Transformations in Meaning: amber and glass beads across the Roman frontier

Swift, Ellen Victoria (2003) Transformations in Meaning: amber and glass beads across the Roman frontier. In: Carr, Gillian and Swift, Ellen Victoria and Weekes, Jake, eds. TRAC 2002: Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Kent 2002. Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 48-57. ISBN 1-84217-100-3. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:3855)

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Abstract

This paper considers artefactuality and cultural interaction with reference to dress accessories (in particular beads) which can be shown to be of Germanic influence, but which are found in late Roman contexts. The variant meanings of such Germanic-inspired objects found in burial contexts within the late Roman empire are explored in relation to concepts of value and consumption, with the conclusion that connections between the cultural style of objects and the cultural identity of the consumer should not be simply assumed.

Item Type:	Book section
Uncontrolled keywords:	Roman Germanic material culture dress jewellery beads accessories grave burial
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > DE The Greco-Roman World
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User:	Ellen Swift
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2008 13:20 UTC
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 09:35 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/3855 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Swift, Ellen Victoria.

Creator's ORCID:	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3545-0821
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