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Ritual Significance of Personal Ornament in Roman Britain (Paperback)
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Ritual Significance of Personal Ornament in Roman Britain (Paperback)
Series: British Archaeological Reports British Series
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This work on personal ornament in Roman Britain began as an
analysis of, and a comparison between, the types of and styles of
jewellery favoured by the people of Roman Britain of differing
social classes and areas. It soon became clear that many of these
artifacts had a deeper significance than that of mere adornment.
Furthermore, the majority of these items were recovered from places
with ritual or religious connotations. The author proposes that
such personal ornamentation appears to have a definite ritual
aspect. Because of the religious or superstitious nature of these
sites, artifacts deliberately deposited there can be linked to a
belief in an afterlife and an intervention by the gods in the lives
of mortals. The find-sites indicate that the items probably had a
common significance which would have been linked mainly to women,
for the majority of these items were articles of feminine
adornment. This led to the supposition that the votive artifacts
were associated with health and fertility, the main concerns of
most women in the ancient world.
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