Maureen Carroll (Professor of Roman Professor of Roman Archaeology

Gebundenes Buch

Infancy & Earliest Childh Roman World C

Beschreibung

Integrating social and cultural history with archaeological evidence and material culture, this first comprehensive study of infancy and earliest childhood encompasses the whole Roman Empire and explores the particular historical circumstances into which children were born and the role and significance of the youngest within the family and society.

Autor

Maureen Carroll is Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Sheffield and is also a founding member of its Centre for the Archaeology of Childhood. She studied Classical Archaeology in Canada, the USA, and Germany, and was the recipient of the prestigious Balsdon Fellowship and the Hugh Last Fellowship at the British School at Rome in 2008 and 2016 respectively. She has published widely on infant death and burial in Roman Italy, on Roman funerary commemoration, and on Roman gardens, and has conducted excavations at major sites in the Roman world, including Pompeii and Vagnari in Italy and Cologne in Germany.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 738g
• ISBN-13: 9780199687633
• ISBN-10: 0199687633
• Artikelnr.: 49448914