Roman Settlement

A cartografia dos cultos religiosos no Alto Alentejo em época romana: uma leitura de conjunto

by Andre Carneiro

Hispania antiqua, ISSN 1130-0515, Nº 33-34, 2009-2010, páginas 237-272

NUEVOS DESCUBRIMIENTOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS EN MONTEALEGRE DE CAMPOS

by Manuel Retuerce Velasco

Manuel Retuerce (2011): “Nuevos descubrimientos arqueológicos en Montealegre de Campos”. En: Conocer Valladolid, 2010. IV Curso de Patrimonio Cultural 2010/11. p. 27-34. Valladolid,

Se da noticia de los primeros resultados obtenidos en la intervención arqueológica en un solar de 1.100 m2 de... more Se da noticia de los primeros resultados obtenidos en la intervención arqueológica en un solar de 1.100 m2 de Montealegre de Campos (Valladolid) relativos a los períodos vacceo, romano, medieval y moderno. Destacan los pertenecientes al urbanismo vacceo con nueve casas dispuestas a ambos lados de dos calles paralelas con aceras, y que pertenecen a la última fase del asentamiento indígena anterior al romano.

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It informs of the first results of the archaeological excavation on a plot of 1,100 m2 of Montealegre de Campos (Valladolid) relating to periods of Iron II (vacceo), roman, medieval and modern. Notable findings pertaining to urban vacceo with the excavation of nine houses located on both sides of two parallel streets, and belong to the last phase of pre-Roman native settlement.

Gephysical investigations in Mursella

by Szilvia Bíró

The English Landscapes and Identities project

by Letty ten Harkel

C. Gosden, A. Cooper, M. Creswell, C. Green, L. ten Harkel, Z. Kamash, L. Morley, J. Pybus & X. Xiong, published in Antiquity: Project Gallery 86: 332 (June 2012).

Summary of the project 'English Landscapes and Identities: the case of the English landscape 1500 BC - AD 1086'. Summary of the project 'English Landscapes and Identities: the case of the English landscape 1500 BC - AD 1086'.

A Synthesis on Roman Landscapes

by Nic Terrenato

L’insediamento di contrada Grammena a Valcorrente tra tardoantico e altomedioevo. La long durée di un sito rurale in provincia di Catania

by Elisa Bonacini

E. Bonacini - M. Turco con appendice di L. Arcifa, in “The Journal of Fasti Online”, n. 251, 2012, ISSN 1828-3179 (www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2012-251.pdf)

L'indagine archeologica, condotta dalla Soprintendenza di Catania nel 2007, ha portato alla luce una fattoria romana,... more L'indagine archeologica, condotta dalla Soprintendenza di Catania nel 2007, ha portato alla luce una fattoria romana, caratterizzata da molteplici fasi di vita (III-VII secolo d.C), nella zona di un precedente insediamento ellenistico. Una basilica a tre navate con nartece è stata costruita, in età tardo-bizantina (VIII sec. d.C. – prima metà del IX sec. d.C.), in parte distruggendo i resti della fattoria e quelli di una di una frequentazione più tarda della zona (VIII sec. d.C.). La basilica è stata modificata più volte, poi trasformata in un deposito amorfo di pietre. La sua planimetria è simile a quella di altri edifici di culto siciliani tradizionalmente datati tra il V e il VI secolo d.C., risultando così ancorata alla tradizione costruttiva della tarda antichità. La centralità dell’insediamento (posto non lontano dall’acquedotto romano che attraversava questa zona e accanto a una viabilità di lunga percorrenza in uso dall'epoca romana a quella tardo-medievale) spiega la continuità di vita di questo insediamento.

