The archaeology of Roman Portugal in its western Mediterranean context / edited by Tesse D. Stek and André Carneiro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stek, Tesse Dieder, editor.

Carneiro, André, 1973- editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romans--Portugal.

Romans.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Portugal.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Classical antiquities.

Portugal--Antiquities, Roman.

Portugal.

Physical Description:

xv, 339 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2022.

Summary:

"The Archaeology of Roman Portugal contributes to the wider debate on Roman imperialism and expansionism, by bringing to the fore a much-underrepresented area of the Roman empire, at least in English-language scholarship: its westernmost edge in modern day Portugal. Highlighting the perspective from Roman Portugal contributes to our understanding of the Roman empire, through presenting both an extraordinary landscape in the sense of economic opportunities (ocean resources, marble and metal mining), and also settlement history. The volume presents new data and insights from both archaeology and ancient history, discussing their significance for our understanding of Roman expansion and imperialism. A key goal of the volume is to discuss how the Portuguese panorama compares to other areas of the Iberian peninsula, and to better integrate Portuguese scholarship in the academic debate on the Mediterranean Roman world, and to contextualise it firmly within the wider Iberian and Western Mediterranean. The volume brings together an internationally diverse team of scholars in archaeology and ancient history from Portugal, Spain, Germany, the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. It explicitly discusses different national and disciplinary research traditions and historical frameworks in order to assess the potential of integrating best practices in archaeological approaches and methodology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Exploring Rome's early military deployment strategies in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula / Andre Carneiro / Tesse D. Stek

2. Late Iron Age and early Roman conflict and interaction in southern Callaecia (north-west Iberia) / Caries Padros Gomez / Jordi Principal

3. Towers, territory, and the negotiation of a colonial landscape in the early Roman Central Alentejo / Joao Fonte

4. The last frontier: Late Iron Age society, Roman conquest, and the Romanisation of the territory north of the River Duero / Rui Mataloto / Joey Williams / Karilyn Sheldon

5. Upgrading town appearances: relating white marble exploitation and town development in Roman Lusitania / Jesus Garcia Sanchez

6. Shifting landscapes: change and adaptation in the Lusitanian territory during the first globalisation / Devi Taelman

7. Adding complexity to a complex world: the role of tableware imports in Portugal during the 2nd and 1st centuries BC / Andre Carneiro

8. Land-use and settlement patterns around Ercavica in Antiquity: initial findings / Vincenzo Soria

9. Understanding the town-territory relationship: a case study from Lusitania / Miguel Angel Valero Tevar

10. Why would we need a city? The dispersed civitates in Lusitania / Cristina Corsi

11. Roman rural life in the far west: the case study of the Serena Region (Badajoz, Spain) / Pieter Houten

12. The role of cult places in shaping landscapes during the Roman expansion: an Iberian perspective on a Mediterranean process / Luis Sevillano Perea / Martina Cecilia Parini / Victorino Mayoral Herrera

13. Men, women, children, animals: the votive statuary from the sanctuary of Endovellicus at Sao Miguel da Mota/Alandroal (Portugal) / Ignasi Grau Mira

14. Romanising the mountains? Exploring cultural change through archaeological spatial analysis in western Sierra Morena (Spain) / Thomas G. Schattner

15. Oppida and public spaces: constructing identities in Late Iron Age and early Roman north-west Iberia / Maria del Carmen Moreno Escobar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1789258324

9781789258325

OCLC:

1294452294

Publisher Number:

99991151139