Browsing Art History and Archaeology electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Slane, Kathleen W., 1949-"
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Architectural coin types : reflections of Roman society
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Architectural representations on Roman coins are among the most intensely studied images on ancient coins. Scholars frequently use them as evidence ... -
Ars coquinaria: a study of early Roman cooking wares and their uses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Cooking ware is important for studying how people around the Early Roman Empire cooked and ate. As utilitarian ware, it did not change drastically for ... -
Death and burial in ancient Alexandria: the Necropolis of Moustapha Pasha
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] As study of the Alexandrian monumental rock-cut tombs in the eastern necropolis of Moustapha Pasha, leads to a re-examination of their artifacts, ... -
Death in Roman Marche, Italy : a comparative study of burial rituals
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The early imperial ceramics as evidence for life at Roman Sardis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Historical testimonia tell us that in the year 17 CE, an earthquake struck in Western Asia Minor and destroyed the city of Sardis. Recent excavations ... -
Felix convivum : platters and transformations of dining behavior in the Roman world
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Most people in the Roman world used ceramic tableware, despite its absence in iconographical and in literary sources. This observation leads to many ... -
Late Roman ceramics from the Panayia Field, Corinth (late 4th to 7th C.) : the long-distance, regional and local wares in their economic, social and historical contexts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This dissertation presents the Late Roman (late 4th- to 7th-century) ceramic material from the archaeological excavations of the Panayia Field (Corinth, Greece). Through careful analysis of the ceramic fabrics, including ... -
Micromosaics : souvenirs, collective memory, and the reception of antiquity on the Grand Tour
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Micromosaics were popular souvenir objects on the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Grand Tour, a didactic trip taken by elite, young men. Created from tiny, intricately arranged tesserae, micromosaics typically depict ... -
Pottery from two late Roman wells in the Athenian Agora
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Two recently excavated wells at the east end of the Painted Stoa in the Athenian agora have yielded new evidence for the fate of this building in Late Antiquity. The pottery from the wells sheds new light on how the Painted ... -
Roman Egypt : change amid continuity in the art and architecture of an Eastern Imperial Province
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Roman province of Aegyptus has most often been considered from an administrative, governmental, or economic perspective while its art and architecture ...