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Designating Place : Archaeological Perspectives on Built Environments in Ostia and Pompeii

2020 - Leiden University Press

244 p.

A collection of diverse archaeological approaches to Roman cities.Designating Place showcases the diverse ways archaeologists approach ancient urban spaces-including geophysical, spatial, iconographic, and epigraphic analyses. Drawing on techniques as wide-ranging as Space Syntax, shallow seismic reflection surveys, linguistic landscape studies, and collective memory studies, this international team of scholars presents the latest insights from cutting-edge research into urban societies near Rome and Pompeii. [Publisher's text].

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