Beth Munro

Recycling the Roman Villa

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Produktbeschreibung

Beth Munro offers a retrospective study of the material value of and deconstruction processes at villas. She explores the technical properties of materials that were most frequently recycled, glass, metals, and limestone, the craftspeople who undertook this work, as well as the economic and culture drivers of recycling.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9781009475587
• ISBN-10: 1009475584
• Artikelnr.: 70147061

Autorenporträt

Beth Munro is a Research Associate at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She has held a Rome Award at the British School at Rome, as well as Canada Research Chair Post-doctoral Fellowship in Roman archaeology at the University of Manitoba.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Valuable villa architecture
3. Villa decline and material salvage
4. Materials organization and stockpiling for recycling
5. Material reprocessing at villas
6. Economics of villa recycling
7. Post-roman ownership and legacy of villas in the western provinces
8. Conclusions
Bibliography.