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Gabii through its Artefacts
This book brings together 15 papers on objects from the excavations of the town of Gabii undertaken since 2007. Objects ranging from the pre-Roman to Imperial periods are examined using a mix of approaches, making an effort to be sensitive to excavation context and formation processes.
Technology, Crafting and Artisanal Networks in the Greek and Roman World
This volume aims to merge theoretical models with methodological approaches on ceramic technology and artisanal networks in the Classical world. This convergence of analytical frameworks allowed scholars to explore some traditional archaeological topics that usually have a very low-level of visibility, such as the skillful gestures of the craftspeople involved, the organization of the ceramic production, the dynamics of apprenticeship and knowledge transfer as well as intra and inter-regional artisanal mobility, in the Graeco-Roman ‘communities of practice’. The papers promote interdisciplinary dialogues among various fields of study, such as archaeology, archaeometry, anthropology, ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, and digital humanities - such as Social Network Analysis, computational imaging, and big data analysis.
The Early Roman Expansion into Italy
Argues that Roman expansion in Italy was accomplished more by means of negotiation among local elites than through military conquest.
Technology in Financial Markets
In recent years, technology has emerged as a disruptive force in the economy and finance, leading to the establishment of new economic and financial paradigms. Focusing on blockchain technology and its implementations in finance, Technology in Financial Markets proposes a novel theoretical approach to disruption. Relying on complexity science, it develops a dynamic perspective on the study of disruptive phenomena and their relationship to financial regulation and the law. It identifies the intrinsic interconnections characterizing the "multidimensional" technology-driven transformations, involving commercial practices, capital markets, corporate-governance, central banking, and financial net...
Unbound from Rome
An expansive look at ancient art and architecture over four centuries highlighting the diversity of makers and viewers within and beyond Rome's ever-changing political boundaries Roman art and architecture is typically understood as being bound in some ways to a political event or as a series of aesthetic choices and experiences stemming from a center in Rome itself. Moving beyond the misleading catchall label "Roman," John North Hopkins aims to untangle the many peoples whose diverse cultures and traditions contributed to Rome's visual culture over a four-hundred-year time span across the first millennium BCE. Hopkins carefully reconsiders some of the period's most iconic works by way of th...
Costruire, violare, placare: riti di fondazione, espiazione, dismissione tra fonti storiche e archeologia
Depositi di oggetti, pasti e libagioni, dall’intento propiziatorio o risarcitorio, legati alla costruzione o distruzione di edifici sacri e opere pubbliche, sono attestati in culture distanti diacronicamente e spazialmente tra loro e sono stati sempre studiati soprattutto dal punto di vista storico-religioso ed etnografico. Il libro affronta per la prima volta sistematicamente e dal punto di vista archeologico il fenomeno dei “riti del costruire” nel milieu culturale di Roma e Latium Vetus fra VIII a.C. e I d.C. Per entrare il più possibile nella prospettiva religiosa degli antichi, sono analizzati dati stratigrafici, fonti letterarie, epigrafiche e giuridiche. Scopo principale del do...
The Origins of Concrete Construction in Roman Architecture
In this study, Marcello Mogetta examines the origins and early dissemination of concrete technology in Roman Republican architecture. Framing the genesis of innovative building processes and techniques within the context of Rome's early expansion, he traces technological change in monumental construction in long-established urban centers and new Roman colonial cites founded in the 2nd century BCE in central Italy. Mogetta weaves together excavation data from both public monuments and private domestic architecture that have been previously studied in isolation. Highlighting the organization of the building industry, he also explores the political motivations and cultural aspirations of patrons of monumental architecture, reconstructing how they negotiated economic and logistical constraints by drawing from both local traditions and long-distance networks. By incorporating the available evidence into the development of concrete technology, Mogetta also demonstrates the contributions of anonymous builders and contractors, shining a light on their ability to exploit locally available resources.
Note di Archeologia calabrese
Il volume racchiude sei studi di archeologia su alcune zone della Calabria settentrionale. Dunque, non un approfondimento su un tema ben preciso, ma alcune riflessioni e scoperte sull’archeologia italica, su quella romana e sul modo di valorizzare i beni culturali locali. Insomma, soltanto alcune notizie, frutto di ricerche e scoperte diverse, che lasciano intravedere quanto sia ancora necessario fare per questi territori. Non vi è dubbio che lo stato degli studi è ben lungi da una ricostruzione del paesaggio antico; vanno ancora raccolti dati e informazioni per la storia del passato più remoto da intendersi in senso globale. Soprattutto, è necessaria una ricerca che si muova tra archivi e territori, in un alternarsi di reciproche corrispondenze che solo l’analisi di lungo periodo può pienamente far fruttare. Dall'introduzione di Paolo Brocato
