How things make history : the Roman Empire and its terra sigillata pottery /

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Author / Creator:	Van Oyen, Astrid, author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016?]
Description:	1 online resource (x, 173 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
Language:	English
Series:	Amsterdam Archaeological Studies ; 23 Amsterdam archaeological studies ; 23.
Subject:	Pottery, Roman -- Social aspects. Pottery, Arretine -- Social aspects. Material culture -- Rome. Civilization. Material culture. Rome -- Civilization. Rome (Empire)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12451926

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ISBN:	9789048529933 904852993X 9789462980549 9462980543
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-166) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Bright red 'terra sigillata' pots dating to the first three centuries CE can be found throughout the Western Roman provinces. The pots' widespread distribution and recognisability make them key evidence in the effort to reconstruct the Roman Empire's economy and society. Drawing on recent ideas in material culture, this book asks a radically new question: what was it about the pots themselves that allowed them to travel so widely and be integrated so quickly into a range of contexts and practices? To answer this question, Van Oyen offers a fresh analysis in which objects are no longer passive props, but rather they actively shape historical trajectories.
Other form:	Print version: Van Oyen, Astrid. How things make history. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016?] 9789462980549

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