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Les Pavements D'opus Signinum - Technique, decor, fonction architecturale (French, Paperback): Veronique Vassal Les Pavements D'opus Signinum - Technique, decor, fonction architecturale (French, Paperback)
Veronique Vassal
R2,550 Discovery Miles 25 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Opus signinum is an antique floor-covering technique, especially noted in the Mediterranean area. The technique is based on a waterproof mortar of a mixture of lime, water and tile powder which gives it a reddish colour. This current research focused mainly on the opus signinum process as recorded in the antique literature (especially Vitrivius and Pliny) and then scientific analysis, in order to define the composition of the mortar. Over 100 pavements from Mediterranean countries (5th c BC 2nd c AD) have been compiled in the catalogue, making it possible to study the ornamental patterns and the various uses the rooms/spaces were put to. French text.

Roman Frontiers in Britain (Paperback): David J. Breeze Roman Frontiers in Britain (Paperback)
David J. Breeze
R845 Discovery Miles 8 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall defined the edge of the Roman Empire in Britain. Today, the spectacular remains of these great frontier works stand as mute testimony to one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. This new accessible account, illustrated with 25 detailed photographs, maps and plans, describes the building of the walls, and reconstructs what life was like on the frontier. It places these frontiers into their context both in Britain and Europe, examining the development of frontier installations over four centuries.Designed for students and teachers of Ancient History or Classical Civilisation at school and in early university years, this series provides a valuable collection of guides to the history, art, literature, values and social institutions of the ancient world.

Rituales de armas y de victoria Lugares de culto y armamento en el mundo griego - Lugares de culto y armamento en el mundo... Rituales de armas y de victoria Lugares de culto y armamento en el mundo griego - Lugares de culto y armamento en el mundo griego (Spanish, Paperback)
Maria Del Mar Gabaldon Martinez
R2,387 Discovery Miles 23 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the Greek world the gods were intricately linked to most aspects of life so it should be no surprise that weapons and military equipment were given as offerings to them in Greek sanctuaries. Based on the author's thesis, this study examines how and why this took place, how war, ritual and religion were linked, and includes a catalogue of arms and other pieces of equipment that were dedicated at particular sanctuaries. It concludes that most of the weapons were presented as offerings, and may have been booty from defeated enemuies, and that items from the military panoply were dedications of personal equipment to the gods. Cult places of gods such as Ares, Zeus, Apollo, Artemis and Athena are discussed in turn as the author explores the role of the gods in the celebration and commemoration of victory and the symbolism of trophies. Spanish text.

Approche archeozoologique des modes d'acquisition de transformation et de consommation des ressources animales dans le... Approche archeozoologique des modes d'acquisition de transformation et de consommation des ressources animales dans le contexte urbain gallo-romain de (French, Paperback)
Tarek Oueslati
R4,101 Discovery Miles 41 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume presents a zooarchaeological study of eleven Gallo-Roman bone assemblages retrieved over the past fifteen years from rescue excavations in Paris. The Roman occupation of Lutecia is divided into four periods (1st c. BC - 4th c AD). The limits of the antique city on the left bank of the Seine are situated within the 5th and 6th districts of todays city of Paris. Only a restricted area of the right bank is occupied. Two Necropolises are known and are located at the south and south east of these limits. Until now, no Iron-age occupation has been found under the Roman city. Eight of the studied assemblages are habitat contexts, two are located in dump areas of the city, and the last specialized in ceramic production. The finds help to improve our understanding of Gallo-Roman society while emphasizing the influence of the conquest on native peoples. Considerable progress has been made towards a more comprehensive understanding of the provisioning of urban contexts, the hierarchy of food and the status of consumers. In addition, light is shed on some aspects of butchery and meat redistribution and the post-conquest orientation of agriculture. This work increases the resolution of zooarchaeology in the analysis of antique societies and these advances will further increase the interest of classical archaeology in the collection and study of animal bones.

Kontinuitatsfragen: Mittlere Kaiserzeit - Spatantike Spatantike - Fruhmittelalter - Beitrage der Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Roemische... Kontinuitatsfragen: Mittlere Kaiserzeit - Spatantike Spatantike - Fruhmittelalter - Beitrage der Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Roemische Archaologie" auf der Jahrestagung des West- und Suddeutschen Verbandes fur Altertumsforschung in Trier 05.-10.06.2001 (German, Paperback)
Susanne Biegert, Andrea Hagedorn, Andreas Schaub
R1,206 Discovery Miles 12 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Eight papers from the Roman Archaeology conference held at Trier in 2001.