The archaeological survey, carried out by the Superintendence of Catania in 2007, has unearthed a Roman farm, characterized by multiple life stages (3rd-7th centuries AD), in the area of a previous Hellenistic settlement (4th-2nd centuries BC). A basilica with three aisles and a narthex was built, in late-Byzantine ages (8th-first half of 9th century AD), partially destroying the farm’s remains and those one of a later frequentation of the area (8th century AD). The basilica was modified several times, then transformed into an amorphous deposit of stones. The plan (21.90 m E/W x 16.60 m N/S) is framed in a 5x4 squares arithmetic form that includes the narthex and the apse, with a 2:1 ratio for the width of the nave from the aisles, and a metric base dimensioned according to a foot of m. 0.2964, with a base module of m. 4.15 corresponding to 14 ft. This plant is similar to Sicilian religious buildings traditionally dated between 5th and 6th century AD. and thus proves to be anchored to the building tradition of Late Antiquity. The centrality of the settlement (not far from the Roman aqueduct that crossed this area and beside a long-distance road network in use from Roman to Late Middle ages) explains the continuity of life of a settlement which was clearly the junction of this area.

Pays de Tartas, basse vallée de la Midouze.

by Hervé Barrouquère

Bilan scientifique 2001 du Service Régional de l'Archéologie, 2002.

compte-rendu de l'opération de prospection-inventaire menée sur une dizaine de communes de la région de Tartas dans le... more compte-rendu de l'opération de prospection-inventaire menée sur une dizaine de communes de la région de Tartas dans le cadre d'un TER en histoire médiévale.

Dynamique d'occupation anthropique et dynamique alluviale du Rhin au cours de l'Holocène: géoarchéologie du site d'Oedenburg (Haut-Rhin, France)

by Vincent Ollive

Human settlement dynamics and alluvial dynamics of the Rhine River during the Holocene: Geoarchaeology of the site of Oedenburg (Haut-Rhin, France).

Author: V. Ollive
PhD Thesis in Earth Sciences, University of Dijon (2007). 305p.
Thèse de Doctorat de Sciences de la Terre, Université de Dijon. 305p.

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A segment of the Upper Rhine River presenting both anastomosed and braided was investigated. This area gives us the... more A segment of the Upper Rhine River presenting both anastomosed and braided was investigated. This area gives us the opportunity to study settlement dynamics during two key periods of the Holocene. The Roman Period characterised by a first major anthropogenic impact on the environment and poorly documented climatic changes. The Little Ice Age, when human settlement and climate may be well documented with high reliability.
A wide methodological approach has been completed to combine results from geomorphology, stratigraphy, geophysics, G.I.S., palynology, dendrochronology and archaeology. This dataset shows:
1/ documentary flood frequency variations of the Rhine River during the last 800 years. These chronological variations show some dissimilarity with other French rivers reconstructed documentary flood series. That attests a primary control of catchment’s characteristics and regime type on long term hydrological dynamics.
2/ changes in the Rhine River and floodplain dynamics during Little Ice Age before major anthropogenic river management of 19th century. Planform changes, riverine forest, land use evolution, and anthropological settlement processes are described and quantified. These results allow the identification of major stratigraphic agent factors role responsible of these changes.
3/ the alluvial landscape character where the Oedenburg site settled, together with the evolution of the riverine forest influenced by the Rhine River hydrodynamics.
4/ settlement dynamics during Antiquity. Four major settlement phases have been evidenced by spatial distribution analysis of roman coins found by pedestrian prospecting during the last twenty years. Settlement dynamics may have been influenced by either historical or environmental impacts.
5/ variations in alluvial dynamics of the Rhine River during Antiquity such as high water table or flooding events.

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by Marko Jankovic

The valley conquest. New dates on the development of fortified settlements in the high mountain area of northern Spain.

by Alfonso Fanjul Peraza

FANJUL PERAZA, A (2011): "The valley conquest. New dates on the development of fortified settlements in the high mountain area of northern Spain". Origini XXXIII, Nuova Serie, V. Sapienza Universitá di Roma: 303-318.

