Archaeology of early Rome and Latium
Author: Holloway, R. Ross.
Title: Archaeology of early Rome and Latium.
Publisher: London: Routledge, 1994.
Description: 8vo. xx, 203 p.: ill, maps. The dust-jacket is in a protective jacket. Bibliography: (p. 174-198) Near fine in Near fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0415080657. Near Fine.
Contents:
Introduction. A brief outline of Roman history ; A brief outline of late Italian prehistory ; Building stone in early Rome -- Tombs of the Forum and Esquiline -- Chronology -- Huts and houses -- The Sant'omobono sanctuary -- The lapis niger and the archaic Forum ; Archaic votive deposits in Rome -- Walls ; The walls of Veii -- Osteria Dell'osa -- Castel Di Decima ; Acqua Acetosa, Laurentina ; Ficana ; and Crustumerium -- Lavinium -- Satricum -- Praeneste. The "princely tombs" ; The fibula praenestina -- Conclusion.