Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain
- Title
- Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain / by Adam Rogers.
- Published by
- Leiden : Brill, 2013.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xi, 278 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Water and Roman Urbanism: Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain offers a new perspective for investigating Roman settlement and how urban spaces were created and experienced by focusing on the relationship between settlement and water and the meanings attributed to these places. Rather than a descriptive approach to the urban fabric it emphasises social context and cultural meaning through interpretative frameworks of analysis. Central are the cultural and experiential implications of water forming part of towns, rather than economic and practical arguments, and the way in which these places were used and altered over time. The book emphasises a social approach and has considerable implications for our understanding of life in the Roman period as a whole."--Publisher's website.
- Series statement
- Mnemosyne supplements : history and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ; v. 355
- Uniform title
- Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 355.
- Subject
- Great Britain > Antiquities, Roman
- Great Britain > Civilization > Roman influences
- Cities and towns, Ancient > Great Britain
- Water and architecture > Great Britain > History > To 1500
- Great Britain > Geography
- City planning > Great Britain > History > To 1500
- Landscape changes > Great Britain > History > To 1500
- City and town life > Great Britain > History > To 1500
- Water > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > To 1500
- Water use > Great Britain > History > To 1500
- Contents
- Five Urban Waterscapes -- Rivers, Lakes and Islands : Towns, Changing Waterscapes and Geography -- Waterfronts : The Land/Water Interface and the Construction of Waterfront Installations -- Wetlands : The Materiality of Land Drainage and Reclamation in Towns -- Conclusions: Towns, Water and People.
- Call number
- JFE 16-4691
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-268) and index.
- Author
- Rogers, Adam, 1981-
- Title
- Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain / by Adam Rogers.
- Imprint
- Leiden : Brill, 2013.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Series
- Mnemosyne supplements : history and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ; v. 355
- Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 355.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-268) and index.
- LCCN
- 2013001251
- ISBN
- 9789004247871 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
- 9004247874 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
- 9789004249752 (e-book)
- Research call number
- JFE 16-4691