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Author Peña, J. Theodore

Title Roman pottery in the archaeological record / J. Theodore Peña
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 430 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents A model of the life cycle of Roman pottery -- Background considerations -- Manufacture and distribution -- Prime use -- The reuse of Amphorae as packaging containers -- The reuse of Amphorae for purposes other than as packaging containers -- The reuse of the other functional categories of pottery -- Maintenance -- Recycling -- Discard and reclamation -- Modeling the formation of the Roman pottery record -- Amphora classes referred to in the text
Summary This book examines how Romans used their pottery and the implications of these practices on the archaeological record. It is organized around a flow model for the life cycle of Roman pottery that includes a set of eight distinct practices: manufacture, distribution, prime use, reuse, maintenance, recycling, discard, reclamation. J. Theodore Peña evaluates how these practices operated, how they have shaped the archaeological record, and the implications of these processes on archaeological research through the examination of a wide array of archaeological, textual, representational and comparative ethnographic evidence. The result is a rich portrayal of the dynamic that shaped the archaeological record of the ancient Romans that will be of interest to archaeologists, ceramicists, and students of material culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-408) and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Pottery, Roman -- Classification
Archaeology -- Methodology.
Material culture -- Rome
Ethnoarchaeology -- Rome
Pottery -- Recycling -- Rome
Pottery, Roman -- Social aspects
Classical antiquities.
classical archaeology.
HISTORY -- Ancient.
Antiquities
Archaeology -- Methodology
Classical antiquities
Ethnoarchaeology
Material culture
Pottery, Roman
Keramik
Verwendung
Lebensdauer
Archäologie
Archeologische vondsten.
Keramiek.
Productie.
Gebruik.
Hergebruik.
SUBJECT Rome -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115088
Subject Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Romeinse rijk.
Genre/Form Classification
Form Electronic book
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