Roman Imperial (Temporal Keyword)
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Map of northern Dacia with Porolissum.
Map of Roman Empire with location of Porolissum (2011)
Map of Roman Empire with location of Porolissum.
Marble Provenance Investigation of the Roman Sabine Sarcophagus (2014)
Open Journal of Archaeometry A Florida Archaeological Survey Archaeometry Project in association with laboratory studies at The Institute of Structure of Matter of the Italian National Research Council, Rome, Italy and the University of Georgia, Department of Geology, Athens, Georgia, United States The provenance of marbles used for making sarcophagi during the Roman period is an important question and scientific analysis can provide a strong confirmation and basis for future studies...
PFP 2004-2010 overview (2010)
This is an excerpt from a field manual we print for our field school students. The documents presents an overview of the results of the PFP seasons 2004, 2006-2010 (there was no field season in 2005).
PFP 2011 end-of-season report (2011)
This is an end-of-season report that provides an overview of the stratigraphy and features excavated in summer 2011 by the PFP. Area 11 (3 trenches) investigates a large public building on the north side of Porolissum's forum; Trench 22N investigated a late Roman hearth as well as earlier Roman features, including evidence of a wooden phase; Area 33 (two trenches) focused upon the SW corner of the forum.
Porolissum Forum Project
The Porolissum Forum Project (www.porolissum.org) is a joint American-Romanian research endeavor whose mission it is to understand: 1) Roman building activity and usage within the area of the city's forum; 2) lifeways of the inhabitants of the Roman city, including socio-economic relationships with native European groups; 3) the nature of the site in the immediate post-Roman periods (after AD 271). Porolissum is one of the largest and best-preserved archaeological sites in all of Romania....
The Sepulchral Symbolism and Workshop Comparison of the Raptus of the Sabines Sarcophagus and the Metilia Acte Sarcophagus (2013)
International Journal of Archaeology Fred A. White, The Sepulchral Symbolism and Workshop Comparison of the Raptus of the Sabines Sarcophagus and the Metilia Acte Sarcophagus, International Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 3, No. 1, 2015, pp. 1-7. doi: 10.11648/j.ija.20150301.11 The sarcophagus illustrating the story of the Sabine Women is believed to have been obtained in Rome between 1900 and 1904 by Alfred Emerson, Professor and Chair of Classical Archaeology at Cornell University and the...