L'AREA DI SAN MARCO-STILIDA (KAULONIA-MONASTERACE M.). L'ABBANDONO DELLA CITTA' E LA FREQUENTAZIONE TARDO ANTICA E MEDIEVALE

by Pasquale Salamida

F.A. CUTERI, P. SALAMIDA, L’area di S. Marco-Stilida (Kaulonia-Monasterace M.). L’abbandono della città e la frequentazione in età tardo antica e medievale, in L. LEPORE, P. TURI (a cura di), Caulonia tra Crotone e Locri, Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Firenze, 30 maggio-1 giugno 2007), I, Firenze 2010, pp. 155-164.

IL LITORALE JONICO CALABRESE DA CROTONE A REGGIO (CALABRIA - ITALIA). CIRCOLAZIONE DI MANUFATTI CERAMICI TRA V e VII SECOLO

by Pasquale Salamida

F.A. CUTERI, P. SALAMIDA, Il litorale jonico calabrese da Crotone a Reggio (Calabria – Italia). Circolazione di manufatti ceramici tra V e VII secolo, in LRCW 3, Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and archaeometry. Comaprison between western and eastern Mediterranean, (Parma/Pisa, 26-30 marzo 2008), BAR I.S. 2185, Oxford 2010.

Zur Rekonstruktion des Mehrproduktes in neolithischen Haushalte

by Johannes Müller

J. Müller, Zur Rekonstruktion des Mehrproduktes in neolithischen Haushalten. In: A. Hafner/M. Kinsky/I. Matuschik (Hrsg.), Vernetzungen, Aspekte siedlungsarchäologischer Forschung. Festschrift Helmut Schlichtherle zum 60. Geburtstag (Freiburg i.Br. 2010) 51-62.

A section through the Fosse Way and the excavation of Romano-British features at Princethorpe, Warwickshire, 1994

by Richard Cuttler

Cuttler, R. 2000

Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions, 102

Excavation of part of a Romano-British roadside settlement on the Fosse Way at Princethorpe, UK. The excavation... more Excavation of part of a Romano-British roadside settlement on the Fosse Way at Princethorpe, UK. The excavation revealed the remains of an agger associated with the Roman Road, and former road-side ditches. Settlement features included postholes and a small hearth and flue. The stratigraphic evidence suggests that the construction of the road pre-dates the road side settlement.

The pottery evidence suggested that the majority of occupation appeared to date to the late 1st or early 2nd centuries

Una aproximación pluridisciplinar al estudio del paisaje ibérico y romano. El proyecto oppidum la Carència

by GIAP Landscape Archaeology Research Group

Albiach, R.; Orengo, H.A. & Ejarque, A. 2011. ‘Una aproximación pluridisciplinar al estudio del paisaje ibérico y romano: el proyecto oppidum la Carència (Valencia, España)’ in Encontro Internacional sobre ciência e novas tecnologias aplicadas à arqueologia na villa romana do Rabaçal, Penela, Terras de Sicó, Portugal. Camara Municipal de Penela: 260-265.

Roman Rhine settlement dynamics evidenced by coin distribution in a fluvial environment (Oedenburg, Upper Rhine, France)

by Vincent Ollive

Authors: Vincent Ollive, Christophe Petit, Jean-Pierre Garcia, Michel Reddé, Patrick Biellmann, Laurent Popovitch et Carmela Chateau-Smith

