In Search of the Samnites: Adornment and Identity in Archaic Central Italy, 750-350 B.C.

by Amy Richardson

The Samnites recur throughout Greek and Roman historical sources as formidable warriors and Rome's greatest foes from the mid-fourth century B.C. This book explores the portable material culture for evidence of an emerging 'proto-Samnite' identity between 750 and 350 B.C. The relationships between material culture, ethnicity, constructions of social identity, gender and the life-course are critically examined through the personal adornments recovered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407311700
• ISBN13: 9781407311708
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.7"