Designating place : archaeological perspectives on built environments in Ostia and Pompeii / edited by Hans Kamermans & L. Bouke van der Meer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kamermans, Hans, editor.

Meer, L. Bouke van der, editor.

Series:

Archaeological studies Leiden University (ASLU) 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Ostia (Extinct city).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Ostia (Extinct city).

Pompeii (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Leiden University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

Text in English; 1 contribution in Italian with an English summary.

Summary:

Spatial analysis on the basis of material culture has always been one of the mayor topics in archaeological research. 'Designating place' analyses the urban space of Roman Ostia and Pompeii in different ways: geophysical analysis, spatial analysis, iconographic analysis and epigraphic analysis. This book is based on the work of Hanna Stöger, the Leiden scholar who died in 2018. Hanna?s work in Ostia was not finished and this book contains contributions from people who inspired her, people she worked with, people she inspired and people who were presented on sessions she organized. The part on geophysics contains new data on Ostia from teams from the University of Delft in the Netherlands and from Canada and Germany. The spatial analysis discusses mainly the pro and cons of the use of Space Syntacs, the computer program Hanna used to analyse Ostia with contributions from scholars from the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands and the USA. The last two parts on iconographic and epigraphic analysis consists of articles by researchers from the Netherlands and Norway.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

PART 1 Geophysical Analysis

2 Behind the Block: Results from a Geophysical Study of the Unexcavated Area in the South-west of Ostia

3 Exploring with GPR the Frigidarium of the Byzantine Baths in Ostia Antica after Excavation, Backfilling and Floor re-tiling

4 Ultra-shallow Shear-wave Reflections Locating Nearsurface Buried Structures in the Unexcavated Southern Fringe of the Ancient Ostia, Rome

PART 2 Spatial Analysis

5 Embellishing the Streets of Ostia

6 Space Syntax a Ostia Antica Le Terme del Nuotatore, Insula V, x, e il Complesso delle Terme dei Sette Sapienti, Insula III, x Space Syntax Analysis in Ostia The Baths of the Swimmer, Insula V, x, and the Complex of the Baths of the Seven Sages, Insula III, x

7 From the Forum to the Gate: Commercial Investment and Ostia’s Cardo

8 Revisiting Old Data with New Techniques: A Re-evaluation of Insulae V, ii and IV, ii in Ostia through the Eyes of Space Syntax

9 The Social Construction of Roman Industrial Space The Limits of Chaînes Opératoires and the Nature of Roman Baking

PART 3 Iconographic Analysis

10 Realia, Rituals and Symbols of the Torlonia Relief

11 Bodies and Buildings: Space, Decoration and Ritual in the Roman Domestic Bath

PART 4 Epigraphic Analysis

12 Verba Volant, Scripta Manent: Reconstructing the Linguistic Landscape of Ostia Antica

13 CUIUS MEMORIA VIVIT On the Manifestation of Collective Memory in Fifteen Inscriptions from the Piazzale delle Corporazioni in Ostia

PART 5 Hanna Stöger

14 A Hommage to Hanna Stöger

15 Publications by Hanna Stöger

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-8728-357-1

OCLC:

1231713295