Roman decorative stone collections in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology / J. Clayton Fant, Leah E. Long, and Lynley J. McAlpine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fant, J. Clayton, author.

Long, Leah E., author.

McAlpine, Lynley J., author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, host institution.

Series:

Kelsey Museum studies ; v. 10.

Kelsey Museum Studies ; Volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology--Catalogs.

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.

Building stones--Italy--Rome--Catalogs.

Building stones.

Marble--Italy--Rome--Catalogs.

Marble.

Quarries and quarrying--Italy--Rome--Catalogs.

Quarries and quarrying.

Rome--Antiquities--Catalogs.

Rome.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 198 pages), 70 pages of plates : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2024.

Summary:

At the turn of the twentieth century, Francis W. Kelsey began to amass a large collection of artifacts from ancient sites across the Mediterranean, with an emphasis on Imperial Rome, to broaden the teaching of antiquity at the University of Michigan. Among the objects now housed in the museum that bears his name is a collection of seven hundred colorful stones dating to the Roman period, one of the largest and most varied collections of Roman decorative stones outside Europe. These pieces were obtained as archaeological artifacts, mostly architectural, with many deriving from well-known ancient buildings, such as the Baths of Diocletian in Rome and the Palace of Herod in Jericho, allowing for new interpretations of their architectural decoration and design. Chapters trace the formation of the collection, study the archaeology of the artifacts, and detail the history of each stone and its study with a comprehensive bibliography. In keeping with the nature of the collection, Roman Decorative Stone Collections focuses on archaeological contexts and object biographies, from the stones' first use to their eventual display in the Kelsey Museum. Entries are accompanied by rich photographs detailing the stone's appearances, environmental factors, and their collectors. The fully illustrated catalogue includes essays deriving from Kelsey's original notes on sources, buildings, sites, and dealers. As the first formal catalogue of these items, Roman Decorative Stone Collections is an accessible resource of Roman archaeology, antiquities, and the decorative arts.

Contents:

Chapter 1. The collections and the collectors / Lynley J. McAlpine, Leah E. Long, and J. Clayton Fant

Chapter 2. Archaeological aspects of the collection : materials, provenance, and decoration / Leah E. Long

Chapter 3. Petrographic, stable oxygen, and carbon isotopic analyses / Leah E. Long and Fabrizio Antonelli

Chapter 4. Lithotype profiles / J. Clayton Fant, with contributions by Leah E. Long

Chapter 5. Catalogue of marbles / J. Clayton Fant, with contributions by Leah E. Long and Lynley J. McAlpine

Appendix A. Gazetteer of quarries : followed by figures A.1-4, maps of quarry locations

Appendix B. Concordance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and indexes.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472126750

047212675X

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.