Senses of the Empire
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4724-4629-9 (ISBN)
Eleanor Betts is Baron Thyssen Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University. Her research focuses on the multisensory interrelationships of the human body, material culture and archaeological landscapes. Her particular areas of interest are Roman urbanism and religion in Roman and Iron Age Italy (primarily Picenum, modern Marche), with an emphasis on concepts and use of space.
Introduction: Senses of Empire
Eleanor Betts
Chapter 1 The Sounds of the City: from Noise to Silence in Ancient Rome
Ray Laurence
Chapter 2 The Multivalency of Sensory Artefacts in the City of Rome
Eleanor Betts
Chapter 3 Beyond Smell: the Sensory Landscape of the Roman fullonica
Miko Flohr
Chapter 4 Soundscape of the Street: Architectural Acoustics in Ostia
Jeffrey Veitch
Chapter 5 Sensory Archaeologies: a Vindolanda Smellscape
Thomas J. Derrick
Chapter 6 A Sense of Grief: the Role of the Senses in the Performance of Roman Mourning
Valerie M. Hope
Chapter 7 Blood, Fire and Feasting: The Role of Touch and Taste in Graeco-Roman Animal Sacrifice
Candace Weddle
Chapter 8 Babes in Arms? Sensory Dissonance and the Ambiguities of Votive Objects
Emma-Jayne Graham
Chapter 9 All That Glitters: Roman Signet Rings, the Senses and the Self
Ian J. Marshman
Chapter 10 Tuning into the Past: Methodological Perspectives in the Contextualised Study of the Sounds of Roman Antiquity
Alexandre Vincent
Chapter 11 Motion Sensors: Perceiving Movement in Roman Pantomime
Helen Slaney
Chapter 12 Scents of Place and Colours of Smell: Fragranced Entertainment in Ancient Rome
Jo Day
Afterword: Towards a Methodology for Roman Sensory Studies
Eleanor Betts
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2017 |
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Zusatzinfo | 4 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, color; 9 Halftones, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 476 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4724-4629-1 / 1472446291 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4724-4629-9 / 9781472446299 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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