Archaeology and roman society: Integrating textual and archaeological data |
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Authors: | Glenn R Storey |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Classics, University of Iowa, 202 Schaeffer Hall, 52242 Iowa, Iowa City;(2) Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, 114 Macbride Hall, 52242 Iowa City, IA |
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Abstract: | Although the collection of new data and the development of an enduring interest in theoretical concerns characterize much
current work in Roman archaeology, the field continues to experience, tension between traditional classical archaeological
approaches and practices borrowed from other branches of archaeology. This tension is most clearly visible with the integration
of textual and archaeological data. How the dynamic between these provenances plays out in Roman archaeology can be seen in
theoretical and methodological applications, the use of field survey, and the adoption of an Annaliste perspective by some
Roman archaeologists. Text and archaeology are crucial contributors to the the study of early Rome and its origins, investigations
in the capital for all periods, the study of Pompeii, and attempts to illuminate the chief characteristics of the Roman economy.
Many advances in Roman archaeology have occurred largely as a result of a conscious attempt on the part of Roman archaeologists
to properly contextualize textual data in light of the archaeological data, thereby providing a better balance between the
two sets of information and liberating archeeology from being the “handmaid of history.” |
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Keywords: | Roman archaeology Rome Pompeii Roman economy field survey archaeological theory text and archaeology |
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