6 Bricks for Ravenna: Materials and the Construction of a Late Antique Imperial Residence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Contributors VII
4. Abbreviations IX
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Changing Geography of Artefact Production in the Late Antique and Early Byzantine Mediterranean 5
7. 2 Late Antique Making and Wonder 33
8. 3 The Structural Features of Ravenna’s Socioeconomic History in Late Antiquity 59
9. 4 The Toilsome Journey of Marbles and Stones 83
10. 5 Ivory Production: Commerce, Culture and Power 115
11. 6 Bricks for Ravenna: Materials and the Construction of a Late Antique Imperial Residence 153
12. 7 The Social Sphere of Writing: Manuscripts, Inscriptions and Papyri 195
13. 8 Grave Goods and Burial Typologies: Funerary Customs in Ravenna 211
14. 9 Ravenna, Classe and its Surroundings: Pottery as a Mirror of Everyday Life 259
15. 10 Notes on the Production and Circulation of the Byzantine Ravennate Coinage 293
16. 11 Concluding Remarks. One 311
17. 12 Concluding Remarks. Two 317
18. Index 325