Stamps on Terra Sigillata found in excavations of the theatre of Aptera, Crete / Martha W. Baldwin Bowsky.
| Author/creator | Baldwin Bowsky, Martha W. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2019] |
| Description | ii, 207 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 54 Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 54. ^A1265770 |
| Summary | Stamps on Terra Sigillata Found in Excavations of the Theatre of Aptera presents a group of stamped fragments of Italian and eastern sigillata found in excavations of the Theatre of Aptera (Crete). A total of 258 stamped sherds have been discovered and identified: 28 already published by the author and another 230 included here. Aptera now yields more stamped fragments of terra sigillata than any other Cretan city to date, including Knossos. The sigillata stamps from the Theatre of Aptera can be analysed so as to address a series of fundamental questions. Three of these constitute traditional uses of the evidence available from an analysis of terra sigillata: which potters supplied the Theatre of Aptera and its environs; where these potters were active; when these potters were active and therefore what production centres supplied the Theatre of Aptera and its area over time. Two more questions go further, in an effort to take advantage of this kind of material's ability to testify to patterns of contact and exchange, as well as to details of life within the Roman imperial system: what distribution patterns might have brought terra sigillata to the Theatre of Aptera and its vicinity; and whether we can suggest how terra sigillata was consumed in Aptera's Theatre and its environs. Aptera's Theatre was a venue not only for performances but for drinking, eating, and serving, on the part of theatregoers, spectators, actors and other performers. These activities took place during a period of prosperity for Roman Aptera in the first and second centuries, a period that coincides nicely with the production and distribution of terra sigillata. The people of Aptera and the surrounding area took full advantage of Crete's strategic position amid crossroads of transit and exchange as well as integration into the Roman economy, to display their prosperity and status in public and in private. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-207). |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Ebook version : 9781789692396 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020303190 |
| ISBN | 9781789692389 paperback |
| ISBN | 1789692385 paperback |
| ISBN | PDF ebook |
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