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Ritual Significance of Personal Ornament in Roman Britain
Sonia Puttock
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This work on personal ornament in Roman Britain began as an analysis of, and a comparison between, the types of and styles of jewellery favoured by the people of Roman Britain of differing social classes and areas. It soon became clear that many of these artifacts had a deeper significance than that of mere adornment. Furthermore, the majority of these items were recovered from places with ritual or religious connotations. The author proposes that such personal ornamentation appears to have a definite ritual aspect. Because of the religious or superstitious nature of these sites, artifacts deliberately deposited there can be linked to a belief in an afterlife and an intervention by the gods in the lives of mortals. The find-sites indicate that the items probably had a common significance which would have been linked mainly to women, for the majority of these items were articles of feminine adornment. This led to the supposition that the votive artifacts were associated with health and fertility, the mainconcerns of most women in the ancient world.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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Abstract
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Acknowledgements
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 2. RELEVANT PRIOR RESEARCH
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CHAPTER 3. THE RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND OF ROMAN BRITAIN
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CHAPTER 4. CHILDREN, SYMBOLIC MARRIAGES AND SACRED UNIONS
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CHAPTER 5. FERTILITY
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CHAPTER 6. WOMEN AND RENEWED VIRGINITY
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CHAPTER 7. PERSONAL DECORATION, TEMPLES AND RELIGIOUS SITES
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CHAPTER 8. ICONOGRAPHICAL AND AMULETIC ASPECTS OF PERSONAL ORNAMENT
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CHAPTER 9. MAGIC, MATERIAL, FORM AND COLOUR
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CHAPTER 10. CONCLUSIONS
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ABBREVIATIONS
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Published: 2002
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407319643 (ebook)
- 9781841712901 (paperback)
BAR Number: B327