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TRAC 2014 : proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference : which took place at The University of Reading 27-30 March 2014
- Author / Creator
- Conferences
- Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (24th : 2014)
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- Online
- Summary
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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 interdisciplin...
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
Details
- Creator
- edited by Tom Brindle [and three others]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Oxford, [England] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : Oxbow Books, 2015
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (128 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781785700033, 1785700022, 1785700030, 1785700057, 9781785700026, 9781785700057
- OCLC
- ocn913742634
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- English
- 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