TRAC 2013 : proceedings of the twenty-third annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, which took place at King's College London, 4-6 April 2013 /
Proceedings of the twenty third annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, which took place at King's College, London, 4-6 April 2013
edited by Hannah Platts, John Pearce, Caroline Barron, Jason Lundock, Justin Yoo.
- Paperback edition.
- Oxford : Oxbow Books, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: TRAC past, present and future: where to go from here? / A historiography of the study of the Roman economy: economic growth, development, and neoliberalism / Why modern economic theory applies, even to the distant Roman past / Dalmatian Silvanus: a cognitive approach to reinterpretation of the reliefs representing Silvanus from Roman Dalmatia / Votive objects and ritual practice at the King's Spring at Bath / Resurrecting refuse at Pompeii: the use-value of urban refuse and its implications for interpreting archaeological assemblages / Decline, migration and revival: Kom Al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit, a history of a forgotten city / Small finds and Roman battlefields: the process and impact of post-battle looting / Methods and difficulties in quantifying archaeological vessel glass assemblages / Pompeian red ware in Roman London: insights on pottery consumption in colonial environments / Roman sexuality or Roman sexualities? Looking at sexual imagery on Roman terracotta mould-made lamps / The material culture of small rural settlements in the Batavian area: a case study on discrepant experience, creolisation, romanisation or globalisation? / Hannah Platts, John Pearce, Caroline Barron, Jason Lundock, Justin Yoo -- Matthew S. Hobson -- Willem M. Jongman -- Josipa Lulic -- Eleri H. Cousins -- Kevin Dicus -- Giorgia Marchiori -- Joanne Ball -- Jonathan D. Prior -- Cristina Podavitte -- Sanja Vucetic -- Stijn Heeren.
The twenty-third Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC) was held at King's College, London in Spring 2013. During the three-day conference nearly papers were delivered, discussing issues from a wide range of geographical regions of the Roman Empire, and applying various theoretical and methodological approaches. Sessions included those looking at Roman-Barbarian interactions; identity and funerary monuments in ancient Italy; migration and social identity in the Roman Near East; theoretical approaches to Roman small finds; formation processes of in-fills in urban sites; and new reflect.