{"product_id":"the-excavations-of-san-giovanni-di-ruoti-volume-ii-the-small-finds-paperback-softback-9781487557997","title":"The Excavations of San Giovanni Di Ruoti; Volume II: the Small Finds (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487557997","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Excavations of San Giovanni Di Ruoti\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVolume II: the Small Finds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eC.J. Simpson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487557997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 December 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e158 pages\u003cbr\u003e27.9 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1977 and 1984 the excavations of a Canadian archaeological team at San Giovanni di Ruoti in southern Italy uncovered a series of three Roman villas dating from the first to the sixth centuries AD. The multi-volume report on the excavation will provide the first comprehensive overview of the social and economic life of a Roman villa in southern Italy. Volume II constitutes a catalogue raisonTe of the small finds, covering all categories of non-ceramic personal, domestic, and industrial artifacts recovered from the site.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.J. Simpson has been a member of the Canadian excavation team since 1979. He provides detailed descriptions of the individual artifacts, their dates of manufacture, and their use, and discusses the evidence they yield for domestic and daily life. The artifacts range from hairpins and brooches to iron knives used for slicing and chopping. Coins and lamps found at the site are evaluated in separate contributions by R. Reece and J.J. Rossiter. The book includes several useful appendices, notably one by Vito Volterra on the analysis of millstones.The 400 items listed in the catalogue are illustrated by drawings or photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume presents one of very few accounts of the household artifacts found at an estate centre remote from urban Rome. It provides an important resource for specialists seeking to date similar objects, and adds much interesting detail to our picture of the rural economy of Italy in late antiquity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIST OF TABLES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eABBREVIATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003ePhases and dates of occupation\u003cbr\u003eThe organization of the Catalogue\u003cbr\u003eThe current disposition of the minor objects\u003cbr\u003eFormat of Catalogue entries\u003cbr\u003eThe minor objects as dating evidence\u003cbr\u003eThe minor objects as evidence for daily life\u003cbr\u003eConstraints\u003cbr\u003eThe tables\u003cbr\u003eThe middens\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatalogue\u003cbr\u003eI. Articles of adornment, dress, or toilet\u003cbr\u003e Hairpins\u003cbr\u003e Combs\u003cbr\u003e Brooches\u003cbr\u003e Finger rings\u003cbr\u003e Earrings\u003cbr\u003e Bracelets\/armlets\u003cbr\u003e Beads\u003cbr\u003e Buckles and other articles of dress\u003cbr\u003e Ligulae\u003cbr\u003e Tweezers\u003cbr\u003e Mirror\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Articles associated with textiles\u003cbr\u003e Sewing needles\u003cbr\u003e Loom weights\u003cbr\u003e Spindle whorls\u003cbr\u003e Circular or irregularly shaped weights\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Articles associated with the processing of food\u003cbr\u003e Querns\u003cbr\u003e Stone mortars\u003cbr\u003e Large stone basins\u003cbr\u003e Metal bowl\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Articles associated with writing\u003cbr\u003e Styli\u003cbr\u003e Stylus cases\u003cbr\u003e Seal box\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Articles associated with weighing\u003cbr\u003e Weights\u003cbr\u003e Steelyard\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Tools (knife blades and other implements)\u003cbr\u003e Stone objects\u003cbr\u003e Bone objects\u003cbr\u003e Metal blades\u003cbr\u003e Implements used in woodworking\u003cbr\u003e Implements possibly associated with leatherworking\u003cbr\u003e Implements associated with agriculture\u003cbr\u003e Other implements\u003cbr\u003e Tools and implements of unknown use\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII. Furnishings, fastenings, and fixtures\u003cbr\u003e Furniture attachments\u003cbr\u003e Objects of bone\u003cbr\u003e Objects of copper alloy\u003cbr\u003e Keys and lock fittings\u003cbr\u003e Hinges\u003cbr\u003e Staples and similar objects\u003cbr\u003e Loop-headed spikes\u003cbr\u003e Split pin\/ ring staples\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous fixtures and fittings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII. Articles associated with leisure, religious, and other activities\u003cbr\u003e Gaming pieces\u003cbr\u003e Flute fragment\u003cbr\u003e Metal sculpture\u003cbr\u003e Terracotta objects\u003cbr\u003e Amulet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX. Articles associated with equitation\u003cbr\u003e Cheekpiece\u003cbr\u003e Strap fittings\u003cbr\u003e Spurs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eX. Weaponry\u003cbr\u003e Projectile head \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXL Objects currently unidentifiable\u003cbr\u003e Copper alloy objects\u003cbr\u003e Iron objects\u003cbr\u003e Other objects\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcordances\u003cbr\u003eSmall Find numbers: Volumes II\/I\u003cbr\u003eSmall Find numbers in ascending order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1\u003cbr\u003eConservation of the amulet by 0. Colacicchi Alessandri\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix2\u003cbr\u003eThe inheritance of Stephen and the non-ceramic artifacts at San Giovanni di Ruoti\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix3\u003cbr\u003eProvenancing of ancient Roman millstones by V. Volterra\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCOINS by R. Reece\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoins and the economy in the later phases of San Giovanni\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatalogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLAMPS by J.J. Rossiter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatalogue\u003cbr\u003eGroup 1: Italian lamps of Bailey Types A to G\u003cbr\u003eGroup 2: Italian lamps of Bailey Types O and P\u003cbr\u003eGroup 3: Italian lamps - miscellaneous fragments (first to second centuries AD)\u003cbr\u003eGroup 4: Italian globule lamps (Bailey Type K)\u003cbr\u003eGroup 5: African lamps of Atlante Form VIII\/ Hayes Type I\u003cbr\u003eGroup 6: African lamps of Atlante Form X\/ Hayes Type II\u003cbr\u003eGroup 7: Campanian Red Ware lamps of Bailey Type Siii\u003cbr\u003eGroup 8: Lucanian Buffware lamps of Bailey Type Siii\u003cbr\u003eGroup 9: Miscellaneous Late Roman lamps\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eILLUSTRATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52596008648984,"sku":"9781487557997","price":17.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-excavations-of-san-giovanni-di-ruoti-volume-ii-the-small-finds-paperback-softback-9781487557997","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}