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Designating Place : Archaeological Perspectives on Built Environments in Ostia and Pompeii / ed. by Hans Kamermans, Bouke van der Meer.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Archaeological Studies Leiden University ; 50Publisher: Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2020]Copyright date: 2020Description: 1 online resource (244 p.) : illustrated in color throughoutContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789400603981
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 937/.63 23
LOC classification:
  • DG70.O8 D47 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1 Geophysical Analysis -- 2 Behind the Block: Results from a Geophysical Study of the Unexcavated Area in the South-west of Ostia -- 3 Exploring with GPR the Frigidarium of the Byzantine Baths in Ostia Antica after Excavation, Backfilling and Floor re-tiling -- 4 Ultra-shallow Shear-wave Reflections Locating Nearsurface Buried Structures in the Unexcavated Southern Fringe of the Ancient Ostia, Rome -- PART 2 Spatial Analysis -- 5 Embellishing the Streets of Ostia -- 6 Space Syntax a Ostia Antica Le Terme del Nuotatore, Insula V, x, e il Complesso delle Terme dei Sette Sapienti, Insula III, x Space Syntax Analysis in Ostia The Baths of the Swimmer, Insula V, x, and the Complex of the Baths of the Seven Sages, Insula III, x -- 7 From the Forum to the Gate: Commercial Investment and Ostia’s Cardo -- 8 Revisiting Old Data with New Techniques: A Re-evaluation of Insulae V, ii and IV, ii in Ostia through the Eyes of Space Syntax -- 9 The Social Construction of Roman Industrial Space The Limits of Chaînes Opératoires and the Nature of Roman Baking -- PART 3 Iconographic Analysis -- 10 Realia, Rituals and Symbols of the Torlonia Relief -- 11 Bodies and Buildings: Space, Decoration and Ritual in the Roman Domestic Bath -- PART 4 Epigraphic Analysis -- 12 Verba Volant, Scripta Manent: Reconstructing the Linguistic Landscape of Ostia Antica -- 13 CUIUS MEMORIA VIVIT On the Manifestation of Collective Memory in Fifteen Inscriptions from the Piazzale delle Corporazioni in Ostia -- PART 5 Hanna Stöger -- 14 A Hommage to Hanna Stöger -- 15 Publications by Hanna Stöger
Summary: A collection of diverse archaeological approaches to Roman cities. Designating Place showcases the diverse ways archaeologists approach ancient urban spaces—including geophysical, spatial, iconographic, and epigraphic analyses. Drawing on techniques as wide-ranging as Space Syntax, shallow seismic reflection surveys, linguistic landscape studies, and collective memory studies, this international team of scholars presents the latest insights from cutting-edge research into urban societies near Rome and Pompeii.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1 Geophysical Analysis -- 2 Behind the Block: Results from a Geophysical Study of the Unexcavated Area in the South-west of Ostia -- 3 Exploring with GPR the Frigidarium of the Byzantine Baths in Ostia Antica after Excavation, Backfilling and Floor re-tiling -- 4 Ultra-shallow Shear-wave Reflections Locating Nearsurface Buried Structures in the Unexcavated Southern Fringe of the Ancient Ostia, Rome -- PART 2 Spatial Analysis -- 5 Embellishing the Streets of Ostia -- 6 Space Syntax a Ostia Antica Le Terme del Nuotatore, Insula V, x, e il Complesso delle Terme dei Sette Sapienti, Insula III, x Space Syntax Analysis in Ostia The Baths of the Swimmer, Insula V, x, and the Complex of the Baths of the Seven Sages, Insula III, x -- 7 From the Forum to the Gate: Commercial Investment and Ostia’s Cardo -- 8 Revisiting Old Data with New Techniques: A Re-evaluation of Insulae V, ii and IV, ii in Ostia through the Eyes of Space Syntax -- 9 The Social Construction of Roman Industrial Space The Limits of Chaînes Opératoires and the Nature of Roman Baking -- PART 3 Iconographic Analysis -- 10 Realia, Rituals and Symbols of the Torlonia Relief -- 11 Bodies and Buildings: Space, Decoration and Ritual in the Roman Domestic Bath -- PART 4 Epigraphic Analysis -- 12 Verba Volant, Scripta Manent: Reconstructing the Linguistic Landscape of Ostia Antica -- 13 CUIUS MEMORIA VIVIT On the Manifestation of Collective Memory in Fifteen Inscriptions from the Piazzale delle Corporazioni in Ostia -- PART 5 Hanna Stöger -- 14 A Hommage to Hanna Stöger -- 15 Publications by Hanna Stöger

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A collection of diverse archaeological approaches to Roman cities. Designating Place showcases the diverse ways archaeologists approach ancient urban spaces—including geophysical, spatial, iconographic, and epigraphic analyses. Drawing on techniques as wide-ranging as Space Syntax, shallow seismic reflection surveys, linguistic landscape studies, and collective memory studies, this international team of scholars presents the latest insights from cutting-edge research into urban societies near Rome and Pompeii.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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