Romanisierung - Romanisation Theoretische Modelle und praktische Fallbeispiele - Theoretische Modelle und praktische... Romanisierung - Romanisation Theoretische Modelle und praktische Fallbeispiele - Theoretische Modelle und praktische Fallbeispiele (German, Paperback)
Gunther Schoerner
R2,813 Discovery Miles 28 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

21 papers on contemporary perspectives of Romanization presented at a graduate seminar and colloquium on 'Romanization and Self-Romanization' held at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena and the Siegmundsburg-Centre of Studies. The first section deals with theoretical models and sociological concepts; the second looks at archaeological and historical studies. The geographical scope covers the entire Empire from Lusitania to Asia Minor, from Hadrian's Wall to the Sahara. In German.

Les Elements Metalliques Du Costume Mesculin Dans Les Provinces Romaines De La Mer Noire, Iiie-Ve s. Ap.J.-C (French,... Les Elements Metalliques Du Costume Mesculin Dans Les Provinces Romaines De La Mer Noire, Iiie-Ve s. Ap.J.-C (French, Paperback)
Vanessa Soupault
R3,110 Discovery Miles 31 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vanessa Soupault's thesis provides a study of metal dress accessories on Roman male costume in the Black Sea area between the 3rd and 5th centuries AD. Much of the volume comprises an illustrated catalogue of fibulae, buckles, fittings, bracelets, torques and other items from sites on all sides of the Black Sea. The catalogue is preceded by a regional discussion of artefacts and trends, particularly in fibulae types, distribution, iconography and social context of these elaborate objects.

The Archaeology of Greek Colonisation (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Franco De Angelis The Archaeology of Greek Colonisation (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Franco De Angelis
R412 Discovery Miles 4 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Every year archaeological research is producing new evidence for the study of Greek colonisation. The eight essays in this collection dedicated to Sir John Boardman provide an up-to-date survey of these new discoveries. They introduce new approaches to handling both the old and new data, pointing out at the same time the gaps and possible future directions for the study of Greek colonisation from the archaeological viewpoint. Contributors include A M Snodgrass (The growth and standing of the early Western colonies), M R Popham (Early Greek contact with the East), D Ridgway (Phoenicians and Greeks in the West), J N Coldstream (Pithekoussai, Kyme and central Italy), B. Shefton (Massalia and colonisation in the north-western Mediterranean), F. De Angelis (The foundation of Selinous: Overpopulation or opportunities?), G. Tsetskhladze (Greek penetration of the Black Sea), John Boardman (Settlement for trade and land in North Africa).

Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence there (Paperback, Revised ed.): Christopher Wordsworth Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence there (Paperback, Revised ed.)
Christopher Wordsworth; Edited by Gerald Brisch
R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Christopher Wordsworth (1807-85), the "Great Christopher" of Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, was a nephew of William the poet, and brother to the student who launched the University Boat Race. In 1832 he took a gap-year, after his brilliant studies in ancient Greek and Latin classics, to travel back in time over two thousand years to Pericles' Athens. The account of his tour, Athens and Attica (1836), is still the perfect scholarly companion to the history, topography, and myths of an area compact in dimension yet vast in terms of its contribution to Western civilization. "The Bazaar or Market at Athens is a long street. Looking up you command a view of the commodities. Barrels of black caviar, small pocket-looking-glasses in red pasteboard cases, onions, tobacco piled up in brown heaps, black olives, figs strung together upon a rush, pipes with amber mouthpieces and brown clay bowls, silver-chased pistols, dirks, belts, and embroidered waistcoats. Such is the present state of Athens...a few Turks still doze in the archways of the Acropolis, or recline while smoking their pipes, and leaning with their backs against the rusty cannon. A few days ago the cannon of the Acropolis fired the signal of the conclusion of the Turkish Ramazam - the last which will ever be celebrated in Athens." - Christopher Wordsworth, 1832

La Paleovegetacion de Grecia Desde el Tardiglaciar Hasta el Atlantico - Formaciones Vegetales, Recursos y Usos (Spanish,... La Paleovegetacion de Grecia Desde el Tardiglaciar Hasta el Atlantico - Formaciones Vegetales, Recursos y Usos (Spanish, Paperback)
Maria Ntinou
R2,839 Discovery Miles 28 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based on the author's dissertation, this study discusses the evidence for the reconstruction of the palaeovegetation of northern Greece in the Late Glacial and Holocene periods. The three case studies discussed are the rockshelter site of Boila and the Late Neolithic sites of Dispilio and Makri, and an analysis of charcoal and palaeobotanical samples from the sites is presented. Spanish text, short English summary.

