- Leiden University, Faculty of Archaeology, World Archaeology, Post-DocUniversiteit van Amsterdam, Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen, Department Memberadd
- Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Archaeological GIS, Environmental Archaeology, and 38 morePublic Archaeology, Settlement Patterns, Geo-spatial analysis with GIS and GPS, Iron Age Iberian Peninsula (Archaeology), Palaeoenvironment, Archaeological Information Systems (AIS), Survey Methodology, Aerial Archaeology, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Romanization, Archaeological field survey, Peter Attema, Regional Survey, Politics of Archaeology, Roman houses, Archaeological Prospection, Roman History, Late Roman Pottery, African red slip ware, Roman rural settlements, Terra Sigillata, Roman land use and the agrarian economy, Spatial archaeology, Landscape Archeology, Cultura Material, Iron Age Spain, History of Archaeology, Iron Age, Roman Villae, Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Republican Spain, Arqueología del paisanaje, LiDAR for Landscape Archaeology, Gramsci, storia economica e sociale del Mezzogiorno, MOOCs, Ville Rusriche Sannitiche E Romane, and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)edit
- Jesús García Sánchez obtained his BA in University of Salamanca (2006) and holds a PhD from University of Cantabria (... moreJesús García Sánchez obtained his BA in University of Salamanca (2006) and holds a PhD from University of Cantabria (2012), and a MA in Multivariate Statics from Faculty of Salamanca (2014). His principal research interest is survey methodology and Landscape archaeology applied to the Late Iron Age and Classic Roman Archaeology. He has directed several survey projects in the Northern Plateau (Burgos, Spain) from 2009-20102 focusing on Iron Age and Roman settlements to assess landscape exploitation as cultural behavior in the so-called Ager Segisamonsis and also intra-site intensive surveys to study household assemblages in Burgos and La Rioja. In 2011 Jesús co-directed with Miguel Cisneros the excavation of La Ulaña hill-fort (Humada, Burgos), the largest Iron Age site in the Iberian Peninsula. He also had a project funded by Obra Social Caja Burgos for an aerial survey reconnaissance in northwest Burgos that produced the discovery of new important features to understand the hinterland of ancient Segisamo (Sasamón, Burgos).
His more recent works combines aerial photography, survey methodology, pottery analysis, and multivariate statistical analysis of assemblages variability on intra-site surveys (Odra valley Survey, Spain and Aesernia, italy). Apart from Iberian peninsula-based projects he has actively worked for other Mediterranean projects in Italy (Tappino Valley survey, Colonial Landscape Project Venusia Survey with Leiden Universiteit and KNIR and Potentia Valley Survey with Gent University), Greece (Boeotia Survey) and Israel (Kinneret Project).edit
Review_The Economic Integration of Roman Italy. Rural Communities in a Globalising World. Tymon C.A. de Haas & Gijs W. Tol (eds.)
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En esta obra se presentan los trabajos que formaron parte del primer Congreso de Arqueología de Chamartín, en el que participaron investigadores de toda la geografía española, abarcando un amplio abanico de periodos históricos y... more
En esta obra se presentan los trabajos que formaron parte del primer Congreso de Arqueología de Chamartín, en el que participaron investigadores de toda la geografía española, abarcando un amplio abanico de periodos históricos y especialidades. El hilo conductor del congreso fue la vinculación de las sociedades humanas prehistóricas con el paisaje. Resulta complicado entender los hábitats y su evolución sin la interacción que producían con el espacio físico que ocupaban. En este sentido, el paisaje debe tratarse como una parte más del registro arqueológico, y, como tal, son diversas las metodologías de acercamiento a su conocimiento. Este congreso y esta obra se enmarcan en esta dirección, presentando diferentes visiones y estudios que van desde el Paleolítico hasta la Protohistoria más reciente.
