| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 27 |
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Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 27.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Standardised objects as historical agents -- 2 The roles of objects in later Iron Age societies -- 3 The object revolution in northwest Europe -- 4 Objectscapes, cityscapes, and colonial encounters -- 5 Local elites, imperial culture, and provincial objectscapes -- 6 Historical change and the Roman inter-artefactual domain -- References -- Appendices |
| Summary |
This book explores a major step-change in Eurasian history: the revolutionary boom in standardised objects at the start of the Roman era. The far-reaching impacts of this revolution are addressed through an examination of the circulation and selections of thousands of standardized pots and brooches, with particular emphasis on funerary repertoires, c. 100 BC - AD 100. Breaking with the national frameworks that inform artefact research in much 'provincial' Roman archaeology, the book tests the idea that marked increases in the movement of people and objects fostered pan-regional culture(s) and transformed societies. Using a rich database spanning a swathe of northwest Europe, the study is one of the first to extensively apply multivariate statistics (such as correspondence analysis) to material of this kind, enabling a move from disconnected regional studies, sites and assemblages to new understandings of a more richly complex cultural milieu |
| Analysis |
Roman archaeology, standardisation, materiality, objectscapes, funerary archaeology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Classical antiquities -- Standards
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Standardization -- Rome
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Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
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Archaeological science, methodology and techniques.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Classical antiquities
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Standardization
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Northern -- Antiquities, Roman
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| Subject |
Northern Europe
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Rome (Empire)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048543878 |
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9048543878 |
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