Beth Munro: Recycling the Roman Villa. Material Salvage and the Medieval Circular Economy (reviewed by A. Simon Esmonde Cleary)

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Document type
Review (monograph)
Journal
Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike
Pages
337-346
Author (Review)
Language(s) (review)
English
Language(s) (reviewed text)
English
Authors
Title
Recycling the Roman Villa
Subtitle
Material Salvage and the Medieval Circular Economy
Year of publication
2024
Place of publication
Cambridge
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
XVI, 262
ISBN
978-1-009-47558-7
Subject classification
Classical Archaeology
Time classification
Middle Ages
Regional classification
Roman Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Italy
Subject heading
Geschichte 500-1500
Rom
Villa
Architektur
Spolie
Baustoff
Original source URL
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-munro.pdf
recensio-Date
Apr 09, 2026
recensio-ID
adaffc2bb264404585c9345a64b5e588

Esmonde Cleary, A. Simon: review of: Beth Munro, Recycling the Roman Villa. Material Salvage and the Medieval Circular Economy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, in: Plekos. Elektronische Zeitschrift für Rezensionen und Berichte zur Erforschung der Spätantike, 27 (2025), p. 337-346

URL
https://www.propylaeum.de/recensio-antiquitatis/rezensionen/zeitschriften/plekos/27-2025/recycling-the-roman-villa-1
First published
https://www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de/2025/r-munro.pdf

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