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Dominando la campiña segisamonense se encuentra el imponente Cerro de Castarreño (Olmillos de Sasamón). Aquí han podido identificarse en las últimas décadas evidencias arqueológi-cas que nos indican la existencia de un importante poblado... more
Dominando la campiña segisamonense se encuentra el imponente Cerro de Castarreño (Olmillos de Sasamón). Aquí han podido identificarse en las últimas décadas evidencias arqueológi-cas que nos indican la existencia de un importante poblado fortifi-cado de la Edad del Hierro. Es por ello que este oppidum turmogo ha sido identificado por algunos autores como la Segisama mencio-nada en las fuentes clásicas. Sin embargo, en el pasado se han bara-jado otras posibilidades para la ubicación de este núcleo de especial significancia histórica, destacando la hipótesis que lo situaba en El Castro en la vecina Castrojeriz. En este trabajo realizamos un repa-so exhaustivo de la información textual, epigráfica y arqueológica de que disponemos en la actualidad para el estudio de este terri-torio, así como de las diferentes interpretaciones historiográficas que se han ofrecido para la reconstrucción del paisaje antiguo en el mismo. Finalmente ofrecemos una breve relación de las distintas iniciativas desarrolladas durante las últimas campañas arqueoló-gicas de investigación llevadas a cabo por nosotros en esta región.
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Presentation of the first results of the Fronteira Landscape Project, dedicated to Roman Landscape Archaeology in the Alto Alentejo. In January 2018, field work in the municipality of Fronteira resorted to non-invasive methods such as... more
Presentation of the first results of the Fronteira Landscape Project, dedicated to Roman Landscape Archaeology in the Alto Alentejo.
In January 2018, field work in the municipality of Fronteira resorted to non-invasive methods such as surface survey, photogrametric reconstruction of the landscape, geophysical survey by means of geo-radar and intense analysis of the artefact data geo-referred during the surface survey. This data adds to that obtained in the annual campaigns under way at the Roman villa of Horta da Torre and during the survey of the Roman villa of Monte de S. Francisco, where burials from the 5th or 6th centuries were found. The aim is to structure a global reconstruction of the Roman and Late Antiquity landscape.
In January 2018, field work in the municipality of Fronteira resorted to non-invasive methods such as surface survey, photogrametric reconstruction of the landscape, geophysical survey by means of geo-radar and intense analysis of the artefact data geo-referred during the surface survey. This data adds to that obtained in the annual campaigns under way at the Roman villa of Horta da Torre and during the survey of the Roman villa of Monte de S. Francisco, where burials from the 5th or 6th centuries were found. The aim is to structure a global reconstruction of the Roman and Late Antiquity landscape.
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Introduction of a new research and training project on the archaeology of Roman Portugal, a collaboration of Leiden and Évora universities, funded by the Prins Bernhard Culture foundation.
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Recent changes to the availability and accessibility of LiDAR data in Italy have greatly expanded the potential for their exploration by members of the general public. Further promotion of this fact and how to engage with such data could... more
Recent changes to the availability and accessibility of LiDAR data in Italy have greatly expanded the potential for their exploration by members of the general public. Further promotion of this fact and how to engage with such data could prove to be of significant value to both archaeologists and other interested parties.
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This paper presents an innovative use of Sentinel-2 datasets to manage and organize archaeological surveys. Knowledge of the territory is customary for the process of organizing and carrying out fieldwalking surveys with excellent... more
This paper presents an innovative use of Sentinel-2 datasets to manage and organize archaeological surveys. Knowledge of the territory is customary for the process of organizing and carrying out fieldwalking surveys with excellent results. Good datasets will help to answer archaeological and historical questions present at the roots of any research project.
This method was tested in different survey projects carried out in three different countries (Italy, Portugal and Spain) 3 during the late-winter and early spring of 2017 and 2018, a period in which cereal crops are in a crucial stage of its cycle and still differences in growth can be detected by means of examining the spectral footprint. This paper introduces some of the basic methodological questions while an in-depth study of results and its relationship with broader questions of visibility and survey is in preparation.
The method proposed is based on locating, prior to the fieldwork, the field plots that show a lower presence of vegetation cover, or preferably bare soil areas, in a straightforward way. In order to do so, we used multispectral images of the Sentinel-2 mission, whose temporal and spatial resolution, together with its free distribution, make it a good tool not only for the identification of archaeological elements, but also for the organization of field surveys.
This method was tested in different survey projects carried out in three different countries (Italy, Portugal and Spain) 3 during the late-winter and early spring of 2017 and 2018, a period in which cereal crops are in a crucial stage of its cycle and still differences in growth can be detected by means of examining the spectral footprint. This paper introduces some of the basic methodological questions while an in-depth study of results and its relationship with broader questions of visibility and survey is in preparation.
The method proposed is based on locating, prior to the fieldwork, the field plots that show a lower presence of vegetation cover, or preferably bare soil areas, in a straightforward way. In order to do so, we used multispectral images of the Sentinel-2 mission, whose temporal and spatial resolution, together with its free distribution, make it a good tool not only for the identification of archaeological elements, but also for the organization of field surveys.
