The excavations of San Giovanni di Ruoti . Vol. 2, The small finds /

Between 1977 and 1984 the excavations of a Canadian archaeological team at San Giovanni di Ruoti in southern Italy uncovered a series of three Roman villas dating from the first to the sixth centuries AD. The multi-volume report on the excavation will provide the first comprehensive overview of the...

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Main Author: Simpson, C. J.
Other Authors: Small, Alastair, Buck, Robert J., 1926-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
Series:Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; 33.
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Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • Introduction
  • Phases and dates of occupation
  • The organization of the Catalogue
  • The current disposition of the minor objects
  • Format of Catalogue entries
  • The minor objects as dating evidence
  • The minor objects as evidence for daily life
  • Constraints
  • The tables
  • The middens
  • Catalogue
  • I. Articles of adornment, dress, or toilet
  • Hairpins
  • Combs
  • Brooches
  • Finger rings
  • Earrings
  • Bracelets/armlets
  • Beads
  • Buckles and other articles of dressLigulae
  • Tweezers
  • Mirror
  • II. Articles associated with textiles
  • Sewing needles
  • Loom weights
  • Spindle whorls
  • Circular or irregularly shaped weights
  • III. Articles associated with the processing of food
  • Querns
  • Stone mortars
  • Large stone basins
  • Metal bowl
  • IV. Articles associated with writing
  • Styli
  • Stylus cases
  • Seal box
  • V. Articles associated with weighing
  • Weights
  • Steelyard
  • VI. Tools (knife blades and other implements)
  • Stone objects
  • Bone objects
  • Metal bladesImplements used in woodworking
  • Implements possibly associated with leatherworking
  • Implements associated with agriculture
  • Other implements
  • Tools and implements of unknown use
  • VII. Furnishings, fastenings, and fixtures
  • Furniture attachments
  • Keys and lock fittings
  • Hinges
  • Staples and similar objects
  • Miscellaneous fixtures and fittings
  • VIII. Articles associated with leisure, religious, and other activities
  • Gaming pieces
  • Flute fragment
  • Metal sculpture
  • Terracotta objects
  • Amulet
  • IX. Articles associated with equitationCheekpiece
  • Strap fittings
  • Spurs
  • X. Weaponry
  • Projectile head
  • XI. Objects currently unidentifiable
  • Copper alloy objects
  • Iron objects
  • Other objects
  • Bibliography
  • Concordances
  • Small Find numbers: Volumes II/I
  • Small Find numbers in ascending order
  • Appendix 1 Conservation of the amulet
  • Appendix 2 The inheritance of Stephen and the non-ceramic artifacts at San Giovanni di Ruoti
  • Appendix 3 Provenancing of ancient Roman millstones
  • COINS
  • ""Coins and the economy in the later phases of San Giovanni""""Catalogue""; ""Bibliography""; ""LAMPS""; ""Introduction""; ""Catalogue""; ""Group 1: Italian lamps of Bailey Types A to G""; ""Group 2: Italian lamps of Bailey Types O and P""; ""Group 3: Italian lamps â€? miscellaneous fragments (first to second centuries AD)""; ""Group 4: Italian globule lamps (Bailey Type K)""; ""Group 5: African lamps of Atlante Form VIII/Hayes Type I""; ""Group 6: African lamps of Atlante Form X/Hayes Type II""; ""Group 7: Campanian Red Ware lamps of Bailey Type Siii""