People and Spaces in Roman Military BasesThis study uses artefact distribution analyses to investigate the activities that took place inside early Roman imperial military bases. Focusing especially on non-combat activities, it explores the lives of families and other support personnel who are widely assumed to have inhabited civilian settlements outside the fortification walls. Spatial analyses, in GIS-type environments, are used to develop fresh perspectives on the range of people who lived within the walls of these military establishments, the various industrial, commercial, domestic and leisure activities in which they and combat personnel were involved, and the socio-spatial organisation of these activities and these establishments. The book includes examples of both legionary fortresses and auxiliary forts from the German provinces to demonstrate that more material-cultural approaches to the artefact assemblages from these sites give greater insights into how these military communities operated and demonstrate the problems of ascribing functions to buildings without investigating the full material record. |
Contents
ApproachingRomanmilitarycommunities 12 | 12 |
StudyingRomanartefactsandsocialpractice 33 | 33 |
Siteselectionanddataprocessing 50 | 50 |
CategorisingRomanartefacts 65 | 65 |
VeteraI 109 | 109 |
Rottweil Ara Flaviae Forts I and II 152 | 152 |
ThefortatOberstimm 179 | 179 |
ThefortatHesselbach 222 | 222 |
Concluding comments 344 | 344 |
A Accessing and using the data and the distribution maps 359 | 359 |
preparation and assessment | 383 |
preparation and assessment of the data 399 | 399 |
preparation and assessment of the data 415 | 415 |
preparation and assessment of the data | 421 |
G Drawings of artefacts 437 | 437 |
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activities Allason-Jones Allison analyses Area H area of Buildings argued artefact assemblages artefact distribution patterns associated with women Baatz barrack buildings Böhme-Schönberger bronze brooches Building 12 building and area Building F categorised cent cloth-working coins combat dress items combat equipment concentration cutting and sharpening datable to Period dated to Period density discussed dress-related items Ellingen Interactive Map Ellingen Zanier 1992 evidence excavated area fabrica female Figure fine ceramics finger rings fortifications forts gender Hesselbach horse equipment identified included inside Legio XI Claudia legionary fortresses male male?/female material melon beads metalworking military sites non-combatant north-west notable Oberstimm Interactive Map percentages Period 1a pits Pompeii possibly potentially associated principalis principia probably redeposited remains Reproduced with permission residences Roman military bases Schönberger 1978 senior officers sherds socio-spatial practices spatial street areas suggests toilet trenches utilitarian ceramics Vetera I Hanel Vetera Interactive Map vexillatio Vindolanda tablets Vindonissa women and children worn