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Materialising Roman Histories

Materialising Roman Histories - University of Cambridge Museum of Classical Archaeology Monographs

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Roman period witnessed massive changes in the human-material environment, from monumentalised cityscapes to standardised low-value artefacts like pottery. This book explores new perspectives to understand this Roman 'object boom' and its impact on Roman history. In particular, the book's international contributors question the traditional dominance of 'representation' in Roman archaeology, whereby objects have come to stand for social phenomena such as status, facets of group identity, or notions like Romanisation and economic growth. Drawing upon the recent material turn in anthropology and related disciplines, the essays in this volume examine what it means to materialise Roman history, focusing on the question of what objects do in history, rather than what they represent. In challenging the dominance of representation, and exploring themes such as the impact of standardisation and the role of material agency, Materialising Roman History is essential reading for anyone studying material culture from the Roman world (and beyond).

About the Publisher

Oxbow Books

Founded in 1983 Oxbow Books is a major specialist publisher and book distributor in the UK, European and Commonwealth markets. As a publisher, Oxbow Books produces high-quality publications in the fields of archaeology, the ancient world and the Middle Ages. The publishing list at Oxbow Books also includes the Windgather Press imprint - a collection of accessible and attractive books on landscape history, landscape archaeology, and the history of Britain's countryside. Many publishers from the USA, UK, Europe and beyond also trust Oxbow Books as a valued distribution partner. As well as specialising in archaeology, the ancient world and the Middle Ages, Oxbow's distribution operation offers books in many subject areas from literature and culture to modern humanities and art.

Book information

ISBN: 9781785706769
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 937
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 232
Weight: 560g
Height: 240mm
Width: 170mm
Spine width: 15mm