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Published in: Debating Spatial Archaeolgy. Proceedints of the International Workshop Landscape and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology. Santander, June 8th-9th 2012. García Moreno, A., García Sánchez, Maximiano, Rios-Garaizar (eds.)
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in Mayoral Herrera, V., Percero-Oubiña, C. and Fábrega Álvarez (2007). Archaeology & Geomatics. Harvesting the benefits of 10 years of training in the Iberiab Peninsula (2006-2015)
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This paper addresses the value of re-surveys in two different regions with different cultural and landscape formation histories: the Upper Volturno basin in Molise (the hinterland of the colony of Aesernia, modern Isernia), and the... more
This paper addresses the value of re-surveys in two different regions with different cultural and landscape formation histories: the Upper Volturno basin in Molise (the hinterland of the colony of Aesernia, modern Isernia), and the Melfese area in Basilicata (the hinterland of the colony of Venusia, modern Venosa). In these areas, we compare legacy datasets with newly acquired survey data in the same areas, and compare the results by means of statistics (Chi-square) and visual exploration (cartographical and GIS-based analysis). The statistical comparisons of these different surveys show that site numbers may change significantly. This paper explores the reasons for these dynamics in the archaeological surface record by focussing especially on landscape changes.
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Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 17, No 3, (2017), pp. 39-52. This paper addresses the value of re-surveys in two different regions with different cultural and landscape formation histories: the Upper Volturno basin in... more
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 17, No 3, (2017), pp. 39-52.
This paper addresses the value of re-surveys in two different regions with different cultural and landscape formation histories: the Upper Volturno basin in Molise (the hinterland of the colony of Aesernia, modern Isernia), and the Melfese area in Basilicata (the hinterland of the colony of Venusia, modern Venosa). In these areas, we compare legacy datasets with newly acquired survey data in the same areas, and compare the results by means of statistics (Chi-square) and visual exploration (cartographical and GIS-based analysis). The statistical comparisons of these different surveys show that site numbers may change significantly. This paper explores the reasons for these dynamics in the archaeological surface record by focussing especially on landscape changes.
This paper addresses the value of re-surveys in two different regions with different cultural and landscape formation histories: the Upper Volturno basin in Molise (the hinterland of the colony of Aesernia, modern Isernia), and the Melfese area in Basilicata (the hinterland of the colony of Venusia, modern Venosa). In these areas, we compare legacy datasets with newly acquired survey data in the same areas, and compare the results by means of statistics (Chi-square) and visual exploration (cartographical and GIS-based analysis). The statistical comparisons of these different surveys show that site numbers may change significantly. This paper explores the reasons for these dynamics in the archaeological surface record by focussing especially on landscape changes.
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This paper represents the first systematic research about the Late Iron Age site of El Espinillo ever published. The site is located in the Spanish province of Burgos, regional council of Castilla y León, in the municipality of... more
This paper represents the first systematic research about the Late Iron Age site of El Espinillo ever published. The site is located in the Spanish province of Burgos, regional council of Castilla y León, in the municipality of Villadiego, and nearby the villages of Villadiego and Villalibado. This work presents an approach to the scarce historiography and aims to highlight the singularity of such site within the regional settlement pattern. The research about El Espinillo has been carried out by means
of non-destructive techniques as artefactual survey and aerial hotography detection. These allow us to present some conclusions and future work idea for a major understanding of the settlement pattern and the exploitation strategies during the Late Iron Age in the Iberian northern Plateau.
of non-destructive techniques as artefactual survey and aerial hotography detection. These allow us to present some conclusions and future work idea for a major understanding of the settlement pattern and the exploitation strategies during the Late Iron Age in the Iberian northern Plateau.
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Abstracts International Conference "Tracing Technology. Celbrating 40 years of Archaeological Research at Satricum"- Roma 25-28 Ottobre 2017
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TRAC 2016: Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Rome 2016. , Roberta Cascino, Francesco De Stefano, Antonella Lepone & Chiara Maria Marchetti (ed.), pp. 151-164. Edizioni Quasar (2017)
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Brief overview in Italian of recent and ongoing fieldwork projects (survey, excavation, prospection) in ancient Samnium, modern Molise, including the Tappino Valley (Campobasso area), the territory of ancient Aesernia (modern Isernia),... more
Brief overview in Italian of recent and ongoing fieldwork projects (survey, excavation, prospection) in ancient Samnium, modern Molise, including the Tappino Valley (Campobasso area), the territory of ancient Aesernia (modern Isernia), and the territory of ancient Larinum (modern Larino).