Das Tholosgrab E von Phourni bei Archanes - Studien zu einem fruhkretischen Grabfund und seinem kulturellen Kontext (German,... Das Tholosgrab E von Phourni bei Archanes - Studien zu einem fruhkretischen Grabfund und seinem kulturellen Kontext (German, Paperback)
Diamantis Panagiotopoulos
R2,686 Discovery Miles 26 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The low ridge of Phourni rises smoothly at the north-west edge of the fertile Cretan plain of Archanes, situated c. 12 km south of Knossos. Uncovered along this ridge was one of the most important burial sites of the Bronze Age Aegean. Its historical trajectory extends from the beginning of the EM II to LM III B, covering approximately 14 centuries of almost uninterrupted use: the spectacular Tholos tomb E was unearthed in 1975. This present study is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 examines the tomb's architecture, stratigraphy, and find contexts. Part 2 takes up the presentation and evaluation of the large and varied number of finds, including very early fragments of Linear A and one of the earliest securely dated seal groups of Minoan Crete. The third part is dedicated to a comprehensive analysis of mortuary data, and provides further theoretical material for funerary beliefs in Bronze Are Crete.

Consideraciones acerca del origen y la naturaleza de la ciudad planificada en las colonias griegas de Occidente (Spanish,... Consideraciones acerca del origen y la naturaleza de la ciudad planificada en las colonias griegas de Occidente (Spanish, Paperback)
Jose Luis Menendez Varela
R3,411 Discovery Miles 34 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hippodamus was widely regarded as the inventor of modern urban planning, promoting the use of regular street layout, with intersecting axes and a more systematic and defined separation between public and private place. This study looks at the origins of cities founded in the Greek colonies of the west, the evolution of a characteristic city plan and the development of the polis . Exploring the archaeology of cities such as Naxos, Megara Hyblaea, Metapontum, Selinus and Posidonia, Varela traces the aims of the colonisers, the characteristivs of the intial settlements and the emergence of the planned city and polis . Spanish text; long English conclusion.

Mysteries Of The Snake Goddess - Art, Desire, And The Forging Of History (Paperback, 1st Da Capo Press ed): Kenneth Lapatin Mysteries Of The Snake Goddess - Art, Desire, And The Forging Of History (Paperback, 1st Da Capo Press ed)
Kenneth Lapatin
R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Not only is one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek art-the celebrated gold and ivory statuette of the Snake Goddess-almost certainly modern, but Minoan civilization as it has been popularly imagined is largely an invention of the early twentieth century. This is Kenneth Lapatin's startling conclusion in Mysteries of the Snake Goddess-a brilliant investigation into the true origins of the celebrated Bronze Age artifact, and into the fascinating world of archaeologists, adventurers, and artisans that converged in Crete at the turn of the twentieth century. Including characters from Sir Arthur Evans, legendary excavator of the Palace of Minos at Knossos, who was driven to discover a sophisticated early European civilization to rival that of the Orient, to his principal restorer Swiss painter Emil Gillieron, who out of handfuls of fragments fashioned a picture of Minoan life that conformed to contemporary taste, this is a riveting tale of archeological discovery.

Villa to Village - The Transformation of the Roman Countryside (Paperback): Riccardo Francovich, Richard Hodges Villa to Village - The Transformation of the Roman Countryside (Paperback)
Riccardo Francovich, Richard Hodges
R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Villa to Village" challenges the historical view that hilltop villages in Italy were first founded in the tenth century. Drawing upon recent excavations, the authors show that the makings of the medieval village lie in the demise of the Roman villa in late antiquity. The book describes the lively debate between archaeologists and historians on this issue. It also examines the evidence for the first manorial villages of the Carolingian era and describes how these were transformed into the familiar feudal villages that are characteristic of much of Italy.

