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Title Embracing the provinces : society and material culture of the Roman frontier regions / edited by Tatiana Ivleva, Jasper De Bruin and Mark Driessen
Published Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages, 12 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents Carol van Driel_murray: an appreciation / David J. Breeze -- Part 1: It's a man's world. 1. Two pieces of cavalry helmet from the province of Gelderland / Annelies Koster -- 2. "If you go down to the woods today ... ": a rare item of Roman horse gear from the Dutch-German border / Clive Bridger with a contribution by Frank Willer -- 3. Ethnic identity and archaeology: case studies from the "national numeri" of imperial Rome's armies / Ian Haynes -- 4. Transfers between units in the Roman army / David J. Breezer -- Part 2: Gender matters. 5. Ghost train: the (almost) invisible dependants of the Roman garrison at Dura-Europos, Syria / Simon James -- 6. Farming the frontier? mixed occupants and occupations at a Romean outpost in the Rhine delta, c. AD 180-230 / Erik P. Graafstal -- 7. Tracing women in Roman numismatics / Fleur Kemmers -- 8. Multi-functionality of a Romano-British glass bangle: between theory and practice / Tatiana Ivleva -- 9. A Germanic woman's hairpin from the Roman Naval Fleet Base Velsen I (NL): a story of lost and found again / Michael Erdrich -- 10. Veiling in Pannonia / Ursula Rothe -- Part 3: What's cooking? Military and civilian foodstuff. 11. Meals and the Roman military / Penelope M. Allison -- 12. Food for soldiers: farm deliveries from Germania inferior in the second and third centuries AD / Laura I. Kooistra -- 13. Nice Meating: the canabae legionis livestock market at Nijmegen revisited / Mark Driessen -- 14. Cauldrons and feasting in Oppidum Batavorum on the eve of the Batavian Revolt / Harry van Enckevort -- Part 4: A long walk from Rome: the leatherwork at the empire's edges. 15. Footwear and fashion on the fringe: stamps and decoration on leather and shoes from Vindolanda (1993-2016) / Elizabeth M. Greene -- 16. The shoe is on the other foot? the introduction of footwear as an example for changes in the rural community of the Cananefates / Jasper de Bruin -- 17. Another piece in the jigsaw: the leather from a Roman well at Tollgate Farm, Staffordshire, UK / Quita Mould -- Part 5: Filling the gaps: investigating the unexplored areas in provincial studies. 18. "Putting some flesh on the bones": bringing Roman London to life / Jenny Hall -- 19. Pillow talk / Lindsay Allason-Jones -- 20. Stylising the functional: wooden hair combs from Vindolanda / Barbara Birley
Summary "This is a collection of essays focused on people and their daily lives living in the Roman provinces, c. 27 BC-AD 476. The main aim is to showcase the vibrancy of Roman provincial studies and suggest new directions, or new emphasis, for future investigation of the Roman provincial world. It capitalizes on a wealth of data made available in recent decades to provide a holistic view on life in the Roman provinces by analysing various aspects of daily routine in the frontier regions, such as eating, dressing, and interacting. The contributors, who are acknowledged experts in their fields, make use of innovative interpretations and modern approaches to address current issues in the study of the provinces and frontiers of the Roman Empire. Twenty-one essays are cohesively structured around five themes, encompassing studies on the female and juvenile presence on Roman military sites, Roman provincial cooking, and Roman cavalry and horse equipment. For the first time in the Roman provincial scholarship the volume has a special section on the subject of Roman leather, providing a much-needed overview of the current stance of work. A few papers deal also with experimental archaeology. The essays reflect a wide geographical and chronological range, while retaining thematic consistency"-- Provided by publisher
Notes "Essays in honour of Dr Carol van Driel-Murray."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Includes a bibliography of the works of Carol van Driel-Murray (pages 197-202)
Notes Print version record
Subject Roman provinces -- Antiquities.
Roman provinces -- Social conditions.
Social archaeology -- Rome -- Provinces
Material culture -- Rome -- Provinces -- History
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Roman provinces -- Antiquities
Roman provinces -- Social conditions
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Driel-Murray, Carol van, honouree.
Ivleva, Tatʹi︠a︡na, editor.
Bruin, J. de (Jasper), 1976- editor.
Driessen, Mark, editor.
ISBN 9781789250169
1789250161
9781789250183
1789250188
Other Titles Society and material culture of the Roman frontier regions