TY - JOUR
T1 - Tradition, identity, and change beyond the Roman frontier
AU - Wells, P. S.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Addresses the use of objects transmitted through intercultural interaction. The cases examined involve a long-lived, relatively stable frontier between distinct cultural groups. Similar instances can be identified in many examples through time and space. The cases examined involved the passing of goods between societies in Roman Europe. Any interaction resulting in the movement of goods between societies involves complex economic, social, and political processes and raises numerous questions. Focusses on the meaning of the trade goods for the recipients on one side of the interactions. Goods play an active, not just a passive, role in defining relationships and in conveying social meanings. They symbolize those relationships that they define. Through study of the goods involved, we can investigate both the material manifestation of the interaction and an essential component of that interaction. -from Author
AB - Addresses the use of objects transmitted through intercultural interaction. The cases examined involve a long-lived, relatively stable frontier between distinct cultural groups. Similar instances can be identified in many examples through time and space. The cases examined involved the passing of goods between societies in Roman Europe. Any interaction resulting in the movement of goods between societies involves complex economic, social, and political processes and raises numerous questions. Focusses on the meaning of the trade goods for the recipients on one side of the interactions. Goods play an active, not just a passive, role in defining relationships and in conveying social meanings. They symbolize those relationships that they define. Through study of the goods involved, we can investigate both the material manifestation of the interaction and an essential component of that interaction. -from Author
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4757-6416-1_8
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4757-6416-1_8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027037792
SP - 175
EP - 188
JO - Journal of Fluid Mechanics
JF - Journal of Fluid Mechanics
SN - 0022-1120
ER -