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Dating and interpreting the past in the Western Roman Empire : essays in honour of Brenda Dickinson /
This volume presents a collection of more than 30 papers in honour of one of Europe's leading scholars on Roman pottery, Brenda Dickinson. Divided into thematic sections, papers are mostly concerned with her principal area of study, samian, but also touch on Brenda's other interests.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés Alemán |
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Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT :
Oxbow Books,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Abstract; Résumé; Zusammenfassung; Foreword by Michael Fulford; A bibliography of the works of Brenda Dickinson compiled by Louise Rayner; Editor's preface by David Bird; 1 Vocal iso(n); 2 Lesbia's pet bird; 3 Britons speaking in Tacitus; 4 A northern odyssey: the fi rst 26,000 samian vessels, and still counting; 5 Calibrating ceramic chronology: four case studies of timber building sequences, and their implications; 6 The portrait of the potter Calus: a potter priest at La Graufesenque?
- 7 The origins of the samian form Dragendorff 37: 'The weight of the evidence'8 Un décorateur de Montans méconnu: Salvius; 9 'Servus VI': potier(s) décorateur(s) de Lezoux; 10 Balancing between tradition and innovation: the potter EBNRNS and the mould-decorated beakers from the Argonne; 11 Der Wandertöpfer CINTVGNATVS; 12 Eine Terra-Sigillata-ähnliche Keramikproduktion des 3. Jahrhunderts in Augusta Raurica; 13 Reproducing samian pottery: ideas and practical experience; 14 Arena scenes with bulls on South Gaulish samian; 15 An elegant fowl.
- 16 Les estampilles graphomorphes et anépigraphes du Rozier17 Vases moulés avec marque intradécorative du groupe D d'Espalion (Aveyron, France); 18 The influences on the designs of the potters at Lezoux; 19 New Central Gaulish poinçons; 20 'Is your figure less than Greek?' Some thoughts on the decoration of Gaulish samian ware; 21 Some samian potters' signatures from the North of Britain; 22 Senex, samian and saffron
- solution in sight?; 23 Coarseware mortaria found at La Graufesenque and nearby Millau; 24 A roller-stamped unguentarium from the City of London; 25 Makers' marks
- on textiles?
- 26 The occurrence and use of samian ware in rural settlements in the Upper Thames Valley27 Alphen aan den Rijn-Albaniana and the dating of the Roman forts in the Rhine delta; 28 Costing the (figured) earth: using samian to estimate funerary expenditure; 29 Aspects of the use of samian pottery in Romano-British funerary practices; 30 Lamplighters and plate-spinners: the fi nal phase of use for some samian vessels from Kent?; 31 Graffiti on samian in London; 32 The sizes of samian vessels and dining: evidence from Roman London; 33 Stuffed dormice or tandoori chicken in Roman Britain?