The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Roman Germany.
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Roman Germany.
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9780191644016 (electronic bk.)
9780199665730
9780199665730
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DK/0451
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©2019.
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1 online resource (650 pages)
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Oxford Handbooks Ser.
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Cover -- The Oxford Handbook of THEARCHAEOLOGY OF ROMAN GERMANY -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Editors' Introduction -- The importance of Germania -- Origins of the Handbook of Roman Germany -- Germans and Germany, Germani and Germania, Deutsch and Deutschland: geographical and cultural definitions -- Why the language barrier? -- The philosophical gulf -- Conclusion: reaffirming the importance of Germania, and German scholarship -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part I: PRELUDE, CONQUEST, AND PROVINCIALISATION -- A. Occupation and consolidation -- Chapter 1: The Lands of Germania in the Later Pre-Roman Iron Age -- Introduction -- Literary sources and historical interpretation -- Settlements -- Oppida -- Manching -- Kelheim -- Heidengraben -- Steinsburg -- Heidetränk oppidum -- Dünsberg -- Donnersberg -- Martberg -- Viereckschanzen and smaller enclosed settlements -- Open settlements -- Graves -- The south -- The contact zone -- The north -- Infrastructure -- Economy -- Agriculture -- Money -- Warfare -- Religion -- References -- Chapter 2: Emergence of the Provinces -- Introduction -- The Romans on the Rhine -- The occupation of Germania -- Germania under Roman rule -- The Varus disaster -- Attempts at reconquest and there call of Germanicus -- The development of a frontier in the first century ad -- The constitution of two Germanic provinces under Domitian -- Notes -- References -- B. Creating a provincial landscape -- Chapter 3: Archaeology of Germania Superior: Urban Settlements -- Preconditions -- Research -- Origin of the vici -- On the left bank of the Rhine -- The right bank of the Rhine -- Planned development? -- The establishment of civitas capitals -- The transition from military to civilian vici -- Industrial sites and settlements with special functions.
On the appearance of civitas capitals and vici -- Public buildings -- Mogontiacum-Mainz: a provincial capital without urbanism? -- Arae Flaviae-Rottweil: the modest municipium -- Nida-Heddernheim: a centre with initial difficulties -- Lopodunum-Ladenburg: more than a forum and basilica -- Neuenstadt: a civitas capital in the open countryside -- Tabernae-Rheinzabern: an ancient industrial site -- Eisenberg: a centre of iron production -- Walheim: trading centre on a river -- Güglingen: street settlement in a rural environment -- References -- Chapter 4: Archaeology of Germania Inferior: Urbanization -- Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (CCAA) -- Xanten (Colonia Ulpia Traiana/CVT) -- The vici -- Industrial settlements -- Agricultural settlements -- Summary -- References -- Suggested reading -- Chapter 5: Roman Rural Landscape Occupation in Present-Day Germany: An Overview -- Introduction -- The growth of 'rural settlement archaeology' -- Key aspects of settlement archaeology in Germany -- The Lower Rhine region -- The Middle Rhine region -- The Moselle region -- The northern Rhine region -- The southern Upper Rhine and Neckar region -- Northern Raetia -- References -- Part II: CORE PROVINCES AT THE EDGE OF EMPIRE -- C. Wars and Frontiers -- Chapter 6: Roman Battlefields in Germany: Kalkriese and Harzhorn -- Introduction -- Kalkriese -- Harzhorn -- Short-term events in the open field and their historical assignment -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7: The Limes -- Introduction -- Terminology and function -- Historic developments -- The end of the limes -- Frontier installations, watchtowers, and fortlets -- Watchtowers in everyday life -- Limes crossing points -- Fortlets -- Forts and troops -- The legions -- Alae and cohorts -- Numeri -- Fort vici -- Recruits and veterans -- Prospects -- Notes -- References -- D. An integrated economy.
