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Life and death in the countryside of Roman Britain / Alexander Smith, Martyn Allen, Tom Brindle, Michael Fulford, Lisa Lodwick, Anna Rohnbognor.
Penn Museum Library DA145 .L538 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Britannia monograph series ; no. 31.
- Britannia monograph series ; no. 31
- New visions of the countryside of Roman Britain ; volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology, Rural.
- History.
- Rural conditions.
- Great Britain--Antiquities, Roman.
- Great Britain.
- Classical antiquities.
- Great Britain--History--Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
- Great Britain--Rural conditions--To 1500.
- Sociology, Rural--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 419 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 2018.
- Summary:
- This volume focuses upon the people of rural Roman Britain - how they looked, lived, interacted with the material and spiritual worlds surrounding them, and also how they died, and what their physical remains can tell us. Analyses indicate a geographically and socially diverse society, influenced by pre-existing cultural traditions and varying degrees of social connectivity. Incorporation into the Roman empire certainly brought with it a great deal of social change, though contrary to many previous accounts depicting bucolic scenes of villa-life, it would appear that this change was largely to the detriment of many of those living in the countryside.
- Contents:
- Introduction / by Michael Fulford
- Personal appearance in the countryside of Roman Britain / by Tom Brindle
- Lifestyle and social environment / by Alexander Smith [and 2 others]
- The social context of animals and exploitation of wild resources / by Martyn Allen
- Religion and rural population / by Alexander Smith [and 3 others]
- Death in the countryside: rural burial practices / by Alexander Smith [and 2 others]
- The rural polulation / by Anna Rohnbogner
- Conclusions / by Alexander Smith and Michael Fulford.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780907764465
- 0907764460
- OCLC:
- 1080943152
- Publisher Number:
- 99979367933
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