ROMAN DRESS ACCESSORIES

Swift, Ellen

ISBN 10: 0747805679 / ISBN 13: 9780747805670

Published by Shire Publications Ltd., 2003

About this Item

Shire Archaeology Series 85; 8.0 X 5.8 X 0.2 inches; 56 pages.

Seller Inventory # 36085

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ROMAN DRESS ACCESSORIES
• Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747805679
• ISBN 13: 9780747805670
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Fine
• Weight: 0.3 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art & Architecture::Jewellery

About this title

Synopsis

Ellen Swift is rapidly becoming synonymous with the subject of Roman dress and in this concise study she provides an introduction to what today would be termed costume jewellery. Moving away from high status glitzy jewellery, she focuses on the dress accessories of the everyday person, the brooches, bracelets, finger-rings, earrings, beads, pins and belt sets. Based on archaeological finds, Swift discusses the production of these items, the workshops responsible, and the distribution of particular types which records a discernible shift alongside the process of Romanisation. Finally interpretations are made of fashion, of styles of provincial dress, regional variations and the effect of gender and status on Roman dress accessories. Photographs, drawings and maps are found throughout this excellent new study.

About the Author

Ellen Swift studied archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and her PhD was awarded in 1999. She has participated in excavations in Britain an abroad and is a member of the Roman Finds Group and of 'Instrumentum' an international association for the study of crafts and manufactured products in antiquity. She is currently Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Kent, and she has written a book about the end of the Western Roman Empire.