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Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain / by Adam Rogers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rogers, Adam, 1981-
- Series:
- Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 0169-8958 355.
- Mnemosyne supplements : history and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ; vol. 355
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns, Ancient--Great Britain.
- Cities and towns, Ancient.
- City and town life--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- City and town life.
- City planning--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- City planning.
- Landscape changes--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Landscape changes.
- Water and architecture--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Water and architecture.
- Water use--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Water use.
- Water--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Water.
- Great Britain--Antiquities, Roman.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Civilization--Roman influences.
- Great Britain--Geography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Water and Roman Urbanism: Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain offers a new perspective for investigating Roman settlement and how urban spaces were created and experienced by focusing on the relationship between settlement and water and the meanings attributed to these places. Rather than a descriptive approach to the urban fabric it emphasises social context and cultural meaning through interpretative frameworks of analysis. Central are the cultural and experiential implications of water forming part of towns, rather than economic and practical arguments, and the way in which these places were used and altered over time. The book emphasises a social approach and has considerable implications for our understanding of life in the Roman period as a whole.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Introduction
- Five Urban Waterscapes
- Rivers, Lakes and Islands: Towns, Changing Waterscapes and Geography
- Waterfronts: The Land/Water Interface and the Construction of Waterfront Installations
- Wetlands: The Materiality of Land Drainage and Reclamation in Towns
- Conclusions: Towns, Water and Places
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-24975-3
- OCLC:
- 840466706
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004249752 DOI
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