Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introductory essay. Studying Roman villa landscapes in the 21st century. A multi-dimensional approach ix
4. Studies of late iron age/ roman transition
5. Reflections on the Iron Age background to the emergence of villa landscapes in northern France 45
6. Exploring villa development in the northern provinces of the Roman empire 61
7. On the origin and development of axial villas with double courtyards in the Latin West 83
8. Essays on the social reconstructions
9. Town-country dynamics in Roman Gaul. The epigraphy of the ruling elite 107
10. Ethnic recruitment, returning veterans and the diffusion of Roman culture among rural populations in the Rhineland frontier zone 139
11. Indications for rural slavery in the northern provinces 161
12. The idea of the villa. Reassessing villa development in south-east Britain 179
13. Interpretation of mortuary evidence
14. The role of mortuary ritual in the construction of social boundaries by privileged social groups within villa landscapes 195
15. Monumental funerary structures of the 1st to the 3rd centuries associated with Roman villas in the area of the Treveri 211
16. Regional studies
17. Roman rural settlements in Flanders. Perspectives on a ‘non-villa’ landscape in extrema Galliarum 235
18. Evaluating settlement patterns and settlement densities in the villa landscapes between Tongres and Cologne 259
19. The villa landscape of the Middle Aare valley and its spatial and chronological development 275
20. Roman villa landscapes of the lignite mining areas in the hinterland of Cologne 285
21. Studies of individual sites
22. The Roman villa complex of Reinheim, Germany 301
23. The Roman villa at Borg. Excavation and reconstruction 317
24. List of contributors 331