Title & Author:

Rome, Ostia, Pompeii : movement and space / edited by Ray Laurence and David J. Newsome.

Publication:

Oxford ; Toronto ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Description:

xv, 444 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-440) and index.
Introduction: making movement meaningful / David J. Newsome ; Part I: Articulating movement and space. 1. Movement and the linguistic turn: reading Varro's de Lingua Latina / Diana Spencer ; 2. Literature and the spatial turn: movement and space in Martial's Epigrams / Ray Laurence ; 3. Measuring spatial visibility, adjacency, permeability and degrees of street life in Pompeii / Akkelies van Nes ; 4. Towards a multisensory experience of movement in the city of Rome / Eleanor Betts ; Part II: Movement in the Roman city: infrastructure and organisation. 5. The power of nuisances on the Roman street / Jeremy Hartnett ; 6. Pes dexter: superstition and the state in the shaping of shop-fronts and street activity in the Roman world / Steven J.R. Ellis ; 7. Cart traffic flow in Pompeii and Rome / Alan Kaiser ; 8. Where to Park? Carts, stables and the economics of transport in Pompeii / Eric E. Poehler ; 9. The spatial organisation of the movement economy: the analysis of Ostia's scholae / Hanna Stöger ; Part III: Movement and the metropolis. 10. The street life of ancient Rome / Claire Holleran ; 11. The city in motion: walking for transport and leisure in the city of Rome / Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis ; 12. Movement and fora in Rome (the Late Republic to the first century CE) / David J. Newsome ; 13. Movement, gaming and the use of space in the forum / Francesco Trifilò ; 14. Construction traffic in Imperial Rome: building the Arch of Septimius Severus / Diane Favro ; 15. Movement and urban development at two city gates in Rome: the Porta Esquilina and Porta Tiburtina / Simon Malmberg and Hans Bjur ; Endpiece: From movement to mobility: future directions / Ray Laurence.

Summary:

"Demonstrates how studies of the Roman city are shifting focus from static architecture to activities and motion within urban spaces. This volume provides detailed case studies from the three best-known cities from Roman Italy, revealing how movement contributes to our understanding of the ways different elements of society interacted in space, and how the movement of people and materials shaped urban development."--Jacket

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ISBN:

9780199583126 (acid-free paper)
0199583129 (acid-free paper)
9780198707004 (paperback)
0198707002

Subject:

Social archaeology Rome.
Social archaeology Italy Ostia (Extinct city)
Social archaeology Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Spatial behavior Rome.
Spatial behavior Italy Ostia (Extinct city)
Spatial behavior Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Archéologie sociale Rome.
Archéologie sociale Italie Ostie (Ville ancienne)
Archéologie sociale Italie Pompéi (Ville ancienne)
History.
Civilization.
Manners and customs.
Social archaeology.
Spatial behavior.
Social archaeology Italy Ostia.
Social archaeology Italy Pompeii.
Spatial behavior Italy Ostia.
Spatial behavior Italy Pompeii.
Cities and towns Rome.
City and town life Rome.
Rome Civilization.
Rome Social life and customs.
Rome Civilisation.
Italy Ostia (Extinct city)
Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Rome (Empire)

Added entries:

Laurence, Ray, 1963-
Newsome, David J. (David John)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278966
Call No.: BIB 214760
Status: Available