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Author:   Ardle Mac Mahon ,  Jennifer Price
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.576kg
ISBN:  

9781842171868

ISBN 10:   1842171860
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   18 August 2005
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

Urban Living and the Settings for Working Lives Beating the bounds: Ritual and the articulation of urban space in Roman Britain (Simon Esmonde Cleary) Domestic architecture and social discourse in Roman towns (Dominic Perring) The commercial landscape of Ostia (Janet DeLaine) The shops and workshops of Roman Britain (Ardle Mac Mahon) The taberna counters of Pompeii and Herculaneum (Ardle Mac Mahon) People at Work: Owners and Artisans, Crafts and Professions Re-thinking the social organisation of trade and industry in first century AD Pompeii (Damian Robinson) Of lumberjacks and brick stamps: Working with the Tiber as infrastructure (Shawn Graham) The shopkeepers and craft-workers of Roman London (Jenny Hall) Pottery in urban Romano-British life (Jeremy Evans) Glass-working and glassworkers in cities and towns (Jennifer Price) How many lives depended on plants? Specialisation and agricultural production at Pompeii (Mariana Ciaraldi) The role of doctors in the city (Ralph Jackson)

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This collection of essays takes the reader beyond the usual discussions of everyday life in Rome... neatly edited and amply illustrated.'--F. A. R. Greenland Ancient West & East (01/01/0001)

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Jennifer Price is Emeritus Professor of Roman Provincial Archaeology at Durham University, UK. Her PhD in Archaeology from Cardiff University, UK was on Roman glass in Spain and she has longstanding research interests in Roman and early Medieval glass from archaeological sites in western Europe and the Mediterranean region.

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