Landscape Archaeology

Il Sistema Informativo Territoriale per la gestione del patrimonio storico-archeologico del quartiere Ostiense-Marconi. Uno strumento di ricerca e programmazione urbana

by Marina Marcelli

Co-authored with Renato Matteucci, Renato Sebastiani, published in R. Volpe (a cura di), Suburbium II. Il suburbio di Roma dalla fine dell’età monarchica alla nascita del sistema delle ville (V-II secolo a.C.), Collection de l'École française de Rome 419, Rome 2009, pp. 105-122

Beyond dots on the map: intensive survey data and the interpretation of small sites and off-site distributions

by Tymon de Haas

Published in Attema, P. & G. Schörner (eds) 2012 Comparative issues in the archaeology of the Roman rural landscape, site classification between survey, excavation and historical categories. JRA supplements 88, Portsmouth, pp. 55-79.

This paper explores the potential of intensive field survey data to study small sites and off site distributions. It... more This paper explores the potential of intensive field survey data to study small sites and off site distributions. It first discusses examples of off-site phenomena and small sites from ethnographic research, excavations and field surveys. It focuses on existnig explanatory models for off-site distributions, notably the so-called manuring hypothesis and oppositions to that model that point to post-depositional biases as an explanation for off-site distributions.
It then presents three case studies of off-site data from the Pontine Region, central-Italy, which show that off-site data in some cases surely has the potential to explore ancient cultural processes. At the same time, generalising models such as the manuring hypothesis should not uncritically be applied on the basis of densities only: on the basis of a range of characteristics (tile:pottery ratio, artefact variability, fragmentation, potential impactof post-depositional processes) more detailed and local explanations can be offered. The cases show clearly contrasting patterns, which are tentatively related to specific land use strategies.

Sustainable Ecologies, Unsustainable Politics: Chinampa Farming in Ancient Central Mexico

by Christopher Morehart

Mapping ancient chinampa landscapes in the Basin of Mexico: a remote sensing and GIS approach

by Christopher Morehart

Centuripe (EN). Indagini su un territorio della Sicilia centro-orientale

by Giacomo Biondi

in F. D’Andria, D. Malfitana, N. Masini, G. Scardozzi (a cura di), Il dialogo dei saperi. Metodologie integrate per i Beni Culturali, Roma-Napoli 2010.

Rewriting landscape: Incorporating sacred landscapes into cultural traditions

by Manuel Santos Estévez

Neolithic Rock Art In Context: Landscape History and the Transition to Agriculture In Mediterranean Spain

by Sarah McClure

A STUDY OF THE ROMAN ROAD NETWORK IN HUNGARY USING GIS.

by András Bödőcs

PhD dissertation's thesis. ELTE BTK, Budapest. 2008.

The initial aim of the dissertation was the reconstruction of the road network of Roman Pannonia by collecting the... more The initial aim of the dissertation was the reconstruction of the road network of Roman Pannonia by collecting the data on identifiable Roman road remains on the territory of modern Hungary, the collation of the data with other information on the
known archaeological sites, and its integration into an archaeological GIS. During the collection of the data and the linking of the data to sites and locations (and geographic co-ordinates), I found that the reliability of the available data could be
seriously challenged and thus the initial objective slipped farther and farther away. It became apparent that the seemingly secure courses of Roman roads as reconstructed by previous research were often based on inadequate and imprecise information, and thus the emphasis shifted to the mosaic-like collection of the
available evidence.

Földet a katonáknak

by András Bödőcs

Élet és tudomány 2011 (15), 460. o.

Magyarország egyik legrégebben és folyamatosan lakott települése a mai Szombathely, az ókori Savaria (Colonia Claudia... more Magyarország egyik legrégebben és folyamatosan lakott települése a mai Szombathely, az ókori Savaria (Colonia Claudia Savariensium). Savaria római alapítású colonia, azaz Rómával azonos polgárjogi státusszal rendelkező városként Claudius császár uralkodásának idején alapították. Alapítási körülményei egyelőre még tisztázatlanok, létrejöttének pontos évszámát nem ismerjük, valószínűsíthetően a Kr.u. 46-50. években vált coloniavá. Savaria körül is sor került a környező terület felosztására, amely során a leszerelő katonák, a veteranok számára osztottak ki földparcellákat. Ezekről a parcellákról eddig keveset tudtunk. Szerencsére az újabb kutatások eredményeit egy kirakós játékhoz hasonlóan, modern informatikai módszerek felhasználásával egymáshoz lehet illeszteni, így lassan kezd kialakulni egy kép, amely a mai Nyugat-Magyarország területén élő római birtokosok földjeiről, az itt élő ókori emberek „látható” tevékenységéről árulkodik.

