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Author:   Eleanor Betts
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.476kg
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9781472446299

ISBN 10:   1472446291
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   06 March 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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...a stimulating contribution to a still relatively new question in the study of ancient life worlds, which has great potential for knowledge. - Ursula Quatember, University of Graz, Austria, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017

...a stimulating contribution to a still relatively new question in the study of ancient life worlds, which has great potential for knowledge. - Ursula Quatember, University of Graz, Austria, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017

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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.

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