Embodying Value? The Transformation of Objects in and from the Ancient World Edited by
Annabel Bokern Clare Rowan
BAR International Series 2592 2014
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements iii
About the contributors v
Introduction: a Turkish teapot, or thinking things through
1
Annabel Bokern and Clare Rowan
Der Wert des Menschen und sein Preis — Das Verhältnis von Person und Eigentum bei Brautpreis, Wergeld und Sklaverei 11 Emanuel Seitz
Vergessen und neu belebt — Das neolithische Steinbeil von seiner Produktion bis in die Neuzeit
23
Jennifer M. Bagley
Transformers Energize! Aegean Bronze Age rhyta in moments of transformation
35
Laerke Recht
Der Wert des Kupfers — Über die Entstehung und den Wandel von Wert vor 4000 Jahren
53
Martin Hensler
Heavy metal in hallowed contexts — continuity and change in aes deposits in Central Italy and Sicily 65 Andreas M. Murgan
The value of coinage in the Second Punic War and after Clare Rowan
i
77
Votives and values: communicating with the supernatural
89
Katherine M. Erdman
The real value of fake — the curious case of cubiculum 34 in the house of Sallust (Pompeii VI 2, 4) 101 Suzanne van de Liefvoort
The de(con)struction of public monuments 111 Stefanie Bauer
Coin finds beyond the Danube: functions of fourth century gold coins within barbarian societies 121 Dragana Eremić
From manufactured goods to significant possessions: theorising pottery consumption in late antique Anatolia 131 William Anderson
The power of things? Reconsidering the value of reused Roman material culture in the Medieval period in Serbia 145 Gordana Ciric