Published in "Journal of Archaeological Science", 2008

On the basis of archaeological and alluvial records, this paper presents the first spatial analysis of artefacts in... more On the basis of archaeological and alluvial records, this paper presents the first spatial analysis of artefacts in relation to the evolution of the Rhine River, at the Gallo-Roman site of Oedenburg, during the first four centuries AD. The dataset consisted of several thousand Roman artefacts found by pedestrian prospecting over the last twenty years, over half of which were coins. This dataset was used together with high-resolution topography and geomagnetic mapping, to reconstruct settlement evolution, both on the terrace and in the floodplain. A comprehensive monetary chart has been compiled for the Oedenburg site, which highlights four major phases of settlement. These results provide a possible causal link connecting historical factors and alluvial events with intra-site evolution. Therefore, while changes observed during Phases I (until AD 68), II (AD 69 to AD 180) and III (AD 180 to AD 295) seem largely related to historical and societal events, Phase IV (AD 295 to AD 402) shows patterns of abandonment of the lower part of the floodplain that may well be related to an unusually humid period in the fourth century. These results are set in a broader context, from the Rhine catchment area to the Alps, and are in agreement with the wet conditions also documented in alluvial, lacustrine, geomorphological and palynological records in Germany (Lahn River, Lake Constance, Lake Nussbaumen, Kaisersthul area and the Black Forest). Studying the intra-site spatial distribution of artefacts with high temporal constraints, at a long-lived site with contrasted topography, opens new avenues for the detection of discreet events such as a higher water table, affecting only the lower zone.

Il territorio ereo nord-orientale nella Sicilia di età imperiale e tardoromana: un quadro storico e topografico sulla base dei dati archeologici

by Elisa Bonacini

in Trinakie, Studi di storia e arte, 1, Caltagirone 2011, pp. 71-106; ISBN 978-88-89539-25-5

In questo contributo si presenta un censimento degli insediamenti umani rurali nell’ambito di quella porzione del... more In questo contributo si presenta un censimento degli insediamenti umani rurali nell’ambito di quella porzione del “calatino” ricadente nel comprensorio nord-orientale della catena montuosa degli Erei, per il periodo compreso tra l’età imperiale e quella tardo-romana, analizzando le dinamiche insediative ed il collegamento degli insediamenti con la viabilità primaria e secondaria che si prolunga in alcuni casi fino all’età medievale.

This paper presents a survey of rural settlements in that part of the "calatino" district (near Caltagirone) falling in the north-eastern part of the Erei mountains, for the period between the Roman Empire and the Late Roman age, analyzing the settlement dynamics and the connection of the settlements with the primary and secondary road which extends in some cases up to the Middle Ages.

Etude archéogéographique du Sud-Vendée (85). Entre plaine et bocage.

by Magali Watteaux

published in 'Medieval Europe Paris 2007'. 4e Congrès International d'Archéologie Médiéval et Moderne "On the Road Again", Section Archéogéographie

Archaeogeographical study of the Southern Vendée (France). Between plain and bocage.

This paper presents... more Archaeogeographical study of the Southern Vendée (France). Between plain and bocage.

This paper presents the very first conclusions of my PhD on the agrarian morphology of the Southern Vendée.
See the paper named "Archéogéographie morphologique de la plaine sud-vendéenne" to complete this subject.

The Workshops of Bronze Craftsmanship in Micia. A Few Notes on More or Less Recent Discoveries, în vol. Corona laureea. Studii în onoarea Luciei Ţeposu Marinescu, eds. M. Bărbulescu, Doina Benea, C. Muşeţeanu, 67–78, Bucureşti, 2005 (în colaborare cu Dorin Alicu).

by Ovidiu Tentea

2009 with B Roberts, Romano-British roadside remains at 84-88 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford. Essex Arch & Hist, 38, 102–8

by Leonora O'Brien

Contributions by Nina Crummy, Andy Peachey and Carina Phillips. Illustrated by Iain Williamson.

Extensive evaluation at a site adjacent to the route of the Roman London - Colchester road from has revealed further... more Extensive evaluation at a site adjacent to the route of the Roman London - Colchester road from has revealed further evidence of extramural Roman plot divisions and peripheral activity south of Caesaromagus. A medieval cess-pit and a rubbish pit were found, in addition to post-medieval rubbish pits and levelling. Evidence from this site correlates with that from other excavations in Moulsham Street, indicating that the site lay on the edge of the greatest extent of Roman development in the 2nd century AD.