{"product_id":"style-and-assemblage-in-roman-archaeology-egypt-at-pompeii-9780198912804","title":"Style and Assemblage in Roman Archaeology: Egypt at Pompeii","description":"\u003cem\u003eStyle and Assemblage in Roman Archaeology\u003c\/em\u003e proposes a rethinking of the way in which objects, styles, concepts, and people relate in archaeological interpretation, using Egyptian and Egyptian-styled objects from the houses of Roman Pompeii as a case study. Integrating anthropological theories, Mol has developed a critical new method termed\u003cem\u003e relational perception \u003c\/em\u003eto show how we can better incorporate the messy and intuitive processes of style perception and classification in the Roman past, as well as more generally in archaeological research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe houses of Pompeii yielded many objects that scholars nowadays would label as Egyptian or Egyptianized. They consist of imported and locally produced objects such as figurines, sculptures, furniture, jewellery, mosaics, or wall paintings. The interpretations regarding their presence and meaning have traditionally mostly been drawn without proper contextual analysis or theoretical underpinnings, and even more problematic: the collection and interpretation of artefacts were based on modern scholarly perceptions of what Egypt entails. Mol shows how this particular Western (and colonial) perception and art historical categorization has influenced our idea of Egypt in the Roman world, and how it still affects the interpretation of foreign objects in general. This book examines in detail how 'foreign' objects and styles were integrated in, and shaped, the Roman world and senses of personhood, and serves as an excellent example to illustrate the complexity that should be integral to the processes of archaeological classification and interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEva Mol, \u003cem\u003eLecturer in Roman Archaeology, University of York\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEva Mol\u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in Roman Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. She obtained her PhD at Leiden University, and worked at the University of Chicago, Brown University, and UCL, before coming to York. She is senior editor of \u003cem\u003eArchaeological Dialogues\u003c\/em\u003e, and is involved in archaeological fieldwork in Italy, Tunisia, and the UK. Her specialisms cover Egypt in Italy, myth and materiality in Mediterranean archaeology, Roman religion and animism, and slow archaeology.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103732035858,"sku":"9780198912804","price":135.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11b376cb-db0f-4c3d-b54f-46658e0785a9.jpg?v=1773154813","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/style-and-assemblage-in-roman-archaeology-egypt-at-pompeii-9780198912804","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}