Essays about: "Pompeii"

Found 4 essays containing the word Pompeii.

  1. 1. Mediating Agencies : Towards an Agential Realist Interpretation of Gender Identification and Self-representation in the Praedia of Julia Felix, Pompeii

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Astri Karine Lundgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Agency; diffraction; gender identification; intra-activity; materialized self-representation; Pompeii; post-human performativity; the Praedia of Julia Felix;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the rational properties of women’s gender identification and self-representation from political theorist Lois McNay’s generative logics, employing the Praedia of Julia Felix, Pompeii, as a case study. Previous debates rooted in semantics and representationalism have focused on non-elite stereotypes or negative gendered dichotomies fostered by comprehensive views on Roman women’s exclusion from public life. READ MORE

  3. 2. Erotic Tokens and The Business of Prostitution : A study on the monetary value of tokens in Pompeii

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Emilia Wall; [2019]
    Keywords : Roman Empire; Pompeii; spintriae; tokens; prostitution; Romerska imperiet; Pompeji; spintriae; polletter; prostitution;

    Abstract : Erotic tokens or the so-called spintriae leave little to the imagination. These coin-like tokens depict acts of love making couples with Roman numerals on the reverse. The tokens are believed to have been in use during the 1st century A.D. READ MORE

  4. 3. Palette of possibilities: developing digital tools for displaying the uncertainty in the virtual archaeological “reconstruction” of the house V 1,7 (Casa del Torello di Bronzo) in Pompeii

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Marta Perlinska; [2014]
    Keywords : reconstruction; 3D modelling; computer vision; digital archaeology; Geographic Information System; model; paradata; Pompeii; probability map; public archaeology; transparency; virtual heritage; Virtual Reality; visualization; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis has two major purposes: (1) to create a 3D virtual “reconstructive” model of the peristyle with the nymphaeum wall (room b) of the house V 1,7 (House of the Bronze Bull) in Pompeii, and (2) to prepare a probability map based on this model that will show the reliability level for each individual part. The author underlines the importance of recording paradata of the entire workflow. READ MORE

  5. 4. Funerary inscriptions in Pompeii. A study of Pompeian freed slaves

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Dorothea Graefin Zu Castell-Castell; [2012]
    Keywords : Archaeology; epitaph; inscriptions; Pompeii; freedmen; tombs; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Due to a German research project on slavery in antiquity, I became aware of the fact, that within the field of slavery and manumission a lot of research still needs to be done. 1 A university course on social identity inspired me later on and made me think about different identities; ‘being a slave’ was one of them. READ MORE