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Cosa

The Roman and Greek Amphoras

By: Kathleen Slane,Elizabeth Lyding Will

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Cosa

The Roman and Greek Amphoras

By: Kathleen Slane,Elizabeth Lyding Will

This long-awaited volume presents the work of Elizabeth Lyding Will on the important group of transport amphoras found at Cosa. This town has been widely recognized as a prototypical colony of the later Roman Republic and a source for trade with Gaul and Spain, so this publication of its finds has important implications for archaeologists and historians of the ancient world. Will’s initial work was on Latin amphora-stamps in the eastern Mediterranean, and through the 1960s and 1970s she developed an amphora typology based on materials found in the region and at Cosa. What has not been appreciated is that this typology was not limited to stamped Republican amphoras but also included unstamped vessels, such as imperial Spanish, African, and eastern amphoras dating as late as the fifth century CE. This book shows that Will was far ahead of her time in documenting the Mediterranean trade in commodities carried in amphoras: her work not only provides a record of the amphoras found on the town-site of Cosa, but also includes a comparison between the finds from the port and the town. At the time of Will’s death, her manuscript consisted of a typed catalogue of the amphora stamps from Cosa and an equal number of unstamped vessels, but was missing important elements. On the basis of extensive notes and photographs, Kathleen Warner Slane has reviewed and updated the manuscript, adding type descriptions and footnotes to materials that have appeared since Will’s death as well as a framing introduction and conclusions. Appendices highlight an Augustan amphora dump on the Arx and add a catalogue of the Greek amphora stamps found at Cosa. Cosa: The Roman and Greek Amphoras will be of interest to scholars and students of Rome and its system of colonies, and also to those interested in Greek and Roman archaeology and trade in the ancient world.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472131435

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9780472131433

Cosa V

An Intertmittent Town, Excavations 1991-1997

By: Elizabeth Fentress

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Cosa V

An Intertmittent Town, Excavations 1991-1997

By: Elizabeth Fentress

A presentation of seven years' archaeological excavation, research, and analysis of the site of Cosa

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University of Michigan Press

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0472113631

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9780472113637

Travels and Adventures of an Officer's Wife in India, China, and New Zealand

Vol. 1

By: Elizabeth M. Muter

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Travels and Adventures of an Officer's Wife in India, China, and New Zealand

Vol. 1

By: Elizabeth M. Muter

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.

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342

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752595426

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9783752595420

From Memory to Marble

The historical frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part II: The Scenes

By: Elizabeth Rankin,Rolf Michael Schneider

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From Memory to Marble

The historical frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part II: The Scenes

By: Elizabeth Rankin,Rolf Michael Schneider

For the first time, the 92-metre frieze of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, one of the largest historical narratives in marble, has been made the subject of a book. The pictorial narrative of the Boer pioneers who conquered South Africa’s interior during the 'Great Trek' (1835-52) represents a crucial period of South Africa’s past. Conceptualising the frieze both reflected on and contributed to the country’s socio-political debates in the 1930s and 1940s when it was made. The book considers the active role the Monument played in the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and the development of apartheid, as well as its place in post-apartheid heritage. The frieze is unique in that it provides rare evidence of the complex processes followed in creating a major monument. Based on unpublished documents, drawings and models, these processes are unfolded step by step, from the earliest discussions of the purpose and content of the frieze, through all the stages of its design, to its shipping to post-war Italy to be copied into marble from Monte Altissimo, up to its final installation in the Monument. The book examines how visual representation transforms historical memory in what it chooses to recount, and the forms in which it is depicted. The second volume expands on the first, by investigating each of the twenty-seven scenes of the frieze in depth, providing new insights into not only the frieze, but also South Africa’s history. François van Schalkwyk of African Minds, co-publisher with De Gruyter writes: From Memory to Marble is an open access monograph in the true sense of the word. Both volumes of the digital version of the book are available in full and free of charge from the date of publication. This approach to publishing democratises access to the latest scholarly publications across the globe. At the same time, a book such as From Memory to Marble, with its unique and exquisite photographs of the frieze as well as its wealth of reproduced archival materials, demands reception of a more traditional kind, that is, on the printed page. For this reason, the book is likewise available in print as two separate volumes. The printed and digital books should not be seen as separate incarnations; each brings its own advantages, working together to extend the reach and utility of From Memory to Marble to a range of interested readers. For more material you can browse at Stanford's database "Voortrekker Monumentality: a digital archive".

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110669021

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Travels and Adventures of an Officer's Wife in India, China, and New Zealand

Travels and Adventures of an Officer's Wife in India, China, and New Zealand

From Memory to Marble

From Memory to Marble

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