Becoming Consumers: Looking Beyond Wealth as an Explanation for Villa Variability

Martins, Chris

doi:10.16995/trac2002_84_100

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“…It has also received thematic emphasis in some areas, such as architecture as conspicuous consumption (Schoep 2004;Trigger 1990), and even archaeological sites have been seen as objects of consumption, such as Stonehenge (Hetherington 1992). Despite this, consumption largely received a tentative introduction to Roman archaeology, in studies such as Laurence (1994) and Paterson (1997), although its use has been slowly permeating further into Roman studies; for example, Cooper (1996), Crummy and Eckardt (2003), Fincham (2002), Funari (2002), MacKinnon (2004), andMartins (2003).…”

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“…This concept describes the actions of consumers who spend, or acquire, conspicuously in order to convey messages to others about their social status. However, this avenue of investigation does not provide suitable answers relating to the ancient economy (for a study that makes use of the concept of conspicuous consumption, see Martins 2003). It would only minimally offer explanation for what is a complex issue by focussing on a limited aspect of individual elitism, that of status orientated display and social emulation (refer to Simmel 1904 for his 'trickle-down' theory of emulation).…”

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“…As a result, there is greater capacity for investigation into unexplored realms, such as consumption. The use of this concept in Roman archaeology is limited, with TRAC being one of the few publications to offer papers demonstrating the possibilities of actively applying consumer theory in systematic and valid ways; for example, Fincham (2002), Martins (2003), Monteil (2004), and Pitts (2004).…”

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Consumption and Roman Archaeology: Beyond Pompeii

Ray

2006

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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Consumption and Roman Archaeology: Beyond Pompeii

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“…This strand exists in some tension with studies of consumption more generally, cf. Greene 2008; Martins 2003; Pitts 2004.…”

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Thinking about Roman Imperialism: Postcolonialism, Globalisation and Beyond?

Gardner¹

2013

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For the last twenty years or so, archaeologists of Roman Britain, among other provinces, have been seeking ways of moving beyond the concept of 'Romanisation' as a framework for thinking about Roman imperialism. Many of the ideas proposed have been drawn from two related bodies of thought which have emerged as ways of understanding the contemporary world: postcolonialism and globalisation theory. While achieving significant success in transforming interpretations of the Roman world, applications of these approaches present some fresh problems of theoretical and practical coherence. These in turn point to important issues to do with the role of theory in Roman archaeology, issues which have rarely been tackled head-on but which present obstacles to interdisciplinary dialogue. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and compare the perspectives of postcolonial and globalisation theories, assess their strengths and weaknesses, and suggest some possibilities for linking the insights of these and other approaches to define a more holistic agenda for Roman archaeology.

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“… 332 Martins (2005, 19–20) quotes the potential building costs at Cotterstock, excluding mosaics and heating systems, as reaching £2.2 million in 2005 terms. The figures for building costs at the Praetorium , based on Martin's calculations, could, one might assume, be roughly doubled at £4.4 million (but these figures seem perhaps extraordinarily low!…”

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ThePraetoriumof Edmund Artis: A Summary of Excavations and Surveys of the Palatial Roman Structure at Castor, Cambridgeshire 1828–2010

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Antiquarian and modern excavations at Castor, Cambs., have been taking place since the seventeenth century. The site, which lies under the modern village, has been variously described as a Roman villa, a guild centre and a palace, while Edmund Artis working in the 1820s termed it the 'Praetorium'. The Roman buildings covered an area of 3.77 ha (9.4 acres) and appear to have had two main phases, the latter of which formed a single unified structure some 130 by 90 m. This article attempts to draw together all of the previous work at the site and provide a comprehensive plan, a set of suggested dates, and options on how the remains could be interpreted.

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Becoming Consumers: Looking Beyond Wealth as an Explanation for Villa Variability

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Consumption and Roman Archaeology: Beyond Pompeii

Consumption and Roman Archaeology: Beyond Pompeii

Thinking about Roman Imperialism: Postcolonialism, Globalisation and Beyond?

ThePraetoriumof Edmund Artis: A Summary of Excavations and Surveys of the Palatial Roman Structure at Castor, Cambridgeshire 1828–2010

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