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Author:   Simon Keay ,  Martin Millett ,  Lidia Paroli ,  Kristian Strutt
Publisher:   British School at Rome
Imprint:   British School at Rome
Volume:   15
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   1.547kg
ISBN:  

9780904152470

ISBN 10:   0904152472
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   03 May 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword (Anna Gallina Zevi); Introduction (Simon Keay, Martin Millett and Helen Patterson); Background to Portus (Antonia Arnoldus-Huyzendveld, Simon Keay, Martin Millett and Fausto Zevi); History of past research at Portus (Lidia Paroli); Methodology (Simon Keay, Martin Millett and Kristian Strutt); The Survey results (Simon Keay, Martin Millett and Kristian Strutt); The finds from field walking (Alessandra Bousquet, Will Clarke, Franca Del Vecchio, Fabrizio Felici, Sergio Fontana, Shawn Graham, Simon Keay, Cristiana Mele, Isabel Roda, Claudia Valeri and Sabrina Zampini); Summary of other recent fieldwork at Portus (Cinzia Morelli, Lidia Paroli and Patrizia A Verduchi); Integration and discussion (Simon Keay and Martin Millett); Portus in context (Simon Keay and Martin Millett); Appendix A: Principal epigraphic and numismatic sources referring to Portus (Simon Keay and Martin Millett); Appendix B: Principal historical texts referring to Portus (Simon Keay, Martin Millett and Chris Whitton); Appendix C: Key plan showing the field-walking grid square numbers; Appendix D: Plans of Portus; References; Contributors' addresses; Index.

Reviews

there is much more to be gained from this impressive book, which is well-written and well illustrated. It will be a standard reference for scholars interested in Roman Harbours, Roman engineering, and the history of the early empire.'--John Peter Oleson Mouseion (01/01/2007)

Author Information

Professor Simon Keay is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton and a Fellow of the British Academy. He specialises in the archaeology of the Roman Empire, with particular interests in Italy and Iberia, Roman Mediterranean ports and commerce and culture change. He has directed a range of excavations and surveys in Italy, Spain and Turkey. Professor Martin Millett is the Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College and a Fellow of the British Academy. His research focuses on the social and economic archaeology of the Roman world and the application of survey methods in archaeology, and has involved fieldwork in the UK, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

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