Chapter 8: Roman Pottery Research in Germany -- Development and current state -- Terra sigillata -- Rheinzabern -- Trier -- Swabian production centres (Nürtingen, Waiblingen, Stuttgart-Kräherwald) -- Haltern -- Coarseware -- Hofheim -- Niederbieber/Weißenthurm -- Alzey -- Schwabmünchen -- Wimpfen -- Heidelberg -- Frankfurt-Heddernheim -- Heldenbergen -- Altenstadt -- Trier Kaiserthermen -- Neuss -- Walheim -- Wetterau -- Mainz -- Groß-Gerau -- Cologne -- Scientific study of Roman ceramics: the development of analyses and evaluation methods -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Coinage and Money in the Roman Rhineland -- The first Roman coins -- Iron Age coins in the military sphere -- The clades variana -- Delayed supply? -- Imitations, coin supply, and traditions of coin use -- Stability -- Silver in the early empire -- Dating the construction of the 'Upper German-Raetian limes' -- Septimius Severus, military pay, and Germania Magna -- Decentralization . . . -- . . . and decline? -- Imitations: 'bad' money? -- Recovery in the fourth century -- Abbreviations -- References -- Suggested reading -- E. Constituting Provincial Identity -- Chapter 10: Religion, Cult, and Burial Customs in the German Provinces -- Introduction -- Religion -- The phase of conquest -- Consolidation of Roman rule -- Intensive 'Romanization' -- Resolution and transformation -- Cult and ritual: identifying a ritual context -- Magical practice, superstition, amulets, and curse tablets -- Burial customs -- Special burials -- References -- Suggested reading -- Chapter 11: Writing and Literacy/Illiteracy -- Literacy and Roman society -- Rome and Italy -- The Roman provinces -- Pre-Roman times -- Roman Imperial times -- Roman schools -- Stone inscriptions -- Books -- Wooden tablets, other small inscriptions, and pictorial representations -- The military -- Late antiquity.
Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12: Provincial Art -- Introduction: On the concept and meaning of 'provincial art' -- Preservation and survival of the images -- The creation of images: producing and commissioning images -- Particularities and development of representations -- Images as means of communication -- The end of images -- References -- Part III: THE TRANSFORMATION OF POWER -- F. Crisis of the third century -- Chapter 13: 'Vi barbarorum absumptam': A Military History of Roman Germany during the Third Century ad -- Introduction -- The Severan dynasty -- The period between ad 235 and ad 260 -- The period from ad 260 to the end of the third century ad -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 14: Crisis Research in a Civil Context -- Introduction -- Recent scholarly approach to the third century -- The third century: Basic parameters and main questions of research -- Climate and archaeoseismic dynamics -- Crisis of identity and loyalty? -- Criticism of conventional methods and sources -- The archaeological evidence regarding crisis research in the two German provinces -- Upper Germany -- Pressure, measures, and retreat in the first half of the third century -- The gradual abandonment of the agri decumates and its aftermath -- Central places on the Rhine -- Details of events: Augst as a case study -- Overcoming the crisis in the late third century -- Hilltop settlements -- Lower Germany -- Economic aspects -- Summary -- References -- G. Germani and Rome -- Chapter 15: The Germani and the German Provinces of Rome -- Introduction -- Settlement and building structures among the German populations of the limes -- Import-export, or the Romano-Germanic exchange of goods as the basis of economic interaction -- The development of Germanic elites, or between adaptation and resistance.
