Smellscape of a Pompeian neighborhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12374604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Nissin (0000-0001-8050-3916, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 621-653 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Roman Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-7594 • E-ISSN: 2331-5709 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1047759421000830 |
| OpenAlex | W3188361115 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 64 |
Smelling and other sensations that are often considered solely physiological phenomena are in fact deeply influenced by culture and history, and without understanding the ancient sensory landscape, our knowledge of the past inevitably remains limited. This paper explores the olfactory nuisances in one Pompeian city block (IX,3) and its immediate neighbors. I examine the area's stenches by tracing and mapping the sources of smells, focusing on those that in previous scholarship have been considered to render ancient towns foul smelling. The analysis contests the views of malodorous Roman urban space presented in previous studies and suggests that the smellscape of urban Pompeii was not a constant reek but milder and manageable. However, the analysis also reveals that social hierarchies and power relations played a part in Pompeian odor control, and the olfactory landscape was not the same for all inhabitants
Odor · Political science · Power (physics · Scholarship · History · Law · Neuroscience · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |