TRAC 2014 : proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference : which took place at The University of Reading 27-30 March 2014 / edited by Tom Brindle [and three others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Brindle, Tom, editor.

Conference Name:

Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (24th : 2014)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Rome--Philosophy--Congresses.

Archaeology.

Civilization, Western--Roman influences--Congresses.

Civilization, Western.

Romans--Europe--Congresses.

Romans.

Europe--Antiquities, Roman--Congresses.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : Oxbow Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at TRAC 2014, as well as some invited contributions. In keeping with the aims of TRAC, several papers make make innovative use of interdisciplinary theory: in humanistic geography, philosophy and archaeology; social psychology; and the cognitive science of religion in the study of Roman monuments, military social history and religion. Other papers share a common theme: the critical interpretation of archaeological evidence. A more careful consideration of non-grave good pottery sherds from graves suggests that these often disregarded items p

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Place Theory, Genealogy, and the Cultural Biography of Roman Monuments; Chapter 2: An Integrated Cognitive and Epigraphic Approach to Social Networks within the Community of a Roman Military Base; Chapter 3: Cognitive Theory and Religious Integration: The Case of the Poetovian Mithraea; Chapter 4: Residual or Ritual? Pottery from the Backfills of Graves and Other Features in Roman Cemeteries; Chapter 5: Identifying Ritual Deposition of Plant Remains: A Case Study of Stone Pine Cones in Roman Britain

Chapter 6: Caesar in Gaul: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Mass ViolenceChapter 7: Re-defining the Roman 'suburbium' from Republic to Empire: A Theoretical Approach; Chapter 8: Riparia Concept: Roman Intervention in the Lacustrine Environment of Fuente De Piedra (Málaga, Spain); Chapter 9: Silchester: The Town Life Project 1997-2014: Reflections on a Long Term Research Excavation

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 25, 2015).

ISBN:

9781785700033

1785700030

9781785700057

1785700057

OCLC:

913742634