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Between 1977 and 1984 the excavations of a Canadian archaeological team at San Giovanni di Ruoti in southern Italy uncovered a series of three Roman villas dating from the first to the sixth centuries AD. The multi-volume report on the excavation will provide the first comprehensive overview of the social and economic life of a Roman villa in southern Italy. Volume II constitutes a catalogue raisonTe of the small finds, covering all categories of non-ceramic personal, domestic, and industrial artifacts recovered from the site. C.J. Simpson has been a member of the Canadian excavation team since 1979. He provides detailed descriptions of the individual artifacts, their dates of manufacture, and their use, and discusses the evidence they yield for domestic and daily life. The artifacts range from hairpins and brooches to iron knives used for slicing and chopping. Coins and lamps found at the site are evaluated in separate contributions by R. Reece and J.J. Rossiter. The book includes several useful appendices, notably one by Vito Volterra on the analysis of millstones.The 400 items listed in the catalogue are illustrated by drawings or photographs. This volume presents one of very few accounts of the household artifacts found at an estate centre remote from urban Rome. It provides an important resource for specialists seeking to date similar objects, and adds much interesting detail to our picture of the rural economy of Italy in late antiquity.

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Author:   C.J. Simpson
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Volume:   35
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781487557997

ISBN 10:   148755799
Pages:   158
Publication Date:   14 December 2023
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

LIST OF TABLES LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS Introduction Phases and dates of occupation The organization of the Catalogue The current disposition of the minor objects Format of Catalogue entries The minor objects as dating evidence The minor objects as evidence for daily life Constraints The tables The middens Catalogue I. Articles of adornment, dress, or toilet  Hairpins  Combs  Brooches  Finger rings  Earrings  Bracelets/armlets  Beads  Buckles and other articles of dress  Ligulae  Tweezers  Mirror II. Articles associated with textiles  Sewing needles  Loom weights  Spindle whorls  Circular or irregularly shaped weights III. Articles associated with the processing of food  Querns  Stone mortars  Large stone basins  Metal bowl IV. Articles associated with writing  Styli  Stylus cases  Seal box V. Articles associated with weighing  Weights  Steelyard VI. Tools (knife blades and other implements)  Stone objects  Bone objects  Metal blades  Implements used in woodworking  Implements possibly associated with leatherworking  Implements associated with agriculture  Other implements  Tools and implements of unknown use VII. Furnishings, fastenings, and fixtures  Furniture attachments  Objects of bone  Objects of copper alloy  Keys and lock fittings  Hinges  Staples and similar objects  Loop-headed spikes  Split pin/ ring staples  Miscellaneous fixtures and fittings VIII. Articles associated with leisure, religious, and other activities  Gaming pieces  Flute fragment  Metal sculpture  Terracotta objects  Amulet IX. Articles associated with equitation  Cheekpiece  Strap fittings  Spurs X. Weaponry  Projectile head XL Objects currently unidentifiable  Copper alloy objects  Iron objects  Other objects Bibliography Concordances Small Find numbers: Volumes II/I Small Find numbers in ascending order Appendix 1 Conservation of the amulet by 0. Colacicchi Alessandri Appendix2 The inheritance of Stephen and the non-ceramic artifacts at San Giovanni di Ruoti Appendix3 Provenancing of ancient Roman millstones by V. Volterra COINS by R. Reece Coins and the economy in the later phases of San Giovanni Catalogue Bibliography LAMPS by J.J. Rossiter Introduction Catalogue Group 1: Italian lamps of Bailey Types A to G Group 2: Italian lamps of Bailey Types O and P Group 3: Italian lamps - miscellaneous fragments (first to second centuries AD) Group 4: Italian globule lamps (Bailey Type K) Group 5: African lamps of Atlante Form VIII/ Hayes Type I Group 6: African lamps of Atlante Form X/ Hayes Type II Group 7: Campanian Red Ware lamps of Bailey Type Siii Group 8: Lucanian Buffware lamps of Bailey Type Siii Group 9: Miscellaneous Late Roman lamps Bibliography ILLUSTRATIONS

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C.J. Simpson is Associate Professor of Classics at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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