Holger Baitinger (Hrsg.), Materielle Kultur und Identität im Spannungsfeld zwischen mediterraner Welt und Mitteleuropa. Akten der Internationalen Tagung am Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum Mainz, 22.-24. Oktober 2014 (Mainz 2016), 277-290, 2016
Chunks, lumps and bars of different metal alloys are often thought to have served premonetary fun... more Chunks, lumps and bars of different metal alloys are often thought to have served premonetary functions. But what
exactly is the role of these objects, how, where and when were they used, and do they differ from coinage in these
aspects? This paper seeks to address these questions by focusing on pre(?)monetary material from a selected number
of case studies in mainland Italy and Sicily. In the first millennium B.C., it was a widespread tradition to deposit these
valuable objects at selected places. The reasons therefore were manifold. On the one hand, the decision to deposit
objects could have been ritually motivated, when the valuables were dedicated at holy places like temples, as a gift
for a deity. On the other hand, profane reasons could also lead to a deposition, when people wanted to hide their
valuables and store them securely, by burying them as a treasure in the earth. Depending on the context, the (pre)
monetary pieces were used in conjunction with different other objects, while being involved in diverse ritual or profane
activities. All of these features offer interesting insights into the behaviour of ancient people with (pre)monetary objects
that could oscillate in their functions and meanings between profane money and ritual dedication. It is argued that
the universality, continuity and widespread distribution of this material can be linked to its anonymous character, this
in strong contrast to early coinage.
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under the chronological and regional subheadings of the Survey. By bringing them together here, common trends, developments and shared
interests can be better observed. In order to do so, this contribution will not list straightforward coin find publications, but will try to address those studies that have moved the application of theoretical and methodological aspects of archaeology and anthropology within numismatics forward.
or could have been deliberately added. In this study, we present compositional and Pb isotope data of a set of
Roman, Syracusan and south Italian indigenous bronze coins from the 5th to 2nd centuries BCE. We describe an
approach that considers the Pb content and its potential implications for provenance and technology as a variable
alongside Pb isotope source characteristics. By combining elemental with isotopic data of lead and, in a subsequent
step, with trace element signatures, this method allows to identify endmembers of natural and/or
anthropogenic mixing and to outline their possible provenance. In a wider context, our results show how the
existing bronze currencies transform parallel to the changing political situation and how Rome’s bronze monetary
instruments develop from a combination of local tradition and Greek practices into a coinage in its own
right.
exactly is the role of these objects, how, where and when were they used, and do they differ from coinage in these
aspects? This paper seeks to address these questions by focusing on pre(?)monetary material from a selected number
of case studies in mainland Italy and Sicily. In the first millennium B.C., it was a widespread tradition to deposit these
valuable objects at selected places. The reasons therefore were manifold. On the one hand, the decision to deposit
objects could have been ritually motivated, when the valuables were dedicated at holy places like temples, as a gift
for a deity. On the other hand, profane reasons could also lead to a deposition, when people wanted to hide their
valuables and store them securely, by burying them as a treasure in the earth. Depending on the context, the (pre)
monetary pieces were used in conjunction with different other objects, while being involved in diverse ritual or profane
activities. All of these features offer interesting insights into the behaviour of ancient people with (pre)monetary objects
that could oscillate in their functions and meanings between profane money and ritual dedication. It is argued that
the universality, continuity and widespread distribution of this material can be linked to its anonymous character, this
in strong contrast to early coinage.
under the chronological and regional subheadings of the Survey. By bringing them together here, common trends, developments and shared
interests can be better observed. In order to do so, this contribution will not list straightforward coin find publications, but will try to address those studies that have moved the application of theoretical and methodological aspects of archaeology and anthropology within numismatics forward.
or could have been deliberately added. In this study, we present compositional and Pb isotope data of a set of
Roman, Syracusan and south Italian indigenous bronze coins from the 5th to 2nd centuries BCE. We describe an
approach that considers the Pb content and its potential implications for provenance and technology as a variable
alongside Pb isotope source characteristics. By combining elemental with isotopic data of lead and, in a subsequent
step, with trace element signatures, this method allows to identify endmembers of natural and/or
anthropogenic mixing and to outline their possible provenance. In a wider context, our results show how the
existing bronze currencies transform parallel to the changing political situation and how Rome’s bronze monetary
instruments develop from a combination of local tradition and Greek practices into a coinage in its own
right.
exactly is the role of these objects, how, where and when were they used, and do they differ from coinage in these
aspects? This paper seeks to address these questions by focusing on pre(?)monetary material from a selected number
of case studies in mainland Italy and Sicily. In the first millennium B.C., it was a widespread tradition to deposit these
valuable objects at selected places. The reasons therefore were manifold. On the one hand, the decision to deposit
objects could have been ritually motivated, when the valuables were dedicated at holy places like temples, as a gift
for a deity. On the other hand, profane reasons could also lead to a deposition, when people wanted to hide their
valuables and store them securely, by burying them as a treasure in the earth. Depending on the context, the (pre)
monetary pieces were used in conjunction with different other objects, while being involved in diverse ritual or profane
activities. All of these features offer interesting insights into the behaviour of ancient people with (pre)monetary objects
that could oscillate in their functions and meanings between profane money and ritual dedication. It is argued that
the universality, continuity and widespread distribution of this material can be linked to its anonymous character, this
in strong contrast to early coinage.
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ISBN-10: 1-84217-351-0
Table of Contents
Preface
Forced labour, mines, and space: exploring the control of mining communities (Hannah Friedman)
Feeling like home: Romanised rural landscape from a Gallo-Roman point of view (Cecilia Courbot-Dewerdt)
Centrality in its place: Defining urban space in the city of Rome (David J. Newsome)
Finding your way in the Subura (Simon Malmberg)
Amateur metal detector finds and Romano-British settlement: A methodological case study from Wiltshire (Tom Brindle)
Meat consumption in Roman Britain: The evidence from stable isotopes (Colleen Cummings)
Barley and horsesL Surplus and demand in the civitas Batavorum (Ivo Vossen and Maaike Groot)
The way to a Roman soldier's heart: A post-medieval model for cattle droving to the Hadrian's Wall area (Sue Stallibrass)
Creating a community: The symbolic role of tumuli in the villa landscape of the civitas Tungrorum (Laura Crowley)
'Montani atque agrestes' or women of substance? Dichotomies of gender and role in ancient Samnium (Amy Richardson)
Native ServiceL 'Batavian' pottery in 'Roman' military context (Eef Stoffels)
The natural will: Community in Roman archaeology (Robert Wanner)
The social world of Roman fullonicae (Miko Flohr)
The dichotomy in Romano-Celtic syncretism: Some preliminary thoughts on vernacular religion (D. Martin Goldberg)"
Papers will cover a range of diverse topics including the evidence for ‘ritual’ deposition in the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age, the significance of landscape to Iron Age and Roman hoarding practices, hoarding and status at rural sites in the Romano-British countryside, the Piercebridge Roman river metalwork deposits, Britain and the continent in the 3rd century AD, hoarding inside and outside the Empire in northern Europe during the Roman period, Carausius, Allectus and the British Empire, and hoarding patterns and monetary change.
In addition, on the evening of Friday 11th March, Philip de Jersey will be giving a public lecture on the recent finding and excavation of the large hoard of Iron Age coinage, torcs and other objects on the island of Jersey.
The conference and the evening lecture are all free, but booking is essential, via the British Museum events website.