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This paper reflects critically about the ongoing debate about the official recognition of the Cantabrian flag called lábaro. This debate is assessed from an archaeological point of view since we are dealing with an element of the artistic... more
This paper reflects critically about the ongoing debate about the official recognition of the Cantabrian flag called lábaro. This debate is assessed from an archaeological point of view since we are dealing with an element of the artistic symbolism of the Late Iron Age. Nevertheless, we respect the dialectic construction of modern identities, so we also aim to portray the sociologic phenomenon that frames this debate, fundamentally grounded on the echoes coming from the regional newspapers.
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The territory of Venosa (Potenza - Italy), ancient Venusia (291 BC), is one of the best investigated Roman colonial territories in Italy. During more than a decade of intensive landscape archaeological research conducted in the context of... more
The territory of Venosa (Potenza - Italy), ancient Venusia (291 BC), is one of the best investigated Roman colonial territories in Italy. During more than a decade of intensive landscape archaeological research conducted in the context of the Forma Italiae project an area of seven hundred square kilometres has been investigated and more than two thousand archaeological sites dating from Prehistory to the Middle Ages have been mapped. This enormous quantity of data is now being used to protect and promote the cultural heritage of this area, and as a crucial academic instrument for further archaeological and historical research. Nonetheless, important historical questions remain to be scrutinized further. Especially in the light of recently developing research questions and improved ceramic chronologies, various facets of this ancient colonial landscape deserve detailed analysis. In the context of the ‘Landscapes of Early Roman Colonization project’ (http://landscapesofearlyromancolonization.com) new field research has been conducted in the Venosa area, focusing on early colonial settlement organization and in particular on the role of nucleated rural sites within it. In this paper the outlines of this new research project are presented as well as the results from one key site: the nucleated settlement site of Masseria Allamprese.
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Since 2009, a large-scale archaeological field survey – the Ager Segisamonensis Survey Project – has been carried out on the Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Burgos province (Castilla y León), Spain. The aim of this... more
Since 2009, a large-scale archaeological field survey – the Ager Segisamonensis Survey Project – has been carried out on the Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Burgos province (Castilla y León), Spain. The aim of this project is to understand the Iron Age/Roman transition in terms of settlement strategies and landscape exploitation. The field survey has been undertaken in the landscape
surrounding an Iron Age settlement and the successive Roman city of Segisamo – modern Sasamón. The
goal is not the discovery of new settlements, but the recognition of the so-called ‘dwelling landscape’ and
its evolution. In this article, we highlight our field survey methodology based on hand-held Global Positioning System (GPS) instruments and the creation of a recording system of ‘aggregation units’.
surrounding an Iron Age settlement and the successive Roman city of Segisamo – modern Sasamón. The
goal is not the discovery of new settlements, but the recognition of the so-called ‘dwelling landscape’ and
its evolution. In this article, we highlight our field survey methodology based on hand-held Global Positioning System (GPS) instruments and the creation of a recording system of ‘aggregation units’.
In the south of the Cantabrian region, on the border with the turmogi and vaccei, there seems to have been four oppida (Monte Bernorio, Monte Cildá, Amaya and La Ulaña), whose main characteristic is not only their large size but also the... more
In the south of the Cantabrian region, on the border with the turmogi and vaccei, there seems to have been four oppida (Monte Bernorio, Monte Cildá, Amaya and La Ulaña), whose main characteristic is not only their large size but also the fact that they are situated close to each other. Therefore they have been considered by traditional historiography as contemporary and, hence, have been linked to the Cantabric wars (29-19 B.C.). Rather than giving another overview of the fragmentary traditional reports, this work adopts a new approach to explore the problem by spatial analysis. This allows us to understand the control of the territory as a deterrent factor of this contemporarity.