Aerial archaeological substantiation of a Roman cadastre system’s predictive model

by András Bödőcs

AARGNews 42. (2010) 20-28.

This article presents new research in Hungary: a survey of the Roman centuriatio in Pannonia. Previously one... more This article presents new research in Hungary: a survey of the Roman centuriatio in Pannonia. Previously one reconstruction of the estate cadastre map of the Roman city, Colonia Claudia Savariensis was published in 1965 by the two well-known researchers András Mócsy and Sándor Soproni.

A római kori birtokrendszer kialakítása és tájformáló hatása Pannoniában

by András Bödőcs

Bödőcs András–Kovács Gábor: A római kori birtokrendszer kialakítása és tájformáló hatása Pannóniában. Geodézia és Kartográfia. 2011/3. LXIII.évf.

The city of Szombathely in western Hungary is one of the oldest continuously inhabited town in the country. The... more The city of Szombathely in western Hungary is one of the oldest continuously inhabited town in the country. The foundation of colonia Savaria (about 46–50 AD, under the reign of Emperor Claudius) was the result of the roman conquest. The city was the settlement of free Roman citizens, its first inhabitants were the served and settled soldiers, the so called veterans. The surrounding territory of the town was divided and allotted among these veterans.
This land-allotment was an orderly, logically parceled, rectangular cadastral system, in which the allocation is based on an approx. 708×708 m floor unit, the so called centuria. The boundaries between the plots were composed often of artificial objects (roads, ditches), which corresponded to the orientation directions of this orthogonal system. This cadastral system and its development together were called centuriatio. The development of the centuriatio and the several centuries of Roman agricultural production have had a significant terrain-transformation impact.
These marks were thought to discover in the study of the terrestrial river’s streamlines. In several cases could be succeeded to point a match between the morphological characteristics of the area and the orientation of the centuriatio, which are probably rather casual than conscious coincidences, but we can assume artificial channels in some riverbed’s sections (like in case of creek Arany, Gyöngyös, Perint, Pinka), which were created by the design of the centuriatio network. These channels have now become beds of natural watercourses.

LenssenErz 2004 CUP

by Tilman Lenssen-Erz

2008 Space&Discourse

by Tilman Lenssen-Erz

2008 Space&Discourse

by Tilman Lenssen-Erz

LenssenErz 2004 CUP

by Tilman Lenssen-Erz

Call for Papers: "In, out and in between: dynamics of cultural borders"

by Arvi Haak

Call for papers for a conference in Tallinn, Estonia, 17 - 19 October 2012

We are especially looking for contributions for Panel II: (Re-)materialising Ideologies in Landscape and in Practice,... more We are especially looking for contributions for Panel II: (Re-)materialising Ideologies in Landscape and in Practice, with subtopic "Ethnic boundaries in material culture".  The aim of the session is to discuss how and for what purpose elements of past material culture are used in addressing questions of ethnicity. How has ethnicity been constructed on that basis? Special focus will be placed on theoretically informed approaches to ethnicity and its borders: we are interested in the perspectives of past actors and ways of reaching these in the present.

Theorising Landscapes: the Concept of Historical Interactive Landscape

by Jaromír Beneš

Co-authored with Marek Zvelebil

Zvelebil,M. - Beneš, J. 1997: Theorising Landscapes: the Concept of Historical Interactive Landscape, in: J.Chapman - P.Dolukhanow (eds.), Lanscape in flux. Central and Eastern Europe in Antiquity. Colloquia Pontica 3., s. 23 - 40. Oxbow Books.

Álvarez Martínez, V.; Menéndez Blanco, A. y Jiménez Chaparro, J. I.: "Percepciones míticas y pautas de comportamiento en torno a los espacios megalíticos de montaña. Un caso de estudio: La Carreiriega de los Gallegos (Ayande, Asturias) en II Jornadas de Jóvenes investigadores en Arqueología, 2009. pp. 189-197

by Jesús Ignacio Jiménez Chaparro

co-authored with Valentín Álvarez Martínez y Andrés Menéndez Blanco

M. Atha & S. Roskams (2012). 'Prehistoric and Roman Transitions at Wharram Percy', in S. Wrathmell (ed) A History of Wharram Percy and its Neighbours, pp63-82. York: University of York Archaeological Publications 15

by Mick Atha

Introduction: Recovering Landscape as a Cultural Practice

by Mick Atha