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Jimmy Heidt
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#CLST6 For this #RR9 post, I will be focusing on the first public monument to appear, near the middle of the open square, called the Altar of the Twelve Gods
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Oliver Campbell
OliverCLST6
#CLST6 #RR21 I think relevance can be found anywhere. One of my favorite parts of this class has been the emphasis on spending more than 30 seconds to evaluate an
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BlakeCLST6
BClst6
#CLST6 #RR20 For me the arch is one of the most symbolic forms of architecture found in the Roman world. While other civilizations had utilized the arch in the past,
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Julia Gottschalk
JuliaCLST6
#CLST6 #RR7 There are two main ways that scholars interpret historical period Greek art. These are through symbols and narratives (1). They allow scholars to notice important things such as
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Eliza Durbin
ElizaCLST6
#CLST6 #RR20 Religious and cultural influence did not just move from Rome out into the countryside-- cults were also adopted in Rome. The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbeck in Lebanon
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Thomas Lane
ThomasCLST6
#CLST6 #LookCloser9 Yeah yeah I know I explaining the joke makes it not funny anymore, but here we go.This is a bust of the emperor Caracalla. He ruled (at first
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Jimmy Heidt
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#CLST6 For this #RR21 thread, I wanted to use what we learned about funerary graves / remains / monuments and how this becomes relevant in today’s world. I just recently
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Julia Gottschalk
JuliaCLST6
#CLST6 For my #LookCloser7 / #RR16 I used Google Street View to explore Pompeii. I visited the Amphitheatre of Pompeii, the House of the Vettii, and the Temple of Apollo,
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Sally
SallyCLST6
#CLST6 #RR6 CW: Human Remains shown. There are many methods that can be used to study human remains. For juveniles, examining teeth is a good way to establish an age
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Anna Martin
AnnaCLST6
Hey #CLST6, for my #RR17 I will be focusing on the extreme detail of the Trajan Column and looking at preparation for the first Dacian war. This column is an
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Thomas Lane
ThomasCLST6
#CLST6 #RR20 When I think of the Roman world, I think of stone, and I think of large structures. Aqueducts, temples, cities, roads, you name it. Lots of stone, lots
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AciliaCLST6
AciliaClst6
#CLST6 #RR21 I've been amazed at how much of archaeology is dependent on #context. Preserving + cataloguing context seems to be one of the hardest parts of field excavation--but it's
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Eliza Durbin
ElizaCLST6
#CLST6 For my #RR19, I explored material culture on Dartmouth's campus. I focused on culture that will survive for the future but does not have an easily distinguishable purpose in
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Marguerite Morgan
MargueriteCLST6
#CLST6 Today, I take a #LookCloser7 at the modern-day layout of Pompeii, Italy and compare its current features with those of the ancient past. In Ancient Roman times, Pompeii was
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WillCLST6
WillCLST6
#CLST6 #RR20 In considering this question, I thought of two main differences. The first relates to the city layout. In old already established cities, Romans could not impose organized city
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BlakeCLST6
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#CLST6 #RR17Trajan's Column, found in Trajan's Forum of Rome, is one of the most notable triumphal columns in the city. It depicts the campaigns of the Roman emperor during the
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