Field surveys and oblique aerial image interpretation have led us to the location of a new site in the suburban area of Sasamón. Its original function may have been related with to the foundation of the city of Segisamo and afterwards... more
Field surveys and oblique aerial image interpretation
have led us to the location of a new site in the suburban area
of Sasamón. Its original function may have been related with
to the foundation of the city of Segisamo and afterwards lasted
throughout several centuries according to the presence of Late
Hispanic sigillata. The site represents new findings on the Roman
settlement pattern in the area. In addition to methodological
issues, this paper addresses the study of the material culture
in order to propose hypothesis about function and chronology.
have led us to the location of a new site in the suburban area
of Sasamón. Its original function may have been related with
to the foundation of the city of Segisamo and afterwards lasted
throughout several centuries according to the presence of Late
Hispanic sigillata. The site represents new findings on the Roman
settlement pattern in the area. In addition to methodological
issues, this paper addresses the study of the material culture
in order to propose hypothesis about function and chronology.
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Survey archaeology as a non-destructive techniques can still be consider a powerful tool to study the interaction of the roman society with its landscape and the strategy of settlement and exploitation of the countryside. In this paper we... more
Survey archaeology as a non-destructive techniques can still be consider a powerful tool to study the interaction of the roman society with its landscape and the strategy of settlement and exploitation of the countryside. In this paper we present preliminary results of an intensive survey in Late roman rural sites in river Odra region, current province of Burgos. One of the most interesting issues is the similar topographic location on the first terrace over the river Odra in order to avoid river movements, we also have to stress the complexity of sites according to sites and material assemblages. This fact allow us to jump into the functional analysis and a critical revision of domestic structure within the household archaeology theoretical context.
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"This paper presents the Ager Segisamonensis Survey Project, an archaeological survey which focus to the development of methodologies to cope with off-site artefact’s scatters in relationships with both pre-roman and roman settlements.... more
"This paper presents the Ager Segisamonensis Survey Project, an archaeological survey which focus to the development
of methodologies to cope with off-site artefact’s scatters in relationships with both pre-roman and roman settlements.
A debate is proposed against transactional field-dependant surveys and therefore we propose a new analytical system
based in an artificial orthogonal grid for both summarizing, interpret and display the complex artefact variability. In
addition we present a reflection about the methodological shift from off-site survey and site discovery which need an
adapted recording methodology. The proposed methodology integrates GIS and GPS tools in order to analyse the spatiality
of datasets by calculations as Percent Volume Contour and Nearest Neighbour Analysis."
of methodologies to cope with off-site artefact’s scatters in relationships with both pre-roman and roman settlements.
A debate is proposed against transactional field-dependant surveys and therefore we propose a new analytical system
based in an artificial orthogonal grid for both summarizing, interpret and display the complex artefact variability. In
addition we present a reflection about the methodological shift from off-site survey and site discovery which need an
adapted recording methodology. The proposed methodology integrates GIS and GPS tools in order to analyse the spatiality
of datasets by calculations as Percent Volume Contour and Nearest Neighbour Analysis."
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"This paper introduces a GPS held methodology to record intrasite archaeological datasets. The suggested procedure can be used as a first approach to site definition and in addittion, can serve as basis for traditional surveys with... more
"This paper introduces a GPS held methodology to record intrasite archaeological datasets. The suggested procedure can be used as a first approach to site definition and in addittion, can serve as basis for traditional surveys with systematic sampling and grabbing. The GPS-GIS assisted methodology helps to record, manage and analyze cloud of points rather than grid information and exludes the problem of atomization when the archaeologist deals with high-scale grids. To conclude we present two case samples of several roman sites in central-north Spain.
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"Since 2009, a large-scale archaeological field survey – the Ager Segisamonensis Survey Project – has been carried out on the Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Burgos province (Castilla y León), Spain. The aim of this... more
"Since 2009, a large-scale archaeological field survey – the Ager Segisamonensis Survey Project – has
been carried out on the Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Burgos province (Castilla y
León), Spain. The aim of this project is to understand the Iron Age/Roman transition in terms of
settlement strategies and landscape exploitation. The field survey has been undertaken in the landscape
surrounding an Iron Age settlement and the successive Roman city of Segisamo – modern Sasamón. The
goal is not the discovery of new settlements, but the recognition of the so-called ‘dwelling landscape’ and
its evolution. In this article, we highlight our field survey methodology based on hand-held Global
Positioning System (GPS) instruments and the creation of a recording system of ‘aggregation units’.
