Vrbes Extinctae - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vrbes Extinctae write by Andrea Augenti. This book was released on 2016-12-05. Vrbes Extinctae available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Core tourist sites for the classical world are the ruins of those many and scattered examples of 'lost' and abandoned towns - from Pompeii to Timgad to Ephesus and Petra. Usually studied for their peaks and growth, rarely are their ends explored in detail, to consider the processes of loss and also to trace their 'afterlives', when they were often robbed for materials even if still hosting remnant populations.This volume breaks new ground by examining the phenomenon of urban loss and abandonment from Roman to medieval times across the former Roman Empire. Through a series of case studies two main aspects are examined: firstly, the sequences and chronologies of loss of sites, roles, structures, people, identity; and secondly the methodologies of study of these sites - from early discoveries and exploitation of such sites to current archaeological and scientific approaches (notably excavation, urban survey, georadar and geophysics) to studying these crucial centres and their fates. How can we determine the causes of urban failure - whether economic, military, environmental, political or even religious? How drawn out was the process of urban decay and abandonment? What were the natures of the afterlives of these sites which archaeology is beginning to trace? How far does scrutiny of these 'extinct' sites help in discussion of archaeological trajectories of sites that persisted? The fourteen core chapters in this collection consider specific examples and case studies of such 'lost' classical cities from across the many Roman provinces in order to address these questions. Bringing together an array of archaeological and historical voices to share views on and findings from excavations and surveys of 'failed' towns, this volume offers much to scholars of Roman, late antique and early medieval and medieval archaeology and history.
Encounters, Excavations and Argosies
Encounters, Excavations and Argosies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encounters, Excavations and Argosies write by John Moreland. This book was released on 2017-10-09. Encounters, Excavations and Argosies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Richard Hodges, one of Europe’s preeminent archaeologists, has, throughout his career, transformed the way we understand the early Middle Ages; this volume pays tribute to him with a series of reflections on some of the themes and issues which have been central to his work over the last forty years.
The Power of Cities
The Power of Cities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Power of Cities write by . This book was released on 2019-09-16. The Power of Cities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Power of Cities focuses on Iberian cities during the lengthy transition from the late Roman to the early modern period, with a particular interest in the change from early Christianity to the Islamic period, and on to the restoration of Christianity. Drawing on case studies from cities such as Toledo, Cordoba, and Seville, it collects for the first time recent research in urban studies using both archaeological and historical sources. Against the common portrayal of these cities characterized by discontinuities due to decadence, decline and invasions, it is instead continuity – that is, a gradual transformation – which emerges as the defining characteristic. The volume argues for a fresh interpretation of Iberian cities across this period, seen as a continuum of structural changes across time, and proposes a new history of the Iberian Peninsula, written from the perspective of the cities. Contributors are Javier Arce, María Asenjo González, Antonio Irigoyen López, Alberto León Muñoz, Matthias Maser, Sabine Panzram, Gisela Ripoll, Torsten dos Santos Arnold, Isabel Toral-Niehoff, Fernando Valdés Fernández, and Klaus Weber.
Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily
Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily write by Laura Pfuntner. This book was released on 2019-01-07. Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sicily has been the fulcrum of the Mediterranean throughout history. The island’s central geographical position and its status as ancient Rome’s first overseas province make it key to understanding the development of the Roman Empire. Yet Sicily’s crucial role in the empire has been largely overlooked by scholars of classical antiquity, apart from a small number of specialists in its archaeology and material culture. Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily offers the first comprehensive English-language overview of the history and archaeology of Roman Sicily since R. J. A. Wilson’s Sicily under the Roman Empire (1990). Laura Pfuntner traces the development of cities and settlement networks in Sicily in order to understand the island’s political, economic, social, and cultural role in Rome’s evolving Mediterranean hegemony. She identifies and examines three main processes traceable in the archaeological record of settlement in Roman Sicily: urban disintegration, urban adaptation, and the development of alternatives to urban settlement. By expanding the scope of research on Roman Sicily beyond the bounds of the island itself, through comparative analysis of the settlement landscapes of Greece and southern Italy, and by utilizing exciting evidence from recent excavations and surveys, Pfuntner establishes a new empirical foundation for research on Roman Sicily and demonstrates the necessity of including Sicily in broader historical and archaeological studies of the Roman Empire.
The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture
The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture write by Troels Myrup Kristensen. This book was released on 2016-06-27. The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A landmark volume on the uses and reuses of statuary in late antiquity.
