Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain / / by Adam Rogers.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne supplements : history and archaeology of classical antiquity, vol. 355
• Author: Rogers, Adam, 1981-
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. ?p Supplementum. ?p History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; vol. 355.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Water and Roman Urbanism: Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain offers a new perspective for investigating Roman settlement and how urban spaces were created and experienced by focusing on the relationship between settlement and water and the meanings attributed to these places. Rather than a descriptive approach to the urban fabric it emphasises social context and cultural meaning through interpretative frameworks of analysis. Central are the cultural and experiential implications of water forming part of towns, rather than economic and practical arguments, and the way in which these places were used and altered over time. The book emphasises a social approach and has considerable implications for our understanding of life in the Roman period as a whole.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Five Urban Waterscapes -- Rivers, Lakes and Islands: Towns, Changing Waterscapes and Geography -- Waterfronts: The Land/Water Interface and the Construction of Waterfront Installations -- Wetlands: The Materiality of Land Drainage and Reclamation in Towns -- Conclusions: Towns, Water and Places -- Bibliography -- Index.