The militarization of Germanic society, or from asymmetric to symmetric warfare -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16: Roman Cultural Influence in Western Germania Magna -- Introduction -- Import/export -- Goods -- Infrastructure -- Legal settings -- Intangible imports -- Techniques -- Personal dress and appearance -- Group activities -- Religion and rites -- Architecture and infrastructure -- Structures of production and trade -- Traditions -- Synthesis -- References -- Chapter 17: Transformations in the Roman West: The Case of the Alamanni -- Introduction -- The third century -- Developments during the later third and fourth centuries -- The time around ad 400 and the first half of the fifth century -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- H. After rome -- Chapter 18: The Transformation into the Early Middle Ages (Fourth to Eighth Centuries) -- Introduction -- Traditional narratives and archaeological sources -- From empire to post-imperial Barbarian kingdoms: Alamanni, Franci, and Burgundi -- The state of archaeological research -- After the ethnic paradigm: methodological developments in late antique and early medieval archaeology -- The emergence of the early medieval furnished burial -- Late antique weapon burials -- High-status burials of the first half of the fifth century -- Origins of the row-grave cemeteries -- The transformation of towns -- The towns of Germania Secunda -- The towns of Germania Prima -- The towns of Maxima Sequanorum -- From villa to village: the transformation of landscape/rural settlements -- References -- Chapter 19: Reception and History of Research in the Roman Provinces of Germany -- Introduction -- History of research -- Creation of legends in the Middle Ages -- Rebirth of the ancient world in the Renaissance -- The Roman Germany of the antiquarians and the beginnings of limes research.
Early science and civic societies.
On the appearance of civitas capitals and vici -- Public buildings -- Mogontiacum-Mainz: a provincial capital without urbanism? -- Arae Flaviae-Rottweil: the modest municipium -- Nida-Heddernheim: a centre with initial difficulties -- Lopodunum-Ladenburg: more than a forum and basilica -- Neuenstadt: a civitas capital in the open countryside -- Tabernae-Rheinzabern: an ancient industrial site -- Eisenberg: a centre of iron production -- Walheim: trading centre on a river -- Güglingen: street settlement in a rural environment -- References -- Chapter 4: Archaeology of Germania Inferior: Urbanization -- Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (CCAA) -- Xanten (Colonia Ulpia Traiana/CVT) -- The vici -- Industrial settlements -- Agricultural settlements -- Summary -- References -- Suggested reading -- Chapter 5: Roman Rural Landscape Occupation in Present-Day Germany: An Overview -- Introduction -- The growth of 'rural settlement archaeology' -- Key aspects of settlement archaeology in Germany -- The Lower Rhine region -- The Middle Rhine region -- The Moselle region -- The northern Rhine region -- The southern Upper Rhine and Neckar region -- Northern Raetia -- References -- Part II: CORE PROVINCES AT THE EDGE OF EMPIRE -- C. Wars and Frontiers -- Chapter 6: Roman Battlefields in Germany: Kalkriese and Harzhorn -- Introduction -- Kalkriese -- Harzhorn -- Short-term events in the open field and their historical assignment -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7: The Limes -- Introduction -- Terminology and function -- Historic developments -- The end of the limes -- Frontier installations, watchtowers, and fortlets -- Watchtowers in everyday life -- Limes crossing points -- Fortlets -- Forts and troops -- The legions -- Alae and cohorts -- Numeri -- Fort vici -- Recruits and veterans -- Prospects -- Notes -- References -- D. An integrated economy.
Chapter 8: Roman Pottery Research in Germany -- Development and current state -- Terra sigillata -- Rheinzabern -- Trier -- Swabian production centres (Nürtingen, Waiblingen, Stuttgart-Kräherwald) -- Haltern -- Coarseware -- Hofheim -- Niederbieber/Weißenthurm -- Alzey -- Schwabmünchen -- Wimpfen -- Heidelberg -- Frankfurt-Heddernheim -- Heldenbergen -- Altenstadt -- Trier Kaiserthermen -- Neuss -- Walheim -- Wetterau -- Mainz -- Groß-Gerau -- Cologne -- Scientific study of Roman ceramics: the development of analyses and evaluation methods -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Coinage and Money in the Roman Rhineland -- The first Roman coins -- Iron Age coins in the military sphere -- The clades variana -- Delayed supply? -- Imitations, coin supply, and traditions of coin use -- Stability -- Silver in the early empire -- Dating the construction of the 'Upper German-Raetian limes' -- Septimius Severus, military pay, and Germania Magna -- Decentralization . . . -- . . . and decline? -- Imitations: 'bad' money? -- Recovery in the fourth century -- Abbreviations -- References -- Suggested reading -- E. Constituting Provincial Identity -- Chapter 10: Religion, Cult, and Burial Customs in the German Provinces -- Introduction -- Religion -- The phase of conquest -- Consolidation of Roman rule -- Intensive 'Romanization' -- Resolution and transformation -- Cult and ritual: identifying a ritual context -- Magical practice, superstition, amulets, and curse tablets -- Burial customs -- Special burials -- References -- Suggested reading -- Chapter 11: Writing and Literacy/Illiteracy -- Literacy and Roman society -- Rome and Italy -- The Roman provinces -- Pre-Roman times -- Roman Imperial times -- Roman schools -- Stone inscriptions -- Books -- Wooden tablets, other small inscriptions, and pictorial representations -- The military -- Late antiquity.
Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12: Provincial Art -- Introduction: On the concept and meaning of 'provincial art' -- Preservation and survival of the images -- The creation of images: producing and commissioning images -- Particularities and development of representations -- Images as means of communication -- The end of images -- References -- Part III: THE TRANSFORMATION OF POWER -- F. Crisis of the third century -- Chapter 13: 'Vi barbarorum absumptam': A Military History of Roman Germany during the Third Century ad -- Introduction -- The Severan dynasty -- The period between ad 235 and ad 260 -- The period from ad 260 to the end of the third century ad -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 14: Crisis Research in a Civil Context -- Introduction -- Recent scholarly approach to the third century -- The third century: Basic parameters and main questions of research -- Climate and archaeoseismic dynamics -- Crisis of identity and loyalty? -- Criticism of conventional methods and sources -- The archaeological evidence regarding crisis research in the two German provinces -- Upper Germany -- Pressure, measures, and retreat in the first half of the third century -- The gradual abandonment of the agri decumates and its aftermath -- Central places on the Rhine -- Details of events: Augst as a case study -- Overcoming the crisis in the late third century -- Hilltop settlements -- Lower Germany -- Economic aspects -- Summary -- References -- G. Germani and Rome -- Chapter 15: The Germani and the German Provinces of Rome -- Introduction -- Settlement and building structures among the German populations of the limes -- Import-export, or the Romano-Germanic exchange of goods as the basis of economic interaction -- The development of Germanic elites, or between adaptation and resistance.
The militarization of Germanic society, or from asymmetric to symmetric warfare -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16: Roman Cultural Influence in Western Germania Magna -- Introduction -- Import/export -- Goods -- Infrastructure -- Legal settings -- Intangible imports -- Techniques -- Personal dress and appearance -- Group activities -- Religion and rites -- Architecture and infrastructure -- Structures of production and trade -- Traditions -- Synthesis -- References -- Chapter 17: Transformations in the Roman West: The Case of the Alamanni -- Introduction -- The third century -- Developments during the later third and fourth centuries -- The time around ad 400 and the first half of the fifth century -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- H. After rome -- Chapter 18: The Transformation into the Early Middle Ages (Fourth to Eighth Centuries) -- Introduction -- Traditional narratives and archaeological sources -- From empire to post-imperial Barbarian kingdoms: Alamanni, Franci, and Burgundi -- The state of archaeological research -- After the ethnic paradigm: methodological developments in late antique and early medieval archaeology -- The emergence of the early medieval furnished burial -- Late antique weapon burials -- High-status burials of the first half of the fifth century -- Origins of the row-grave cemeteries -- The transformation of towns -- The towns of Germania Secunda -- The towns of Germania Prima -- The towns of Maxima Sequanorum -- From villa to village: the transformation of landscape/rural settlements -- References -- Chapter 19: Reception and History of Research in the Roman Provinces of Germany -- Introduction -- History of research -- Creation of legends in the Middle Ages -- Rebirth of the ancient world in the Renaissance -- The Roman Germany of the antiquarians and the beginnings of limes research.
Early science and civic societies.
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