Roman Countryside (Paperback): Stephen L. Dyson Roman Countryside (Paperback)
Stephen L. Dyson
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book Stephen Dyson provides a new synthesis, describing current research on the Roman countryside within a topological rather than a geographical or historical framework. He first examines the Roman villa, looking at changing interpretations of the villa and the ways they have been shaped both by new information and evolving interpretative models, relating the survey-settlement evidence to larger questions of landscape use and landscape transformation during the Roman period. Focussing on areas where some of the most innovative rural research has been conducted - Italy, North Africa, Spain, and France - he discusses what happened in rural areas in the period of transition between the end of Antiquity and the emergence of medieval society. He shows that the period of transition was much longer than previously thought, and that there was tremendous variation not only between one part of the Empire and another, but also between micro-regions within a single province.

Typologische Untersuchungen zur Dichter- und Denkerikonographie in roemischen Darstellungen von der mittleren Kaiserzeit bis in... Typologische Untersuchungen zur Dichter- und Denkerikonographie in roemischen Darstellungen von der mittleren Kaiserzeit bis in die Spatantike (German, Paperback, abridged edition)
Claudia Danguillier
R2,586 Discovery Miles 25 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Danguillier's thesis discusses and catalogues depictions of philosophers in Roman art between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD. The detailed study presents a typology of iconography found in different types of portraiture, including mosaics, sculpture, sarcophagi, Greek replicas and Christian art and traces chronological trends in style.

Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Hardcover, New):... Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Hardcover, New)
Jean MacIntosh Turfa
R2,117 Discovery Miles 21 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Combining a guide for the Museum visitor with scholarly discussions of all objects on display, this catalogue provides background on the society, history, technology, and commerce of the Etruscan and Faliscan cultures from the ninth through the first centuries B.C. Several groups of material illustrate social, historical, and technological phenomena currently at the forefront of scholarly debate and study, such as the crucial period of the turnover from Iron Age hut villages to the fully urbanized princely Etruscan cities, the development and extent of ancient literacy, and the position of women and children in ancient societies. Many special objects seldom found or generally inaccessible in the United States include Faliscan tomb groups, Etruscan inscriptions, helmets, and trade goods.The catalogue presents and analyzes objects of warfare, weaving, animals, religious beliefs, architectural and terracotta roofing ornaments, Etruscan bronze-working for utensils, weapons, and artwork, and fine, generic portraiture. It discusses the symbolic meaning of such objects deposited in tombs as a chariot buried with a Faliscan lady at Narce, a senator's folding stool buried in a later tomb at Chiusi, and a pair of horse bits with the teeth of a chariot team still adhering to them where the teeth fell when sacrificed for a funeral in the fifth-century necropolis at Tarquinia--much later than the horse sacrifice was previously known in Etruria.

Acque Sorgivi Salutari e Sacre in Etruria (Italiae Regio VII) - Ricerche Archeologiche e di Tipografia Antica (Italian,... Acque Sorgivi Salutari e Sacre in Etruria (Italiae Regio VII) - Ricerche Archeologiche e di Tipografia Antica (Italian, Paperback)
Riccardo Chellini
R2,791 Discovery Miles 27 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Politica y religion en Atenas arcaica - La reorganizacion de la polis en epoca de Solon. Una revision de la documentacion... Politica y religion en Atenas arcaica - La reorganizacion de la polis en epoca de Solon. Una revision de la documentacion arqueologica, literaria y religiosa (Spanish, Paperback)
Miriam Valdes Guia
R2,975 Discovery Miles 29 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The election of Solon to Archon in the early 6th century BC paved the way for a series of political and religious reforms in Athens. This is not an exhaustive history of those reforms, but it is a discussive and analytical essay on the nature of religion, society, politics and institutions before, during and after Solon's legislation. Based on archaeological, literary and religious evidence, Valdes discusses the formation of a civic religion, the consolidation of the polis in Athens and the re-organisation of festivals and cults within the context of other political and institutional reforms. French text.

