Roman archaeology

Nouvelles témoignages sur les canabae de la XIe légion Claudia à Durostorum

by Romeo Cirjan

Primera campaña de prospecciones arqueológicas en la comarca de Tarazona y el Moncayo. Avance preliminar de los resultados de la campaña de 2010

by Carlos García Benito

Co-authored with Óscar Bonilla Santander. Published in Salduie, 2010.

La falta de un estudio arqueológico integral de la Comarca de Tarazona y el Moncayo, junto con la ausencia de una... more La falta de un estudio arqueológico integral de la Comarca de Tarazona y el Moncayo, junto con la ausencia de una carta arqueológica comarcal de la zona, motivó el inicio de estas prospecciones arqueológicas con el objetivo de perdurar en el tiempo hasta completar totalmente la información arqueológica de esta comarca. En su primera campaña se han centrado en el paraje denominado Cañada Madre que comprende parte de los términos municipales de Tarazona, El Buste y Vera de Moncayo, obteniendo la identificación de yacimientos arqueológicos que abarcan desde el Paleolítico Medio hasta el siglo XX.

The absence of a comprehensive archaeological survey of the Comarca of Tarazona and the Moncayo, together with the absence of a local archaeological map of the area, prompted the initiation of these archaeological surveys in order to survive in time until to have the complete archaeological information of this region. In his first season we have focused on the area known as Cañada Madre that comprising part of the municipalities of Tarazona, El Buste and Vera de Moncayo, obtaining the identification of archaeological sites dating from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Twentieth century.

Ager Turiasonense: Los yacimientos de Torre Don Antonio, Valoria y Valoria Soler (Tarazona, España).

by Carlos García Benito

Co-authored with Óscar Bonilla Santander and Begoña Serrano Arnáez. Published in Turiaso XX, 2010-2011.

En el marco del proyecto Poblamiento en la vertiente oriental del Moncayo, durante la Iª Campaña de prospecciones... more En el marco del proyecto Poblamiento en la vertiente oriental del Moncayo, durante la Iª Campaña de prospecciones arqueológicas en la Comarca de Tarazona y el Moncayo, se documentaron tres yacimientos rurales inéditos de cronología romana en el término municipal de Tarazona (Zaragoza, España). Mediante el presente estudio se exponen los materiales más representativos documentados en las prospecciones y se plantean hipótesis de trabajo sobre la articulación del paisaje rural en época altoimperial en torno a dos acequias de posible cronología romana.

The through development of the project Settlement in the eastern slope of Moncayo, during the 1st Campaign of archaeological prospection in the region of Tarazona and Moncayo, three unpublished rural sites of Roman chronology were found in the municipality of Tarazona (Zaragoza, Spain). In this paper we present the most representative materials documented in surveys and we explain some hypotheses about rural landscape in altoimperial time around two irrigation systems of possible roman chronology.

Territorium Cascantinum et Turiasonense: El poblamiento rural romano a debate en Cascante (Navarra).

by Carlos García Benito

Co-authored with Óscar Bonilla Santander. Published in Turiaso XX, 2010-2011

La viabilità tardoantica e medievale dalla porta Tiburtina a s. Lorenzo fuori le mura: una nota

by Simonetta Serra

in “Bullettino della Commissione Archeologica Comunale di Roma”, 99 (1998), pp. 125-144

A detailed analysis of the first mile of the Via Tiburtina and the road network between the via Nomentana and the via... more A detailed analysis of the first mile of the Via Tiburtina and the road network between the via Nomentana and the via Praenestina (IV-VIII century AD).

Review: Björn C. Ewald, Carlos F. Noreňa (ed.), The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual. Yale Classical Studies 35. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010

by Christopher Dickenson

EINE BLEIKISTE AUS EINEM SPÄTRÖMISCHEN SCHIFFSFUND BEI FORMENTERA (SPANIEN)

by Joan Ramon

Hermanns, M.
Ramon, J.
Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt
Jahrgang 38 · 2008 · Heft 4
Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum Mainz
Präsidium der deutschen Verbände für Archäologie

Eine Bleikiste aus einem spätrömischen Schiffsfund bei Formentera (Spanien) In dieser kurzen Mitteilung wird ein... more Eine Bleikiste aus einem spätrömischen Schiffsfund bei Formentera (Spanien) In dieser kurzen Mitteilung wird ein ungewöhnliches Bleigefäß aus einem bisher nicht publizierten Wrack bei Formentera (Pytiusen, Balearen) vorgestellt. Anhand der bisher unter archäologischen Gesichtspunkten geborgenen Fundstücke handelt es sich um einen spätrömischen Frachter aus dem 4. Jh. n.Chr. mit einer Ladung zylindrischer Am pho -
ren nordafrikanischer und lusitanischer Herkunft. Der unverzierte Bleikasten ist fast quadratisch und weist eine runde
Öffnung auf. Die Verwendung an Bord bleibt ungeklärt, da kein Rohrflansch erkennbar ist. Somit handelt es sich nicht
um einen Teil des Lenzsystems. Anhand der Herstellungsart ist die Funktion als Bordherd ebenfalls auszuschließen.
Vermutlich handelt es sich um ein Frischwasserreservoir.
A lead container from a late Roman shipwreck found near Formentera (Spain)

