Title Roman period statuettes in the Netherlands and beyond : representation and ritual use in context / Christel Veen

Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations Series Amsterdam Archaeological Studies ; 30 Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 30. Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 A rare category of artefacts -- 2 Catalogue and description of find-spots -- 3 Spatial and iconographic analysis -- 4 Rituals with statuettes -- 5 Summary and conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- List of maps, figures and drawings -- Figures -- Tables Summary The subject of this study is a relatively rare category of artefacts, bronze and terracotta statuettes that represent deities, human figures and animals. They were introduced in the northwestern provinces by Roman troops from the end of the 1st century BCE onwards. The statuettes have been recovered from military and non-military settlements, the surrounding landscape and, to a far lesser extent, from sanctuaries and graves. Until now, their meaning and function have seldom been analysed in relation to their find-spots. Contrary to traditional studies, they have been examined as one separate category of artefacts, which offers new insights into the distribution pattern and iconographic representation of deities. When studying a group of artefacts, a large research area or a large dataset is required, as well as dateable artefacts and find-contexts. These conditions do not apply to the Netherlands and to the majority of statuettes that are central to this study. Moreover, although the changing appearance of statuettes suggest a transformation of cults, the identities of the owners of these statuettes remain invisible to us. Therefore, the issue of Romanization is not put central here. Instead, the focus is on a specific aspect of religion, known as lived religion, within the wider subject of its transformation in the Roman period: how people used statuettes in everyday life, in the context of their houses and settlements Analysis History, Art History, and Archaeology HIS Antiquity ANTIQ Archaeology ARCH Religion and Theology REL & THEOL Sociology and Social History SOC & HIS Roman period statuettes, distribution patterns, iconography Notes Acknowledgements 1 A RARE CATEGORY OF ARTEFACTS -- 2 CATALOGUE AND DESCRPTION OF FIND-SPOTS -- 3 SPATIAL AND ICONOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS -- 4 RITUALS WITH STATUETTES -- 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES, AND DRAWINGS -- FIGURES -- TABLES Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 26, 2023) Subject Bronze figurines, Roman -- Netherlands -- History -- To 1500 Terra-cotta figurines, Roman -- Netherlands -- History -- To 1500 Social and cultural history. Classical Greek and Roman archaeology. Medieval European Archaeology. HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. HISTORY / Europe / Western. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. Bronze figurines, Roman Classical antiquities Terra-cotta figurines, Roman Social and cultural history. Archaeology by period / region. SUBJECT Netherlands -- Antiquities, Roman Subject Netherlands Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9048557003 9789048557004

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