Water and Roman urbanism
Subtitle: towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain
By: by Adam Rogers
Series: Mnemosyne supplements : history and archaeology of classical antiquity -- 355
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9789004247871; 9789004249752
Subjects: Roman Antiquities; Roman influences; Water use; Water; Water and architecture; Civilization; City planning; Landscape changes; History; Ancient Cities and towns; City and town life; Geography
Description: Water and Roman Urbanism provides an innovative archaeological perspective on the Roman urban experience in Britain through its focus on the cultural implications of the crucial relationship between water and settlement and the important development of this relationship over time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Five Urban Waterscapes; title: Rivers, Lakes and Islands : Towns, Changing Waterscapes and Geography; title: Waterfronts : The Land/Water Interface and the Construction of Waterfront Installations; title: Wetlands : The Materiality of Land Drainage and Reclamation in Towns; title: Conclusions: Towns, Water and People.