This brief contribution presents a lead container from a previously unreleased shipwreck near Formentera (Pityusic/
Balearic Islands, Spain). On the basis of the few finds which were recovered under archaeological criteria, the wreck
could be identified as a Late Roman cargo ship from the 4th century A.D. with cylindrical amphorae of North African
and Lusitanian origin. The undecorated lead box is almost quadratic and features a round opening. The usage on board
remains uncertain; due to the absence of a tube flange, it cannot be part of a bilge-pump system. The manufacturing
method also excludes the usage as a board stove. It therefore was probably used as a fresh water reservoir.

La cerámica ebusitana en la Antigüedad Tardía

by Joan Ramon

Cerámicas hispanorromanas. Un estado de la cuestión
D. Bernal Casasola y A. Ribera i Lacomba (eds. científicos)
Universidad de Cádiz
2008

Este trabajo, de acuerdo con el guión propuesto por los
editores del presente volumen, pretende una síntesis y... more Este trabajo, de acuerdo con el guión propuesto por los
editores del presente volumen, pretende una síntesis y un
balance actual de la cerámica de fabricación ebusitana
entre los siglos III/IV y VII de la Era Cristiana.
Cabe advertir que el conocimiento actual del tema, si
bien no puede considerarse un terreno completamente
inexplorado, ni en consecuencia tampoco completamente
desconocido, sí debe ser calificado de incipiente.
Incipiente desde el punto de vista de la falta de un estudio
amplio de los complejos vasculares, en sus variados
contextos, y su cuantificación, de un número representativo
de talleres productores insulares, que sin duda fueron
abundantes, de la conclusión de una serie de estudios
arqueométricos sobre cerámicas ebusitanas tardoantiguas,
actualmente en marcha, y en definitiva, de un trabajo
global desde todos los puntos de vista productivos,
culturales, económicos tipológicos y cronológicos.
Desde el punto de vista crono-tipológico referido se
presentan aquí algunos nuevos tipos, basados en piezas,
hasta la fecha, inéditas1, en el marco de un ensayo de clasificación del cual hace años se dieron avances (Ramon,
1986), pero que se halla aún “en construcción”.

L'Antiguitat Tardana a Eivissa: dades de l'arqueologia recent

by Joan Ramon

XXIII Jornades d'Estudis Històrics Locals
L'antiguitat clàssica i la seva pervivència a les Illes Balears
Palma 2005

Baia, Portus Julius and surroundings. Diving in the Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Bay of Naples (Italy)

by Michele Stefanile

in 'Oniz, H., Cicek, B. (eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Underwater Research - Antalya-Kemer 2012, pp. 28-47'

Dinamiche insediative nel territorio della foce dell'Ombrone. Il porto fluviale di Rusellae

by Alessandro Sebastiani

Co-authored with Mario Cygielman, Elena Chirico and Matteo Colombini.
Contributions by Massimo de Benetti, Stefano Ricchi and Elisa Rubegno
Published in Notiziario della Soprintendenza ai Beni Archeologici della Toscana, 2010, 6, pp. 10-30

This paper shows the preliminary results of the 2010 archaeological season at Spolverino. This paper shows the preliminary results of the 2010 archaeological season at Spolverino.

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.

“r.calc.ItinerariumAntonini”. Raster Based GIS Survey on Pannonian Mileage Data of Itinerarium Antonini “r.calc.ItinerariumAntonini” Raster Based GIS Survey on Pannonian Mileage Data of Itinerarium Antonini

by András Bödőcs

. In: Jerem, E. – Redő, F. – Szeverényi, V. (eds.): On the Road to Reconstructing the Past. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) Proceedings of the 36th International Conference, Budapest, April 2–6, 2008. Budapest, 2011. 67-73.

The main goal of the “Pannonian” Roman road survey was to identify the locations and settlements in Pannonia described... more The main goal of the “Pannonian” Roman road survey was to identify the locations and settlements in Pannonia described by the data of the Itinerarium Antonini. The road reconstructions based on pure calculations on the mileage data are doubtful, because we do not know the exact locations of the starting- and end stations. They are also insecure, because we cannot be sure of the plausibility of the length-values of the antique source. In some opinion the mileage data of the Itinerarium Antonini shows not the exact distances, but the distances calculated upon the travel time between two places. If the length was calculated with the quotient of travel-time-need and average travel-speed, what was it? This assumption supports the logical question, what is the base entity, wherewith the time was deduced. We want to show – exploiting the analyzing possibilities of the GIS , and the movement/travel modeling forms applied in geographical research – a possibility for a new way source analysis.