Keywords: landscape archaeology, field survey, off-site, GIS, Iberian Iron Age, Roman
archaeology"
been carried out on the Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, in the Burgos province (Castilla y
León), Spain. The aim of this project is to understand the Iron Age/Roman transition in terms of
settlement strategies and landscape exploitation. The field survey has been undertaken in the landscape
surrounding an Iron Age settlement and the successive Roman city of Segisamo – modern Sasamón. The
goal is not the discovery of new settlements, but the recognition of the so-called ‘dwelling landscape’ and
its evolution. In this article, we highlight our field survey methodology based on hand-held Global
Positioning System (GPS) instruments and the creation of a recording system of ‘aggregation units’.
Keywords: landscape archaeology, field survey, off-site, GIS, Iberian Iron Age, Roman
archaeology"
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El neo-procesualismo no es el paradigma que viene a sustituir al procesualismo clásico por una vía optimista diferente al posprocesualismo, sino una defensa de los principios epistemológicos que confían en la posibilidad de alcanzar un... more
El neo-procesualismo no es el paradigma que viene a sustituir al procesualismo clásico por una vía optimista diferente al posprocesualismo, sino una defensa de los principios epistemológicos que confían en la posibilidad de alcanzar un conocimiento objetivo del pasado por medio de investigaciones de carácter científico. En el presente trabajo se muestran tres diferentes aproximaciones a la superación del procesualismo clásico y a la asimilación de algunos elementos críticos del pensamiento posprocesual. Estas contribuciones son tres: la definición básica de neo-procesualismo de Domínguez-Rodrigo, la “caja de herramientas Wittgestiniana” propuesta por Bintliff y el Proccesual Plus de Hegmon. Finalmente se ejemplifica el uso y utilidad de conceptos y enfoques procesuales, como el interés en los procesos formativo, con el caso de la prospección del Ager Segisamonensis (2009-2011), donde se ha desarrollado una investigación enfocada a comprender la explotación del paisaje Ésta, es una temática clásicamente procesual, donde la comprensión de los procesos de formación del registro arqueológico es el objetivo fundamental. Para ello se estudian algunos de los conceptos por la Behavioral Archaeology de Michael. B. Schiffer sin deshechar la comprensión del proceso de explotación en un contexto socio-cultural más amplio.
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Neo-processualism is not a paradigm to overcome classic processual archaeology by an optimistic guide-route, opposed to Post-processualism, but a defence of the epistemological basis characterized by the assumption
of scientific and objective knowledge of a real past. In this paper I introduced three approaches to understand such shift in classical processualism and the acceptance of some critiques from postprocessual literature, especially the need for awareness of implications of archaeology in the contemporaneous society, those examples are the neo-processual basic definition by Domínguez-Rodrigo, the “Wittgestenian tool box” propose by Bintliff, and finally the Processual Plus definition by Hegmon . In the Ager Segisamonensis Survey
Project (2009-2011) we have conducted a research whose aim is twofold, firstly we aim to understand the agrarian exploitation of landscape in the Iron Age/ Roman transition and secondly, to understand the formation process of the surface record. The last issue has been addressed with some of the M. B. Schiffer’s Behavioral Archaeology concepts, without neglecting the grasp of such process in a broader cultural context.
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Neo-processualism is not a paradigm to overcome classic processual archaeology by an optimistic guide-route, opposed to Post-processualism, but a defence of the epistemological basis characterized by the assumption
of scientific and objective knowledge of a real past. In this paper I introduced three approaches to understand such shift in classical processualism and the acceptance of some critiques from postprocessual literature, especially the need for awareness of implications of archaeology in the contemporaneous society, those examples are the neo-processual basic definition by Domínguez-Rodrigo, the “Wittgestenian tool box” propose by Bintliff, and finally the Processual Plus definition by Hegmon . In the Ager Segisamonensis Survey
Project (2009-2011) we have conducted a research whose aim is twofold, firstly we aim to understand the agrarian exploitation of landscape in the Iron Age/ Roman transition and secondly, to understand the formation process of the surface record. The last issue has been addressed with some of the M. B. Schiffer’s Behavioral Archaeology concepts, without neglecting the grasp of such process in a broader cultural context.
