Senses of the empire : multisensory approaches to Roman culture

Senses of the empire : multisensory approaches to Roman culture / edited by Eleanor Betts.

"The Roman empire afforded a kaleidoscope of sensations. Through a series of multisensory case studies centred on people, places, buildings and artefacts, and on specific aspects of human behaviour, this volume develops ground-breaking methods and approaches for sensory studies in Roman archaeo...

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Other Authors: Betts, Eleanor, 1973- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Subjects:
Senses and sensation > Social aspects > Rome > History.
Social archaeology > Rome.
Social archaeology > Methodology.
Rome > Antiquities.
Rome > Social life and customs.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Senses of empire / Eleanor Betts
  • The sounds of the city : from noise to silence in ancient Rome / Ray Laurence
  • The multivalency of sensory artefacts in the city of Rome / Eleanor Betts
  • Beyond smell : the sensory landscape of the Roman Fullonica / Miko Flohr
  • Soundscape of the street : architectural acoustics in Ostia / Jeffrey Veitch
  • Sensory archaeologies : a Vindolanda smellscape / Thomas J. Derrick
  • A sense of grief : the role of the senses in the performance of Roman mourning / Valerie M. Hope
  • Blood, fire and feasting : the role of touch and taste in Graeco-Roman animal sacrifice / Candace Weddle
  • Babes in arms? : sensory dissonance and the ambiguities of votive objects / Emma-Jayne Graham
  • All that glitters : Roman signet rings, the senses and the self / Ian J. Marshman
  • Tuning into the past : methodological perspectives in the contextualised study of the sounds of Roman antiquity / Alexandre Vincent
  • Motion sensors : perceiving movement in Roman pantomime / Helen Slaney
  • Scents of place and colours of smell : fragranced entertainment in ancient Rome / Jo Day
  • Afterword: Towards a methodology for Roman sensory studies / Eleanor Betts.

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