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Pt. 42 (Hardcover): Peter John Parsons The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Pt. 42 (Hardcover)
Peter John Parsons
R2,790 Discovery Miles 27 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Papyri nos 2999-3087. (Egypt Exploration Society, Graeco-Roman Memoirs 58, 1974)

Paleoanthropologie et Pratiques Funeraires en Corse du Mesolithique a l'age du Fer (French, Paperback): Helene David Paleoanthropologie et Pratiques Funeraires en Corse du Mesolithique a l'age du Fer (French, Paperback)
Helene David
R1,638 Discovery Miles 16 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A study of palaeoanthropology and funerary practices on the island of Corsica focusing on data dating from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age. After a detailed discussion of the environmental and archaeological context and of the first human occupation of the island, Helene David presents the methodology for her work and previous research carried out on the island and its history. The sites and their funerary remains are then discussed in turn and in chronological order, followed by a comparison of burial types, treatment of the body, weight, age and sex profiles, funerary architecture and palaeoanthropological findings, between sites and through time. The results are then briefly compared to those found in the neighbouring island of Sardinia. French text.

Artefacts and Archaeology - Aspects of the Celtic and Roman World (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Miranda Aldhouse Green,... Artefacts and Archaeology - Aspects of the Celtic and Roman World (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Miranda Aldhouse Green, Peter Webster
R1,577 Discovery Miles 15 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Archaeologists excavate structures and objects, but they can and should aim to reconstruct the societies of the past and seek to understand them. Artefacts and Archaeology brings together essays written by leading scholars in the fields of Iron Age and Roman archaeology and material finds in Britain in order to examine the ways in which the study of sites, artefacts and ancient societies are interdependent. Artefacts and Archaeology deals with the wide range of objects produced by the Iron Age and Roman cultures, from ironwork, defences and the Roman army and Roman finds. It emphasises the role of the archaeologist as interpreter of people, not things, and shows how object studies can move beyond pure description and instead attempt to communicate with the past. Individual essays discuss Iron Age and Romano-British religion, the Roman army in Wales, Roman bronze, pottery and glass objects, the Roman economy and museum objects, and the collection as a whole offers a fascinating overview of the material culture of Iron Age and Roman western Europe.

Roemische Bronzebalsamarien mit Reliefdekor (German, Paperback): Claudia Braun Roemische Bronzebalsamarien mit Reliefdekor (German, Paperback)
Claudia Braun
R2,304 Discovery Miles 23 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An illustrated catalogue and discussion of approximately 100 bronze balsam or balm vessels which are decorated with figurative or non-figurative relief decoration. The catalogue is preceded by a discussion of the proposed typology series, the iconography and manufacture of the vessels throughout the Roman world along with a consideration of the cultural use of these decorative vessels and their archaeological context.

Produzione e Commercio dei Tessuti Nell' Occidente Romano (Italian, Paperback): Fabio Vicari Produzione e Commercio dei Tessuti Nell' Occidente Romano (Italian, Paperback)
Fabio Vicari
R1,618 Discovery Miles 16 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A study of the production and trade in textiles in the Roman west during the Late Republic. It addresses the problems of interpreting the sources, especially the epigraphic evidence, and attempts a reconstruction of the organisation and economic importance of the industry. Geographically the study looks at Rome and Italy, Gaul, Germany, Britain, Iberia and Africa.

Classical Archaeology in the Field - Approaches (Paperback): L.C. Bowkett, Diana Wardle, S. J Hill Classical Archaeology in the Field - Approaches (Paperback)
L.C. Bowkett, Diana Wardle, S. J Hill
R965 Discovery Miles 9 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'Classical' and 'archaeology' are both terms which call for definition. Here the term 'Classical' is interpreted as widely as possible to include material relating to periods from the Bronze Age to the early Byzantine, and to countries from Britain to Turkey. Coverage of 'archaeology' will range from the discovery of sites to conserving and presenting them, from the viewpoint of practising archaeologists working in various parts of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. This book combines explanation of methods and techniques with case studies of particular sites which demonstrate different themes in, and approaches to, the overall subject. Principles and methods including prospecting, excavation, dating, stratigraphy and presentation are considered alongside an account of the development of Classical archaeology - as seen in the work of famous pioneers such as Evans and Schliemann - to the more scientific approaches used in contemporary projects. Case studies include sites which are currently being studied by the authors. Aimed at A-level students and first-year undergraduates as well as those with a general interest, this is a lively introduction to the ways in which archaeologists interpret Classical sites, enabling informed observation and enhanced understanding of technical publications. It is profusely illustrated and benefits from topical research, with the inclusion of results of current fieldwork.

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