Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain /
Rogers, Adam, 1981-
Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain / by Adam Rogers. - 1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) - Mnemosyne supplements : history and archaeology of classical antiquity ; v. 355 . - Mnemosyne, Supplements 355. Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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.
9789004249752
10.1163/9789004249752 DOI
Cities and towns, Ancient--Great Britain.
City and town life--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
City planning--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Water use--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Water--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Water and architecture--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Landscape changes--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
ARCHITECTURE / Landscape
Great Britain--Civilization--Roman influences.
Great Britain--Antiquities, Roman.
Great Britain--Geography.
DA145 / .R734 2013
714.09362/09015
Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain / by Adam Rogers. - 1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) - Mnemosyne supplements : history and archaeology of classical antiquity ; v. 355 . - Mnemosyne, Supplements 355. Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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.
9789004249752
10.1163/9789004249752 DOI
Cities and towns, Ancient--Great Britain.
City and town life--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
City planning--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Water use--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Water--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Water and architecture--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
Landscape changes--History--Great Britain--To 1500.
ARCHITECTURE / Landscape
Great Britain--Civilization--Roman influences.
Great Britain--Antiquities, Roman.
Great Britain--Geography.
DA145 / .R734 2013
714.09362/09015