
Roman Countryside
Stephen L. Dyson(Author)
Bristol Classical Press
Published on 21. August 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7156-3225-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this work, Stephen Dyson provides a new synthesis, describing current research on the Roman countryside within a topological rather than a geographical or historical framework. He first examines the Roman villa, looking at changing interpretations of the villa and the ways they have been shaped both by new information and evolving interpretative models, relating the survey-settlement evidence to larger questions of landscape use and landscape transformation during the Roman period. Focusing on areas where some of the most innovative rural research has been conducted - Italy, North Africa, Spain and France - he discusses what happened in rural areas in the period of transition between the end of Antiquity and the emergence of medieval society, showing that the period of transition was much longer than previously thought and that there was tremendous variation not only between one part of the Empire and another, but between micro-regions within a single province.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
174 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7156-3225-3 (9780715632253)
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Person
Stephen L. Dyson
Content
Introduction
1. the Roman Villa and the Roman Countryside
2. Expanding the Vision: Survey and a New View of the Roman Countryside
3. Aerial Photography Landscape Archaeology and a Macrovision of the Roman Countryside
4. Resistance and Continuity: an Indigenous Perspective on the Roman Countryside
5. the End of the Roman Countryside
Conclusion: Towards a New Vision of the Roman Countryside
Maps
Bibliography
Index