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Objects and Identities

Roman Britain and the North-Western Provinces

By: Hella Eckardt

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Objects and Identities

Roman Britain and the North-Western Provinces

By: Hella Eckardt

This volume explores Rome's northern provinces through the portable artefacts people used and left behind. Objects are crucial to our understanding of the past, and can be used to explore interlinking aspects of identity. For example, can we identify incomers? How are exotic materials (such as amber and ivory) and objects depicting 'the exotic' (e.g. Africans) consumed? Do regional styles exist below the homogenizing influence of Roman trade? How do all these aspects of identity interact with others, such as status, gender, and age? In this innovative study, the author combines theoretical awareness and a willingness to engage with questions of social and cultural identity with a thorough investigation into the well-published but underused material culture of Rome's northern provinces. Pottery and coins, the dominant categories of many other studies, have here been largely excluded in favour of small portable objects such as items of personal adornment, amulets, and writing equipment. The case studies included were chosen because they relate to specific, often interlinking aspects of identity such as provincial, elite, regional, or religious identity. Their meaning is explored in their own right and in depth, and in careful examination of their contexts. It is hoped that these case studies will be of use to archaeologists working in other periods, and indeed to students of material culture generally by making a small contribution to a growing corpus of academic and popular books that develop interpretative, historical narratives from selected objects.

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Writing and Power in the Roman World

By: Hella Eckardt

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Writing and Power in the Roman World

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This book focuses on the material practice of ancient literacy through a contextual examination of Roman writing equipment.

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This book focuses on the material practice of ancient literacy through a contextual examination of Roman writing equipment.

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Objects and Identities

Roman Britain and the North-Western Provinces

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Bridge Over Troubled Water

The Roman Finds from the River Tees at Piercebridge in Context

By: Hella Eckardt,Philippa Jane Walton

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The Roman Finds from the River Tees at Piercebridge in Context

By: Hella Eckardt,Philippa Jane Walton

When Roman objects are discovered in rivers they are commonly interpreted as accidental losses or as rubbish deposits revealed by fluvial erosion; this is in contrast to prehistoric assemblages, which are often seen as ritual offerings. Our project challenges these assumptions by publishing for the first time an entire riverine artifact assemblage and comparing its composition to nearby excavated assemblages. The ca. 3,600 finds retrieved by two divers from the River Tees at Piercebridge are also related to the Roman bridges, settlement, and fort, and analyzed to better understand the people who used and deposited them.

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Britannia Monograph

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Objects and Identities

Objects and Identities

Writing and Power in the Roman World

Writing and Power in the Roman World

Writing and Power in the Roman World

Writing and Power in the Roman World

Objects and Identities

Objects and Identities

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Bridge Over Troubled Water

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