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Senses of the empire : multisensory approaches to Roman culture / edited by Eleanor Betts.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social archaeology--Methodology.
- Social archaeology.
- Rome--Antiquities.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Antiquities.
- Rome--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Senses and sensation--Social aspects--Rome--History.
- Senses and sensation.
- Social archaeology--Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 227 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Senses of empire / Eleanor Betts
- The sounds of the city : from noise to silence in ancient Rome / Ray Laurence
- The multivalency of sensory artefacts in the city of Rome / Eleanor Betts
- Beyond smell : the sensory landscape of the Roman Fullonica / Miko Flohr
- Soundscape of the street : architectural acoustics in Ostia / Jeffrey Veitch
- Sensory archaeologies : a Vindolanda smellscape / Thomas J. Derrick
- A sense of grief : the role of the senses in the performance of Roman mourning / Valerie M. Hope
- Blood, fire and feasting : the role of touch and taste in Graeco-Roman animal sacrifice / Candace Weddle
- Babes in arms? : sensory dissonance and the ambiguities of votive objects / Emma-Jayne Graham
- All that glitters : Roman signet rings, the senses and the self / Ian J. Marshman
- Tuning into the past : methodological perspectives in the contextualised study of the sounds of Roman antiquity / Alexandre Vincent
- Motion sensors : perceiving movement in Roman pantomime / Helen Slaney
- Scents of place and colours of smell : fragranced entertainment in ancient Rome / Jo Day
- Afterword: Towards a methodology for Roman sensory studies / Eleanor Betts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781315608358
- 1315608359
- Publisher Number:
- 99988204224
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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