Neue Angaben zur Forschung römischer Landstrassen in Pannonien

by András Bödőcs

Archaeologiai Értesítő. Volume 131, Number 1/June 2006. 75-88.

Seit den 1990er Jahren hat die Zahl derjenigen Publikationen und archäologischen Ausgrabungen zugenommen, die mit... more Seit den 1990er Jahren hat die Zahl derjenigen Publikationen und archäologischen Ausgrabungen zugenommen, die mit neuen Angaben zu den Straßen und Wegkonstruktionen sowie zum binnenpannonischen Straßennetz beitrugen. Dieses Forschungsgebiet ist uns leider bis heute die genaue Nachzeichnung des römerzeitlichen Straßennetzes in Ungarn schuldig geblieben. Diese versucht auch der Autor auf diesen Seiten nicht zu liefern. Sein Ziel ist vor allem, einige gute Beispiele an deren Erscheinungen auch von Ungarn zu präsentieren, die in der internationalen luftarchäologischen Forschung im Zusammenhang mit römischen Wegen (z.B. paralelles Grabensystem) aufgezählt werden. Ein weiteres Ziel auch einen Ausblick zu bieten, wie und warum dies bei der Untersuchung der noch nicht auf Landkarten eingetragenen römischen Strecke verwendet werden kann.

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.

Nuevas aportaciones a la numismática antigua de Sax (Alicante)

by Jesús Peidro

CHURCH NEWS: NEW UNITY MOVEMENT STEPS PROPOSED

by Daniel Keeran MSW

by Daniel Keeran, MSW (distrbute freely without charge)

Against the unity prayer of Jesus in the gospel of John chapter 17, divisions within Christianity have been common... more Against the unity prayer of Jesus in the gospel of John chapter 17, divisions within Christianity have been common from the beginning. New steps for unity are outlined that provide grass-roots opportunities in local churches and communities.

Fundamental to the new unity movement are principles and a change in paradigm that give a fresh approach to the ancient problem of divisions among people who identify themselves as followers of Jesus.

MARBRES LOCALS A HISPÀNIA. ESTAT DE LA QÜESTIÓ AL BIENNI 2008-2009

by Isabel Rodà de Llanza

published in 'TARRACO: CONSTRUCCIÓ I ARQUITECTURA D’UNA CAPITAL
PROVINCIAL ROMANA. ACTES DEL CONGRÉS INTERNACIONAL EN HOMENATGE A THEODOR HAUSCHILD (Tarragona 2009). Butlletí Arqueològic d ela Reial Societat Arqueològica Tarraconsense núm 31, 2012, 227-240.

We present a synthesis of the knowledge and latest findings in marbles and other stone materials in Antiquity, focused... more We present a synthesis of the knowledge and latest findings in marbles and other stone materials in Antiquity, focused in the roman territory of Hispania in 2007-2009. These findings were produced by field archaeology as well as scientific publications and specialized congresses. We analyze the results
of all this research that allow us to determinate better the origin of some materials and the exploitation areas, as well as the local uses and spread of hispanic marmora. This subject has experienced a dramatic growth in our country with a continuous application of interdisciplinarity.

SÍDLIŠTNÍ A HROBOVÉ NÁLEZY ZE STARŠÍ DOBY ŘÍMSKÉ Z PRAHY-KŘESLIC (POLOHA KE ŠTÍTU) - SIEDLUNGS- UND GRABFUNDE DER ÄLTEREN RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT AUS PRAG-KŘESLICE (FLUR „KE ŠTÍTU“)

by Jaromír Beneš

2005, co-authored with Jaroslav Jiřík and Jan Kypta

Beneš, J. – Jiřík, J. -  Kypta, J. 2005: Sídlištní a hrobové nálezy ze starší doby římské z Prahy-Křeslic (poloha Ke štítu) – Siedlungs- und Grabfunde den älteren römischen Kaiserzeit aus Prag-Křeslice (Flur „Ke štítu“), In: Droberjar, E. - Lutovský, M. (eds.), Archeologie barbarů 2005., 287-311. Praha 2006.

Czech article with short German summary describing site in East Prague region. Paper about Roman Iron Age small site... more Czech article with short German summary describing site in East Prague region. Paper about Roman Iron Age small site and cemetery with anthropology by Pavel Kubálek and analysis of iron kniwes by Jiří Hošek

A distant mirror, Britain and Rome in the representation of the empire

by Greg Woolf