People and spaces in Roman military bases / Penelope M. Allison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allison, Penelope M., 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fortification, Roman.

Fortification, Roman--Germany.

Romans--Germany.

Romans.

Social archaeology.

Rome--Military antiquities.

Rome.

Germany--Antiquities, Roman.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 487 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

People & Spaces in Roman Military Bases

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study uses artefact distribution analyses to investigate the activities that took place inside early Roman imperial military bases. Focusing especially on non-combat activities, it explores the lives of families and other support personnel who are widely assumed to have inhabited civilian settlements outside the fortification walls. Spatial analyses, in GIS-type environments, are used to develop fresh perspectives on the range of people who lived within the walls of these military establishments, the various industrial, commercial, domestic and leisure activities in which they and combat personnel were involved, and the socio-spatial organisation of these activities and these establishments. The book includes examples of both legionary fortresses and auxiliary forts from the German provinces to demonstrate that more material-cultural approaches to the artefact assemblages from these sites give greater insights into how these military communities operated and demonstrate the problems of ascribing functions to buildings without investigating the full material record.

Contents:

Approaching Roman military communities

Studying Roman artefacts and social practice

Site selection and data processing

Categorising Roman artefacts

Veterali

Introduction

Activity and identity categories for specific artefacts analyses of artefact distribution

Rottweil (Ara Flaviae)

forts I-II

Introduction to Rottweil

Introduction to forts I-II

Activity and identity categories for specific artefacts, analyses of artefact distribution

The fort at Oberstimm

The fort at Hesselbach

The fort at Ellingen

Intersite spatial distribution of activities and use of space

Status and gender identity

the roles and impact of women and children

Concluding comments

Appendices

A: Accessing and use data and the data and the distribution maps

B: Vetera I: preparation and assessment of the data

C: Rottweil forts I and II: preparation and assessment of the data

D: Oberstimm: preparation and assessment of the data

E: Hesselbach: preparation and assessment of the data

F: Ellingen: preparation and assessment of the data

G: Drawings of artefacts.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-46154-5

1-139-89295-9

1-107-45945-1

1-107-47223-7

1-107-46518-4

1-107-46868-X

1-139-60024-9

OCLC:

862077605