Villa landscapes in the Roman north : economy, culture, and life-styles / editors Nico Roymans & Ton Derks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derks, Ton, Author.

Contributor:

Roymans, Nico, editor.

Derks, Ton, editor.

Series:

Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 17.

Amsterdam Archaeological Studies ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country homes--Europe, Northern--History.

Country homes.

Country homes--Gaul--History.

Iron age--Europe, Northern.

Iron age.

Architecture, Roman--Europe, Northern.

Architecture, Roman.

Architecture, Domestic--Europe, Northern.

Architecture, Domestic.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe, Northern.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Gaul--History--58 B.C.-511 A.D.

Gaul.

Gaul--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited volume presents a synthesis of recent research on villas and villa landscapes in the northern provinces of the Roman world. It offers an original, multi-dimensional perspective on the social, economic and cultural functioning of villas within the context of the Roman empire. Themes discussed include the economic basis of villa dominated landscapes, rural slavery, town-country dynamics, the role of monumental burials in villa landscapes, and self-representation and lifestyle of villa owners. This study offers a major contribution to the comparative research of villa landscapes and the phenomenon of regionality in Roman rural landscapes. Amsterdam Archaeological Studies is a series devoted to the study of past human societies from the prehistory up into modern times, primarily based on the study of archaeological remains. The series will include excavation reports of modern fieldwork; studies of categories of material culture; and synthesising studies with broader images of past societies, thereby contributing to the theoretical and methodological debates in archaeology.

Contents:

Studying Roman villa landscapes in the 21st century. A multi-dimensional approach / Nico Roymans and Ton Derks

Reflections on the Iron Age background to the emergence of villa landscapes in northern France / Colin Haselgrove

Exploring villa development in the northern provinces of the Roman empire / Diederick Habermehl

On the origin and development of axial villas with double courtyards in the Latin West / Nico Roymans and Diederick Habermehl

Town-country dynamics in Roman Gaul. The epigraphy of the ruling elite / Ton Derks

Ethnic recruitment, returning veterans and the diffusion of Roman culture among rural populations in the Rhineland frontier zone / Nico Roymans

Indications for rural slavery in the northern provinces / Nico Roymans and Marenne Zandstra

The idea of the villa. Reassessing villa development in south-east Britain / Jeremy Taylor

The role of mortuary ritual in the construction of social boundaries by privileged social groups within villa landscapes / Laura Crowley

Monumental funerary structures of the 1st to 3rd centuries associated with Roman villas in the area of the Treveri / Jean Krier and Peter Henrich

Roman rural settlements in Flanders. Perspectives on a 'non-villa' landscape in extrema Galliarum / Wim De Clercq

Evaluating settlement patterns and settlement densities in the villa landscapes between Tongres and Cologne / Karen Jeneson

The villa landscape of the Middle Aare valley and its spatial and chronological development / Caty Schucany

Roman villa landscapes of the lignite mining areas in the hinterland of Cologne / Wolfgang Gaitzsch

The Roman villa complex of Reinheim, Germany / Florian Sărăţeanu-Müller

The Roman villa at Borg. Excavation and reconstruction / Bettina Birkenhagen.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-003-70910-9

1-04-079100-X

1-04-079690-7

1-280-11824-5

9786613522535

90-485-1483-5

9781003709107

OCLC:

782878268