Designating Place

Designating Place

Archaeological Perspectives on Built Environments in Ostia and Pompeii

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.
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Colophon
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Geophysical Analysis
    • 2 Behind the Block
    • 3 Exploring with GPR the Frigidarium of the Byzantine Baths in Ostia Antica
    • 4 Ultra-shallow Shear-wave Reflections Locating Near-surface Buried Structures
  • Part 2. Spatial Analysis
    • 5 Embellishing the Streets of Ostia
    • 6 Space Syntax a Ostia Antica
    • 7 From the Forum to the Gate
    • 8 Revisiting Old Data with New Techniques
    • 9 The Social Construction of Roman Industrial Space
  • Part 3. Iconographic Analysis
    • 10 Realia, Rituals and Symbols of the Torlonia Relief
    • 11 Bodies and Buildings
  • Part 4. Epigraphic Analysis
    • 12 Verba Volant, Scripta Manent
    • 13 Cuius Memoria Vivit
  • Part 5. Hanna Stöger
    • 14 A Hommage to Hanna Stöger
    • 15 Publications by Hanna Stöger