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Roman pottery in the archaeological record, J. Theodore Peña

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Roman pottery in the archaeological record

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J. Theodore Peña

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

This book examines how Romans used their pottery and the implications of these practices on the archaeological record. It is organized around a flow model for the life cycle of Roman pottery that includes a set of eight distinct practices: manufacture, distribution, prime use, reuse, maintenance, recycling, discard, reclamation. J. Theodore Peña evaluates how these practices operated, how they have shaped the archaeological record, and the implications of these processes on archaeological research through the examination of a wide array of archaeological, textual, representational and comparative ethnographic evidence. The result is a rich portrayal of the dynamic that shaped the archaeological record of the ancient Romans that will be of interest to archaeologists, ceramicists, and students of material culture.--, Provided by publisher

A model of the life cycle of Roman pottery -- Background considerations -- Manufacture and distribution -- Prime use -- The reuse of Amphorae as packaging containers -- The reuse of Amphorae for purposes other than as packaging containers -- The reuse of the other functional categories of pottery -- Maintenance -- Recycling -- Discard and reclamation -- Modeling the formation of the Roman pottery record -- Amphora classes referred to in the text