Water and Roman urbanism [[electronic resource] ] : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain / / by Adam Rogers
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| Autore: |
Rogers Adam <1981->
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| Titolo: |
Water and Roman urbanism [[electronic resource] ] : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain / / by Adam Rogers
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 714.09362/09015 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cities and towns, Ancient - Great Britain |
| City and town life - Great Britain - History - To 1500 | |
| City planning - Great Britain - History - To 1500 | |
| Landscape changes - Great Britain - History - To 1500 | |
| Water and architecture - Great Britain - History - To 1500 | |
| Water use - Great Britain - History - To 1500 | |
| Water - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - To 1500 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Antiquities, Roman |
| Great Britain Civilization Roman influences | |
| Great Britain Geography | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Introduction -- 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 Places -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Water and Roman urbanism |
| ISBN: | 90-04-24975-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996237247603316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. ?p Supplementum. ?p History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; ; vol. 355.