Title TRAC 2014 : proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, which took place at the University of Reading, 27-30 March 2014 / edited by Tom Brindle, Martyn Allen, Emma Durham and Alex Smith

Published Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Place Theory, Genealogy, and the Cultural Biography of Roman Monuments; Chapter 2: An Integrated Cognitive and Epigraphic Approach to Social Networks within the Community of a Roman Military Base; Chapter 3: Cognitive Theory and Religious Integration: The Case of the Poetovian Mithraea; Chapter 4: Residual or Ritual? Pottery from the Backfills of Graves and Other Features in Roman Cemeteries; Chapter 5: Identifying Ritual Deposition of Plant Remains: A Case Study of Stone Pine Cones in Roman Britain Chapter 6: Caesar in Gaul: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Mass ViolenceChapter 7: Re-defining the Roman 'suburbium' from Republic to Empire: A Theoretical Approach; Chapter 8: Riparia Concept: Roman Intervention in the Lacustrine Environment of Fuente De Piedra (Málaga, Spain); Chapter 9: Silchester: The Town Life Project 1997-2014: Reflections on a Long Term Research Excavation Summary This volume contains a selection of papers presented at TRAC 2014, as well as some invited contributions. In keeping with the aims of TRAC, several papers make make innovative use of interdisciplinary theory: in humanistic geography, philosophy and archaeology; social psychology; and the cognitive science of religion in the study of Roman monuments, military social history and religion. Other papers share a common theme: the critical interpretation of archaeological evidence. A more careful consideration of non-grave good pottery sherds from graves suggests that these often disregarded items p Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 14, 2015) Subject Archaeology -- Rome -- Philosophy -- Congresses Civilization, Western -- Roman influences -- Congresses Romans -- Europe -- Congresses HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome. HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece. Archaeology -- Philosophy Civilization, Western -- Roman influences Classical antiquities Romans SUBJECT Europe -- Antiquities, Roman -- Congresses Subject Europe Rome (Empire) Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Brindle, Tom, editor. Allen, Martyn, editor Durham, Emma (Archaeologist), editor. Smith, Alex, editor ISBN 9781785700057 1785700057 9781785700033 1785700030 1785700022 9781785700026

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