In this study, the author addresses two important issues in Roman archaeology. On the basis of a comparison of intensive field surveys in different parts of the Pontine region, central Italy, it is argued that detailed site and off-site collection strategies have much to offer in understanding site chronology and land use patterns. Setting the field survey data in a wider geographical and historical context, the author also explores the context and impact of the foundation of Roman colonies and rural tribes on rural settlement systems, as such contributing to current debates on the nature of early Roman colonization.
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Volume 1
Table of Contents v
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction xiii
PART I
Backgrounds, Sources and Methodology
Chapter 1 1
Backgrounds of the study
Chapter 2 15
Intra-regional comparative research: methodology and sources
PART II
Site and off-site data analysis, an intra-regional comparison
Chapter 3 39
Field walking surveys in the coastal landscape
Chapter 4 82
Field walking surveys in the lower plain
Chapter 5 116
Field walking surveys in the Lepine Margins
Chapter 6 153
Surveying three landscapes: an intra-regional comparison
PART III
The Roman colonization of three landscapes
Chapter 7 171
Latins, Volsci and Romans on the Pontine coast
Chapter 8 205
Pomptinae Paludes, the agricultural colonization of a marginal area
Chapter 9 232
Norba: a Latin colony and its hinterland
Chapter 10 263
Roman colonization in the Pontine region: comparing its context, nature and impact
PART IV
Conclusions
Chapter 12 283
Roman colonization in the Pontine region: a reassessment
Bibliography 305
Nederlandse samenvatting 328
VOLUME 2
PART V
Site and artefact catalogues of the Pontinia and Norba surveys Introduction 333
Site and artefact catalogue of the Pontinia survey 336
Site and artefact catalogue of the Norba survey 399
