Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain /

Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain /

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...

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Main Author: Rogers, Adam, 1981-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 355.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Cities and towns, Ancient > Great Britain.
City and town life > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
City planning > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Water use > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Water > Social aspects > History > Great Britain > To 1500.
Water and architecture > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Landscape changes > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
ARCHITECTURE / Landscape
Great Britain > Civilization > Roman influences.
Great Britain > Antiquities, Roman.
Great Britain > Geography.

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Call Number: DA145 .R734 2013

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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.