TY - BOOK AU - Van Oyen,Astrid TI - How things make history: the Roman Empire and its terra sigillata pottery T2 - Amsterdam Archaeological Studies SN - 9789462980549 AV - NK3850 .V36 2016 PY - 2016///?] CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Pottery, Roman KW - Social aspects KW - Pottery, Arretine KW - Material culture KW - Rome KW - Rome (Italy) KW - Civilization N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-166) and index N2 - 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 UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1619/2016445026-b.html UR - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1619/2016445026-d.html ER -