The villas and their environment /

This volume reports the findings of a Canadian archaeological team under the direction of the authors at San Giovanni di Ruoti in the highlands of southern Italy. The excavations, which took place over a seven-year period, have revealed a series of three Roman villas which span the period from the b...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Small, Alastair
Otros Autores: Buck, Robert J., 1926-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1994.
Colección:Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; 33.
Excavations of San Giovanni di Ruoti ; v. 1.
Temas:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Italy > Ruoti.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Italie > Ruoti.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Classical antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
San Giovanni di Ruoti Site (Italy)
Ruoti (Italy) > Antiquities, Roman.
San Giovanni di Ruoti (Italie : Site archéologique)
Ruoti (Italie) > Antiquités romaines.
Italy > San Giovanni di Ruoti Site
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1. General Observations
  • 2. The Physical Environment
  • A. Location and General Regional Character
  • B. Regional and Local Climates
  • C. Site and Situation
  • D. Topographic and Hydrographic Characteristics
  • E. Regional and Site Geology
  • F. Geomorphology
  • 1. Morphology of the valley of the Fiumara di Avigliano
  • 2. Morphology and soils of the San Giovanni site
  • G. Forest Vegetation Cover in the San Giovanni Region
  • 3. The Field Survey
  • ""A. The Period Immediately Preceding the Foundation of the Villa""""B. Period 1, The First Part (ca. AD 1â€?70)""; ""C. Period 1, The Second Part (ca. AD 70â€?220)""; ""D. The Period of Abandonment (ca. AD 220â€?350)""; ""E. Period 2 (ca. AD 350â€?400)""; ""F. Period 3 (ca. AD 400â€?550)""; ""4. The Historical Background""; ""A. Political Background""; ""1. Early Lucania""; ""2. The administration of Lucania under the Roman Empire""; ""3. The end of Roman Lucania""; ""B. Settlement around San Giovanni in Pre-Roman and Roman Times""; ""C. Landowners in Roman Lucania""; ""D. Rural Economy""
  • 1. Forest2. Cereals, legumes, and fruit trees
  • 3. Stock farming
  • 4. Industry and commerce
  • 5. Markets and roads
  • 5. Villa Building in Roman Lucania
  • 6. The Excavations: Period 1
  • A. General Introduction
  • B. Materials Earlier than the Villas
  • C. Period 1
  • 1. Preliminary structures
  • 2. Masonry and building techniques of Period 1
  • 3. The building plan
  • 4. The mill
  • 5. Other structures
  • 6. Pottery
  • 7. Lamps
  • 8. Glass
  • 9. Small finds
  • 10. Coins
  • 11. Reconstruction
  • 12. Chronology
  • 13. The end of the period
  • 7. The Excavations: Period 2A. Period 2A
  • 1. Masonry and building techniques
  • 2. The buildings
  • 3. Pottery
  • B. Period 2B
  • 1. Masonry and building techniques
  • 2. The buildings
  • 3. Pottery
  • C. Period 2C
  • 1. Masonry and building techniques
  • 2. The buildings
  • 3. Pottery
  • 4. Lamps
  • 5. Glass
  • 6. Small finds
  • 7. Coins
  • 8. Reconstruction
  • 9. Chronology
  • 8. The Excavations: Period 3A
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Period 3A
  • 1. Masonry and building techniques
  • 2. The buildings
  • 3. Alterations and additions to the bath suite4. The water supply
  • 5. The dolium yard
  • 6. The middens
  • 7. Pottery
  • 8. Lamps
  • 9. Glass
  • 10. Small finds
  • 11. Coin
  • 12. Reconstruction
  • 13. Chronology
  • 9. The Excavations: Period 3B
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Period 3B
  • 1. The villa structures
  • 2. Masonry and building techniques
  • 3. The buildings
  • 4. The middens
  • 5. Pottery
  • 6. Lamps
  • 7. Glass
  • 8. Small finds
  • 9. Coins
  • 10. The mosaics
  • 11. Reconstruction
  • 12. Chronology
  • C. The End of the Villa

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