The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy (eBook)

Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (Autor)

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2015
312 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-2129-6 (ISBN)

Autor

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow is professor and chair of Classical Studies at Brandeis University, the Kevy and Hortense Kaiserman Endowed Chair in the Humanities, and affiliate faculty in Anthropology, Fine Arts, Italian Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She won the 2016 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the Archaeological Institute of America. She is an Associate Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome for 2018-19.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.4.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in the History of Greece and Rome
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in the History of Greece and Rome
• Zusatzinfo: 36 drawings, 64 halftones, notes, bibl., index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: Cloaca Maxina • Herculaneum • Human and animal waste • Latrines and cross-cultural anthropology • Latrine typology • Literary filters for excrement • Oplontis • Pompeii • Puteoli • Roman aqueducts • roman baths • Roman drains • Roman medicine and health ideals • Roman sewers • Roman toilet graffiti • Roman toilets • Roman toilets and feces in Latin literature • Roman urban infrastructure • Roman urban sanitation • Roman water systems • Rome • Sanitation in Asian cultures • Sanitation in biblical times • Sanitation in the Middle Ages • Sponge stick for cleaning rituals • Toilets and sewers in Herculaneum • Toilets and sewers in Ostia • Toilets and sewers in Pompeii • Toilets and sewers in Puteoli • Toilets in Minturnae • Transfer of latrine technology • water management in Roman cities
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-2129-0 / 1469621290
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-2129-6 / 9781469621296