Material approaches to Roman magic : occult objects and supernatural substances

Körperschaft: Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference.
Weitere Verfasser: McKie, Stuart , [HerausgeberIn]
Parker, Adam 1988- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2018.
Umfang/Format: vii, 135 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 29 cm.
Schriftenreihe: TRAC Themes in Roman archaeology ; v. 2
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Parallelausgabe: Material approaches to Roman magic (Online version)
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 12 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Series Forward / Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez
  • Introduction: Materials, approaches, substances, and objects / Stuart McKie and Adam Parker
  • The medium matters : materiality and metaphor in some Latin curse tablets / Celia Sanchez Natalias
  • Phallic magic : a cross cultural approach to Roman phallic small finds / Allissa Whitmore
  • Little bottles of power : Roman glass unguentaria in magic, ritual and poisoning / Thomas Derrick
  • Victory of good over evil? : amuletic animal images on Roman engraved gems / Idit Sagiv
  • 'The bells! The bells!' : approaching tintinnabula in Roman Britain and beyond / Adam Parker
  • Rubbing and rolling, burning and burying : the magical use of amber in Roman London / Glynn Davis
  • Linking magic and medicine in early Roman Britain : the 'Doctor's' Burial, Stanway, Camulodunum / Nicky Garland
  • The archaeology of ritual in the domestic sphere : case studies from Karanis and Pompeii / Andrew Wilburn
  • The legs, hands, head and arms race : the human body as a magical weapon in the Roman world / Stuart McKie
  • Amulets, the body and personal agency / Veronique Dasen