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Author:   Penelope M. Allison (University of Leicester)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   1.150kg
ISBN:  

9781107039360

ISBN 10:   1107039363
Pages:   507
Publication Date:   31 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Approaching Roman military communities; 3. Studying Roman artefacts and social practice; 4. Site selection and data processing; 5. Categorising Roman artefacts; 6. Vetera I; 7. Rottweil; 8. Oberstimm; 9. Hesselbach; 10. Ellingen; 11. Inter-site spatial distribution of activities and use of space; 12. Status and gender identity – the roles and impact of women and children; 13. Concluding comments; Appendices: A. Accessing and use of data and the data and the distribution maps; B. Vetera I: preparation and assessment of the data; C. Rottweil Forts I and II: preparation and assessment of the data; D. Oberstimm: preparation and assessment of the data; E. Hesselbach: preparation and assessment of the data; F. Ellingen: preparation and assessment of the data.

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'... this is a very important study which provides considerable evidence for the ways in which all members of military communities inhabited spaces of forts and fortresses.' Andrew Gardner, Antiquity ... this is a very important study which provides considerable evidence for the ways in which all members of military communities inhabited spaces of forts and fortresses. Andrew Gardner, Antiquity

'… this is a very important study which provides considerable evidence for the ways in which all members of military communities inhabited spaces of forts and fortresses.' Andrew Gardner, Antiquity

'... this is a very important study which provides considerable evidence for the ways in which all members of military communities inhabited spaces of forts and fortresses.' Andrew Gardner, Antiquity

Author Information

Penelope Allison is Reader in Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester. She has been teaching ancient history and archaeology for nearly thirty years and has also held a number of research posts, including an Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship at the Australian National University, Australian Bicentennial Fellowship in the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, and Visiting Fellowship at St John's College, University of Durham. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, she has written and edited several groundbreaking books on Roman archaeology and household archaeology, including The Archaeology of Household Activities (1999), Pompeian Households: An Analysis of the Material Culture, and The Insula of the Menander in Pompeii III: The Finds, A Contextual Study (2006).

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