J. Theodore Pena

Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A rich portrayal of the dynamic that shaped the archaeological record of the ancient Romans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 647g
• ISBN-13: 9780521181853
• ISBN-10: 0521181852
• Artikelnr.: 32556247

Autorenporträt

J. Theodore Peña is a Professor of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley. A specialist in the archaeology of the Roman economy and ceramic analysis, he is the author of The Urban Economy in the Early Dominate: Pottery Evidence from the Palatine Hill and The Mobilization of State Olive Oil in Roman Africa: The Evidence of Late 4th Century Ostraca from Carthage.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. A model of the life cycle of roman pottery
2. Background considerations
3. Manufacture and distribution
4. Prime use
5. The reuse of amphorae as packaging containers
6. The reuse of amphorae for purposes other than as packaging containers
7. The reuse of the other functional categories of pottery
8. Maintenance
9. Recycling
10. Discard and reclamation
11. Modeling the formation of the Roman pottery record.