Recycling the Roman Villa
Material Salvage and the Medieval Circular Economy
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 31 October 2024
- ISBN 9781009475587
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages278 pages
- Size 260x186x21 mm
- Weight 710 g
- Language English 600
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Short description:
By examining archaeological remains of Roman villas, this book explores how ancient craftspeople salvaged architecture to retain manufactured material value.
MoreLong description:
Though abandoned between the third and seventh centuries CE, many Roman villas enjoyed an afterlife in late antiquity as a source of building materials. Villa complexes currently serve as a unique archaeological setting in that their recycling phases are often better preserved than those&&&160; at urban sites. Building on a foundational knowledge of Roman architecture and construction, Beth Munro offers a retrospective study of the material value of and deconstruction processes at villas. She explores the technical properties of glass, metals, and limestone, materials that were most frequently recycled; the craftspeople who undertook this work, as well as the economic and culture drivers of recycling. She also examines the commissioning landowners and their rural networks, especially as they relate to church construction. Bringing a multidisciplinary lens to recycling practices in antiquity, Munro proposes new theoretical and methodological approaches for assessing architectural salvage and reprocessing within the context of an ancient circular economy.
MoreTable of Contents:
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Valuable villa architecture; 3. Villa decline and material salvage; 4. Materials organization and stockpiling for recycling; 5. Material reprocessing at villas; 6. Economics of villa recycling; 7. Post-roman ownership and legacy of villas in the western provinces; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography.
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