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Material approaches to Roman magic : occult objects and supernatural substances /
This second volume in the 'TRAC Themes in Roman Archaeology' series "seeks to push the research agendas of materiality and lived experience further into the study of Roman magic, a field that has, until recently, lacked object-focused analysis. Building on the pioneering studies in Bo...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Havertown, PA :
Oxbow Books,
2018.
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| Series: | TRAC Themes in Roman archaeology ;
v. 2. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Series Forward / Sergio Gonzaléz Sánchez
- Introduction: Materials, approaches, substances, and objects / Stuart McKie and Adam Parker
- The medium matters : materiality and metaphor in some Latin curse tablets / Celia Sánchez Natalías
- Phallic magic : a cross cultural approach to Roman phallic small finds / Allissa Whitmore
- Little bottles of power : Roman glass unguentaria in magic, ritual and poisoning / Thomas Derrick
- Victory of good over evil? : amuletic animal images on Roman engraved gems / Idit Sagiv
- 'The bells! The bells!' : approaching tintinnabula in Roman Britain and beyond / Adam Parker
- Rubbing and rolling, burning and burying : the magical use of amber in Roman London / Glynn Davis
- Linking magic and medicine in early Roman Britain : the 'Doctor's' Burial, Stanway, Camulodunum / Nicky Garland
- The archaeology of ritual in the domestic sphere : case studies from Karanis and Pompeii / Andrew Wilburn
- The legs, hands, head and arms race : the human body as a magical weapon in the Roman world / Stuart McKie
- Amulets, the body and personal agency / Véronique Dasen.