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About the Author
ALESSANDRA ESPOSITO completed her PhD in Classics at King's College London under the supervision of John Pearce in 2018, with a dissertation on priestly regalia from Roman Britain. She has been a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology at King's College London since 2014. Alessandra completed a BA in Latin and Greek Philology (2005) and in Archaeology and History of Ancient Art (2007) at Unverisita degli Studi di Napoli. After receiving an MA in Roman Archaeology at the same institution (2009), she worked in commercial archaeology in the area of Pozzuoli while completing her diploma of Scuola di Specializzazione (2012). She has taken part in and overseen archaeological excavations at sites in Italy (Cumae, Puteoli, Elea/Velia, Terina) led by Unverisita di Napoli, and in Jerash, Jordan, conducted by Aarhus University and Ruhr-Universitat Bochum. Alessandra's main research interest lies in the change in religious personnel and ritual performances in provincial communities after the Roman conquest, with a particular focus on archaeology of religion.
Reviews
Making sense of the usually fragmented and ambiguous material is no small task, and presenting such a comprehensive dataset is achievement enough. But the author goes further, highlighting remarkable continuity between the Iron Age and Roman period, and assessing the pattern of deposition as well as use.
-- Edward Biddulph * Current Archaeology *
'The large quantity of objects from Roman Britain associated with people performing priestly functions is apparent to anyone who has written about religion in the province. Esposito's book, based on a London thesis, brings most of these together... and is consequently very much to be welcomed.' -- Martin Henig * Britannia, Cambridge University Press *
Book Information
ISBN 9781789690972
Author Alessandra Esposito
Format Paperback
Page Count 188
Imprint Archaeopress
Publisher Archaeopress
Weight(grams) 684g
Dimensions(mm) 290mm * 205mm * 10mm