Household consumption in ancient economies : Pompeii and the wider Roman world

This thesis draws upon modern consumption theory to provide an interpretive research framework for examining material culture and consumer behaviour in the Roman world. This approach is applied to data from twelve Pompeian households to identify patterns of consumption, materiality, and motivations...

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Main Author: Ray, Nicholas Martin
Other Authors: Mattingly, David
Published: University of Leicester 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522474