Roman rural archaeology : society, economy, and culture / edited by Gijs Willem Tol, Astrid Van Oyen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tol, Gijs Willem, editor.

Van Oyen, Astrid, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country life--Rome.

Country life.

Rome--Rural conditions.

Rome.

Rome--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 663 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

The Roman world was a rural world. Most of the Roman population lived in the countryside and had their immediate rural surroundings as their social and economic frame of reference. For much of the Roman period, rural property provided the basis for political power and urban development, and it was in rural areas that the agricultural crops that sustained an expanding empire were grown and many of the most important Roman industries were situated. Rural areas witnessed the presence of some of the most durable symbols of Roman imperial hegemony, such as aqueducts and paved roads. It was mainly here that native and Roman traditions collided and were negotiated. This volume, containing 30 chapters by leading scholars, leverages recent methodological advancements and new interpretative frameworks to provide a holistic view, with an empire-wide reach, of the importance of Roman rural areas in the success of ancient Rome.

Contents:

Roman rural archaeology : past, present, and future / Gijs Tol and Astrid Van Oyen

Exploring the Roman countryside : conceptual changes and recent advances in fieldwork methodology / Stefano Campana

A supra-regional view of the Roman countryside : integrating datasets from systematic field surveys / Tymon de Haas, Gijs Tol, Peter Attema, Remco Bronkhorst, Maria-Cristina Capanna, Paolo Carafa, Wim Jongman, Martijn van Leusen, Christopher Smith, Robert Witcher and Niels Wouda

An ideal life : perceptions of the Roman countryside in visual and literary culture / Diana Spencer

Reconstructing Roman rural landscapes / John M. Marston Chapter 6 Rural continuities, upheavels and resistance : post-colonial implications of Roman imperial landscapes / David J. Mattingly

Peopling the countryside : the everyday experience of rural life / Tamara Lewit

Roman rural burials / Liana Brent and Tracy Prowse

Rural religion in the Western Mediterranean : materiality, spaces, dynamics / Alejandro G. Sinner and Víctor Revilla

The diversity of Roman rural settlement / Astrid Van Oyen and Gijs Tol

Building and dwelling : non-elite rural architecture. Raw-earth architecture in the countryside of Roman Etruria / Maria Teresa Sgromo

Building and delling : Roman villa culture / Annalisa Marzano

Cooking and dining in the Roman cuntryside : the Roman rural diet / Maaike Groot and Laura I. Kooistra

Rural connectivity : from local to global networks / Cèsar Carreras and Pau de Soto Part

The diversity of Roman agriculture / Dimitri Van Limbergen

Roman livestock husbandry : the importance of the countryside / Lídia Colominas Barberà

Rural crafts and industries: consumer goods / Benjamin P. Luley

Quarrying and mining in rural landscapes of Rome's West / Alfred M. Hirt

Rural crafts and industries : iron / Nadine Dieudonné-Glad

The Exploitation of "marginal" landscapes : the case of the Roman Gauls / Frédéric Trément

Rural landscapes of Roman Italy / Robert Witcher

Roman Iberia : an overview of the archaeology of rural landscapes and societies / Ignasi Grau Mira and Jesús Bermejo Tirado

People and place in the Romano-British countryside / Martyn G. Allen

The abundant Egyptian countryside / Irene Soto Marín

The Galliae / Michel Reddé

Roman rural archaeology in North Africa / Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers, Redha Attoui and Alessandro Battisti

Rural structures and the Empire : landscape and settlements in Southwest Asia during the Roman Period / Rocco Palermo Part V. Rural Afterlives

The late Roman countryside : new data and approaches in the 21st century / Alexandra Chavarría and Tamara Lewit

Roman centuriation : form, function and impact on the landscape / Tymon de Haas

Rural landscapes, cultural heritage, and contemporary society : a challenge of public archaeology / Giuliano Volpe.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jun 2026).

ISBN:

1-009-03996-2

9781009041515