains catalogues, analyses, photographs and drawings of some 2,000 archaeological artefacts excavated from the Insula of the Menander in Pompeii. The catalogues, and analyses are organized by provenance - buildings, rooms, and location within rooms - so that the reader can understand the artefacts as household assemblages. The functions of artefacts and groups of artefacts are discussed, as are the Latin names which are often given to these artefacts, and the relationships of these assemblages to the state of occupancy of the buildings in the Insula during the last years of Pompeii. This study, therefore, provides a wealth of information, not only on the range and use of artefacts in Pompeian houses but also on Roman artefacts, and Roman society, more generally.

Author : Roger Ling,Penelope M. Allison,Paul R. Arthur,K. S. Painter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199263127

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The Insula of the Menander at Pompeii by Roger Ling,Penelope M. Allison,Paul R. Arthur,K. S. Painter Pdf

The Insula of the Menander is one of the most completely excavated city blocks in Pompeii, with buildings ranging from small shops to large aristocratic houses. This volume, the third in a series of five volumes examining the Insula, is the first ever comprehensive study of the contents of Pompeian houses and buildings within their original contexts. It provides a great insight into living conditions in Pompeii during the final years of the city.

Author : Penelope Allison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134625499

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The Archaeology of Household Activities by Penelope Allison Pdf

This pioneering collection engages with recent research in different areas of the archaeological discipline to bring together case-studies of the household material culture from later prehistoric and classical periods. The book provides a comprehensive and accessible study for students into the material records of past households, aiding wider understanding of our own domestic development.

Author : Miko Flohr,Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198786573

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The Economy of Pompeii by Miko Flohr,Andrew Wilson Pdf

This work addresses, from a variety of perspectives, the economy of the Roman city of Pompeii. It uses archaeological and textual evidence to discuss topics as diverse as agriculture in the fertile plains at the foot of mount Vesuvius, diet and health, manufacturing, urban investment, consumption, trade and money.

Author : Caitlín Eilís Barrett,Jennifer Carrington
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501772603

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Households in Context by Caitlín Eilís Barrett,Jennifer Carrington Pdf

Households in Context shifts the focus from monumental temples, tombs, and elite material and visual culture to households and domestic life to provide a crucial new perspective on everyday dwelling practices and the interactions of families and individuals with larger social and cultural structures. A focus on households reveals the power of the everyday: the critical role of quotidian experiences, objects, and images in creating the worlds of the people who live with them. The contributors to this book share contemporary research on houses and households in both Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt to reshape the ways we think about ancient people's lived experiences of family, community, and society. Households in Context places the archaeology and history of Greco-Roman Egypt in dialogue with research on dwelling, daily practice, and materiality to reveal how ancient households functioned as laboratories for social, political, economic, and religious change. Contributors: Youssri Abdelwahed, Richard Alston, Anna Lucille Boozer, Paola Davoli, David Frankfurter, Jennifer Gates-Foster, Melanie Godsey, Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, Sabine R. Huebner, Gregory Marouard, Miriam Müller, Lisa Nevett, Bérangère Redon, Bethany Simpson, Ross I. Thomas, Dorothy J. Thompson

Author : Helen Parkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134828135

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Roman Urbanism by Helen Parkins Pdf

The contributors to this volume provide an accessible and jargon-free insight into the notion of the Roman city; what shaped it, and how it both structured and reflected Roman society. Roman Urbanism challenges the established economic model for the Roman city and instead offers original and diverse approaches for examining Roman urbanization, bringing the Roman city into the nineties. Roman Urbanism is a lively and informative volume, particularly valuable in an age dominated by urban development.

Author : Beryl Rawson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405187671

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A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Beryl Rawson Pdf

A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families. Provides up-to-date research on family structure from archaeology, art, social, cultural, and economic history Includes contributions from established and rising international scholars Features illustrations of families, children, slaves, and ritual life, along with maps and diagrams of sites and dwellings Honorable Mention for 2011 Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences PROSE award granted by the Association of American Publishers

Author : Ray Laurence,David J. Newsome
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191618239

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Rome, Ostia, Pompeii by Ray Laurence,David J. Newsome Pdf

Rome, Ostia, Pompeii: Movement and Space demonstrates how studies of the Roman city are shifting focus from static architecture to activities and motion within urban spaces. This volume provides detailed case studies from the three best-known cities from Roman Italy, revealing how movement contributes to our understanding of the ways different elements of society interacted in space, and how the movement of people and materials shaped urban development. The chapters in this book examine the impressions left by the movement of people and vehicles as indentations in the archaeological and historical record, and as impressions upon the Roman urban consciousness. Through a broad range of historical issues, this volume studies movement as it is found at the city gate, in public squares and on the street, and as it is represented in texts. Its broad objective is to make movement meaningful for understanding the economic, cultural, political, religious, and infrastructural behaviours that produced different types and rhythms of interaction in the Roman city. This volume's interdisciplinary approach will inform the understanding of the city in classics, ancient history, archaeology and architectural history, as well as cultural studies, town planning, urban geography, and sociology.

Author : Estelle Lazer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134507191

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Resurrecting Pompeii by Estelle Lazer Pdf

Recognizing the important contribution of the human skeletal evidence to the archaeology of Pompeii, Lazer presents an in-depth study of the people of pompeii, and gives students an essential resource in the study of this fascinating historical event.

Author : Sally Crawford,Dawn Hadley,Gillian Shepherd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191649714

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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Childhood by Sally Crawford,Dawn Hadley,Gillian Shepherd Pdf

Real understanding of past societies is not possible without including children, and yet they have been strangely invisible in the archaeological record. Compelling explanation about past societies cannot be achieved without including and investigating children and childhood. However marginal the traces of children's bodies and bricolage may seem compared to adults, archaeological evidence of children and childhood can be found in the most astonishing places and spaces. The archaeology of childhood is one of the most exciting and challenging areas for new discovery about past societies. Children are part of every human society, but childhood is a cultural construct. Each society develops its own idea about what a childhood should be, what children can or should do, and how they are trained to take their place in the world. Children also play a part in creating the archaeological record itself. In this volume, experts from around the world ask questions about childhood - thresholds of age and growth, childhood in the material culture, the death of children, and the intersection of the childhood and the social, economic, religious, and political worlds of societies in the past.