1st Edition
Roman Period Statuettes in the Netherlands and beyond Representation and Ritual Use in Context
By Christel Veen
Copyright 2023
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
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The subject of this study is a relatively rare category of artefacts, bronze and terracotta statuettes that represent deities, human figures and animals. They were introduced in the northwestern provinces by Roman troops from the end of the 1st century BCE onwards. The statuettes have been recovered from military and non-military settlements, the surrounding landscape and, to a far lesser extent,... Read more
Acknowledgements, 1 A RARE CATEGORY OF ARTEFACTS, 2 CATALOGUE AND DESCRPTION OF FIND-SPOTS, 3 SPATIAL AND ICONOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, 4 RITUALS WITH STATUETTES, 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, ABBREVIATIONS, Bibliography,LIST OF MAPS, FIGURES, AND DRAWINGS,FIGURES, TABLES.
Biography
Dr. Christel Veen is an archaeologist and lectures in Archaeology and Ancient History at Radboud University, Nijmegen and Utrecht University.
