Roman lighting

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Oxbow/David Brown actually has the book, but price seems to have gone up a bit:<br>
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Illuminating Roman Britain<br>
by Hella Eckardt<br>
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In this first detailed study of artifical lighting in Roman Britain, Hella Eckardt argues that the introduction and use of lamps resulted in dramatic changes in the way in which people used and perceived their homes. Her typological, chronological and spatial analysis of 2,600 examples of clay and metal lamps, lampholders and candlesticks, looks especially at the relationship between social identity and status, and the active use of lamps as an item of material culture. She reveals a strong bias towards the use of artifical lighting at military sites and large urban centres such as Colchester and London, in both everyday and religious settings, with no widespread usage in rural areas. Suggested reasons for this dichotomy in usage, and for other aspects such as changes in decoration, style and production, are also dicussed. 420p, many b/w illus (Monographies Instrumentum, Editions Monique Mergoil 2002)<br>
ISBN 2907303708. Paperback. Price US $82.00 <p></p><i></i>