The archaeology of sanitation in Roman Italy : toilets, sewers, and water systems

The archaeology of sanitation in Roman Italy : toilets, sewers, and water systems /

"The Romans developed sophisticated methods for managing hygiene, including aqueducts for moving water from one place to another, sewers for removing used water from baths and runoff from walkways and roads, and public and private latrines. Through the archeological record, graffiti, sanitation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koloski-Ostrow, Ann Olga
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015.
Series:Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
Subjects:
To 1500
Public health > Rome > History.
City planning > Rome > History.
City and town life > Rome > History.
Water-supply > Rome > History.
Sewerage > Rome > History.
Public toilets > Rome > History.
Sanitation > Rome > History.
Sanitary engineering > Rome > History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
City and town life
City planning
Classical antiquities
Manners and customs
Public health
Public toilets
Sanitary engineering
Sanitation
Sewerage
Water-supply
Italy > Social life and customs > To 1500.
Italy > Antiquities, Roman.
Italy
Rome (Empire)
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to sanitation in Roman Italy and urban case studies of the best-preserved public latrines
  • "Black holes" in ancient space : exploring hygiene and sanitation through cross-cultural anthropology and archaeological theory
  • Understanding Roman sanitation from archaeology : toilets, sewers, and water systems
  • Pinpointing behaviors, attitudes, and ideals for Roman toilets
  • Finding social meaning about sanitation in written and painted sources.

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