Water and Roman Urbanism
Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain
Biographical note
Adam Rogers, Ph.D. (2009), University of Durham, has recently completed a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Leicester, and specialises in Roman archaeology. He has published Late Roman Towns in Britain: Rethinking Change and Decline (Cambridge, 2011) and numerous articles.
Readership
All interested in Roman archaeology, Roman and Iron Age Britain, Roman urbanism, the Roman Empire and Roman history. Also of value to those interested in urban, landscape and theoretical archaeology.
Table of contents
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Five Urban Waterscapes
Chapter 3 Rivers, lakes and islands: towns, changing waterscapes and geography
Chapter 4 Waterfronts: the land/water interface and the construction of waterfront installations
Chapter 5 Wetlands: the materiality of land drainage and reclamation in towns
Chapter 6 Conclusions: towns, water and people
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Five Urban Waterscapes
Chapter 3 Rivers, lakes and islands: towns, changing waterscapes and geography
Chapter 4 Waterfronts: the land/water interface and the construction of waterfront installations
Chapter 5 Wetlands: the materiality of land drainage and reclamation in towns
Chapter 6 Conclusions: towns, water and people
Bibliography
Index
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