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Rethinking the concept of 'healing settlements' : water, cults, constructions and contexts in the ancient world : Roman Archaeology Conference 2016 : proceedings of the session of study (nr. 27), Sapienza University, Aula 'Partenone', 17th March 2016 / edited by Maddalena Bassani, Marion Bolder-Boos, Ugo Fusco.
LIBRA RM813 .R475 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Roman Archaeology Conference (12th : 2016 : Rome, Italy), author.
- Series:
- Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 52.
- Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 52
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Greek and Roman--Congresses.
- Medicine, Greek and Roman.
- Mineral waters--Therapeutic use--Rome--Congresses.
- Mineral waters.
- Healing--Rome--Congresses.
- Healing.
- Sacred space--Rome--Congresses.
- Sacred space.
- Balneology--history.
- Religion and Medicine.
- Spiritual Therapies--history.
- Roman World--history.
- History, Ancient.
- Medical Subjects:
- Balneology--history.
- Religion and Medicine.
- Spiritual Therapies--history.
- Roman World--history.
- History, Ancient.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 176 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2019]
- Summary:
- This volume brings together papers dealing with therapeutic aspects connected to thermo-mineral sites both in Italy and in the Roman Provinces, as well as cultic issues surrounding health and healing. The first part of the book consists of contributions that are focused on the numerous problems concerning the exploitation of curative springs and the settlement patterns at spa sites in terms of topography, infrastructure, architecture, cult, society and economy, emphasizing the particularities accompanying the use of beneficial sources and comparing them to that of common sweet waters. The papers in the second part of the volume are concentrated on religious aspects connected to health, fertility and healing, focusing especially on sites located at particular natural surroundings such as caves and water sources. Together, the contributions in this book give us an idea of the amount and quality of research currently being undertaken in different parts of the Roman world (and complemented by one paper on the Greek world) on the topic of health and healing associated with cults and salutiferous waters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781789690378
- 1789690374
- OCLC:
- 1103891746
- Publisher Number:
- 99982118354
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