The Oxford handbook of Roman Britain / edited by Martin Millett, Louise Revell and Alison Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Millett, Martin, editor.

Revell, Louise, editor.

Moore, Alison Jane, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.

Great Britain.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 895 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Handbook of Roman Britain

Roman Britain

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Roman Britain is a critical area of research within the provinces of the Roman empire. It has formed the context for many of the seminal publications on the nature of imperialism and cultural change. Roman rule had a profound impact culture of Iron Age Britain, with new forms of material culture, and new forms of knowledge. On the other hand, there is evidence that such impacts were not uniform, leading to questions of resistance and continuity of pre-existing cultural forms. Within the last 15-20 years, the study of Roman Britain has been transformed through an enormous amount of new and interesting work which is not reflected in the main stream literature. The new archaeological work by a young generation has moved away from the narrative historical approach towards one much more closely focused on the interpretation of material. It has produced new interpretations of the material and a new light on the archaeology of the province, grounded in a close reading of the material evidence as collected by previous scholars and exploiting the rich library of publications on Romano-British studies. For the first time, this volume draws together the various scholars working on new approaches to Roman Britain to produce a comprehensive study of the present state and future trajectory of the subject. Arranged thematically and focussed primarily on the archaeological evidence, the volume challenges more traditional narrative approaches and explores new theoretical perspectives in order to better understand the archaeology of the province and its place within the wider context of the Roman Empire.

Contents:

Part I. Nature of the Evidence. Early studies in Roman Britain: 1610 to 1906 / Richard Hingley

Roman Britain since Haverfield / Martin Millett

Romano-British Archaeology in the Early Twenty-First Century / Peter Wilson

The Development of Artefact Studies / Ellen Swift

The Textual and Archaeological Evidence / Henry Hurst

The Early Roman Horizon / Lacey Wallace

Britain at the End of Empire / Simon Esmonde Cleary

Britain before the Romans / Timothy Champion

Beyond Hadrian's Wall / Fraser Hunter

Mobility, Migration and Diasporas in Roman Britain / Hella Eckhardt and Gundula Müldner

Multiculturalism on Hadrian's Wall / Claire Nesbitt

Britons on the Move: Mobility of Britsh-Born Emigrants in the Roman Empire / Tatiana Ivleva

Briton, Gaul, and Germany: Cultural Interactions / Tom Moore

Part II. Society and the Individual. Inscriptions and Identity / Valerie M. Hope

Ideas of Childhood in Roman Britain: The Bioarchological and Material Evidence / Rebecca Gowland

The Life Course / Alison Moore

Status and Burial / John Pearce

Gender in Roman Britain / Melanie Sherratt and Alison Moore

Deviancy in Late Romano-British Burial / Belinda Crerar

Clothing and Identity / H.E.M. Cool

Cemeteries and Funerary Practice / Jake Weekes

Identity and the Military Community in Roman Britain / Ian Haynes

Roman Military Culture / Lindsay Allason-Jones

Part III. Forms of Knowledge. Changing Materialities / Andrew Gardner

Forms of Knowledge: Changing Technologies of Romano-British Pottery / Jeremy Evans

Metals and Metalworking / David Dungworth

Medicine / Patricia Baker

Sociolinguistics / Alex Mullen

Art in Roman Britain / Ben Croxford

Names of Gods / Amy Zoll

Ritual Deposition / Alex Smith

Christianity in Roman Britain / David Petts

Memories of the Past in Roman Britain / Zena Kamash

Part IV. Landscape and Economy. 'By Small Things Revealed': Rural Settlement and Society / Martin Millett

Rural Transformation in the Urbanised Landscape / Martin Pitts

The Development of Towns / Adam Rogers

Urban Monumentality in Roman Britain / Louise Revell

The Exploitation of Animals in Roman Britain / Mark Maltby

Arable Farming, Horticulture, and Food: Expansion, Innovation, and Diversity / Marijke van der Veen

Coinage and the Economy / Philippa Walton and Sam Moorhead

Economy and Power in Late Roman Britain / James Gerrard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199697736

9780199697731

OCLC:

945718424