Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Groupe suisse pour l'étude des trouvailles monétaires. Colloque international (06
; 2010 ; Genève, Suisse)
Titre(s) : Contexts et contextualization of coin finds [Texte imprimé] : proceedings of the sixth International colloquium of the Swiss group for the study of coin finds, Geneva, March 5th-7th 2010 / edited by Suzanne Frey-Kupper, Clive Stannard, Nathalie Wolfe-Jacot
Publication : Lausanne : Éditions du Zèbre, 2019
Impression : impr. en Suisse
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (312 p.-30 f. de pl.) : ill. en coul. ; 24 cm
Collection : Studies in numismatics and monetary history, ISSN 1420-2050 ; 8
Lien à la collection : Études de numismatique et d'histoire monétaire
Note(s) : Textes des communications en anglais, français, allemand, italien. - Notes bibliogr.
Résumés en anglais, français, allemand, italien. - Diffusé en France
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Frey-Kupper, Suzanne (1958-....). Éditeur scientifique
Stannard, Clive. Éditeur scientifique
Wolfe-Jacot, Nathalie. Éditeur scientifique
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Titre(s) parallèle(s) : Contextes et contextualisation de trouvailles
monétaires : actes du sixième Colloque international du Groupe suisse pour l'étude
des trouvailles monétaires, Genève, 5-7 mars 2010
- Titre(s) parallèle(s) : Kontext und Kontextualisierung von Fundmünzen
: Sitzungsbericht des sechsten Internationalen Kolloquiums der Schweizerischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft
für Fundmünzen, Genf, 5-7 März 2010
Sujet(s) : Trésors monétaires -- Europe
Numismatique
Archéologie -- Datation
Archéologie et histoire
Genre ou forme : Actes de congrès
Indice(s) Dewey :
737 (23e éd.) = Numismatique et sigillographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-2-940557-03-5 (br.) : 69 EUR
EAN 9782940557035
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46573948t
Notice n° :
FRBNF46573948
Résumé : The study of coin finds differs from traditional numismatic research on coins and
coin series per se, in that they are seen in the wider context of archaeology and
site-finds generally. Nonetheless, numismatists have often approached excavation coins
without taking into account other archaeological objects from the same excavations,
with the single aim of identifying and dating them, which inevitably means the loss
-- to both archaeology and numismatics -- of much valuable information. Understanding
coins in context can, moreover, throw particular light on a wide range of questions,
not only of chronology, but also about monetary function, the society that used them,
and its culture and history. The interest of excavation coins, however, is not limited
to matters of stratigraphy. There is the larger question of contextualization, that
is, the investigation of finds in the environment in which they were used. This can
however vary greatly, since what we usually hope to know from the archaeological context
is the last act that involved the coin, whether it was deliberately deposited, or
simply lost. Earlier acts can sometimes be traced, for example, in the case of hoards,
the way in which they were assembled before burial. In many cases, the coins themselves,
their state of conservation, the position of the individual pieces within a group
of finds, and secondary interventions can help elucidate a sequence of uses. Only
the archaeological and historical context can hope to show the reasons behind deliberate
deposits and patterns of casual loss, and of circulation in particular areas, often
by recourse to socio-economic models that draw on neighbouring sciences. The colloquium
aimed to provide a picture of the variety of contexts in which coins are found, as
well as the methods that can be used to study and profit from site-finds in a variety
of circumstances, and the questions to ask of them. [source éditeur]
