How things make history : the Roman Empire and its terra sigillata pottery /

Van Oyen, Astrid

How things make history : the Roman Empire and its terra sigillata pottery / Astrid Van Oyen. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016?] - x, 173 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm - Amsterdam Archaeological Studies ; 23 . - Amsterdam archaeological studies 23. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-166) and index.

Bright red 'terra sigillata' pots dating to the first three centuries CE can be found throughout the Western Roman provinces. The pots' widespread distribution and recognisability make them key evidence in the effort to reconstruct the Roman Empire's economy and society. Drawing on recent ideas in material culture, this book asks a radically new question: what was it about the pots themselves that allowed them to travel so widely and be integrated so quickly into a range of contexts and practices? To answer this question, Van Oyen offers a fresh analysis in which objects are no longer passive props, but rather they actively shape historical trajectories.

9789462980549 9789048529933 (e-ISBN)

2016445026


Pottery, Roman--Social aspects.
Pottery, Arretine--Social aspects.
Material culture--Rome.


Rome (Italy)--Civilization

NK3850 / .V36 2016
© 2023- | Privacy | | Site developed by Emme.Bi.Soft s.r.l.