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Aja Sánchez, J.R., Campo Lastra, R., Castillo Salcines, V., Cisneros Cunchillos, M., García Sánchez, J., Martín Latorre, E. De la puente Fernández, L. Ramírez Sádaba, J.L. 2011, Aproximación al análisis territorial de la frontera... more
Aja Sánchez, J.R., Campo Lastra, R., Castillo Salcines, V., Cisneros Cunchillos, M., García Sánchez, J., Martín Latorre, E. De la puente Fernández, L. Ramírez Sádaba, J.L. 2011, Aproximación al análisis territorial de la frontera meridional de los cántabros a través de herramientas SIG, eMayoral, V. y Celestino, S. (eds.): Tecnologías de información geográfica y análisis arqueológico del territorio. Actas del V Simposio Internacional de Arqueología de Mérida. Mérida, 233-2442.
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The aim is to study the landscape as a result of a land exploitation process during the Iron Age. To do that we will differentiate two kind of landscapes. The first one is within a systemic context and the second one is in a... more
The aim is to study the landscape as a result of a land exploitation process during the Iron Age. To do that we will differentiate two kind of landscapes. The first one is within a systemic context and the second one is in a archaeological context. Therefore, the last one is what we actually found in our practical work. We are studying the archaeological landscape through a field-survey focused on the offsite record handled by GPS and GIS technology.
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Political uses of archaeology are a real fact. Some states had used their remote past to justify their existence nowadays in order to generate a feeling of unity and shared origins. In this paper I will try to exemplify this fact in the... more
Political uses of archaeology are a real fact. Some states had used their remote past to justify their existence nowadays in order to generate a feeling of unity and shared origins. In this paper I will try to exemplify this fact in the case of the “giant steles from Cantabria” and their use as an official symbol of the Autonomic Region of Cantabria, due to their uniqueness and its particular link with the Cantabrian peoples in the Second Iron Age. Academic works and local newspapers were examined in order to underly how both, the academic and the politics spheres are currently involved in a dialectic discussion about the ethnic roots of the Autonomic Region. At the same time we can find a popular use of this archaeological object as a territorial marker in a wide frame.
Times and places of transition are traditionally researching ways for Historical and Archaeological disciplines. Researchers focus their attention on them for being important themes to understand complex processes. The area studied is... more
Times and places of transition are traditionally researching ways for Historical and Archaeological
disciplines. Researchers focus their attention on them for being important themes to understand complex
processes. The area studied is located in Spanish North Plateau (Meseta), between the current provinces of Burgos and Palencia. In this area we can find two different and important aspects. First of all, in a geographical way, there are two dialectical spaces, one on the centre of de Cantabric Mountains, and the other on the alluvial plains of Duero basin. Secondly, the historical importance is related to the traditional investigations of preroman borders. Cantabrian peoples, Turmogii and Vaccei were located in this area. Geographical and Historical characteristics had made this zone as an area of conflict. Wars against Astures and Cantabrian began from military bases located in current towns of Sasamón and Herrera de Pisuerga. Other characters, such as the hill-forts were established in the mountains. Nowadays, the role played by pre-roman settlements is still discussed.
Our work deals with the study of settlements within two broad chronological groups, the Iron Age and the Early Imperial period; in order to study change processes between different times. We have used GIS tools, especially site catchment analysis to look into subsistence strategies through the time frame related before; this analysis uses a cost surface estimation based on calculi of isochronous. In the same way we used view shed analysis and topographical prominence index in order to probe some hypotheses of differences within settlement patterns. All the data produced have been handled with statistical help.
disciplines. Researchers focus their attention on them for being important themes to understand complex
processes. The area studied is located in Spanish North Plateau (Meseta), between the current provinces of Burgos and Palencia. In this area we can find two different and important aspects. First of all, in a geographical way, there are two dialectical spaces, one on the centre of de Cantabric Mountains, and the other on the alluvial plains of Duero basin. Secondly, the historical importance is related to the traditional investigations of preroman borders. Cantabrian peoples, Turmogii and Vaccei were located in this area. Geographical and Historical characteristics had made this zone as an area of conflict. Wars against Astures and Cantabrian began from military bases located in current towns of Sasamón and Herrera de Pisuerga. Other characters, such as the hill-forts were established in the mountains. Nowadays, the role played by pre-roman settlements is still discussed.
Our work deals with the study of settlements within two broad chronological groups, the Iron Age and the Early Imperial period; in order to study change processes between different times. We have used GIS tools, especially site catchment analysis to look into subsistence strategies through the time frame related before; this analysis uses a cost surface estimation based on calculi of isochronous. In the same way we used view shed analysis and topographical prominence index in order to probe some hypotheses of differences within settlement patterns. All the data produced have been handled with statistical help.
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This is the abstract of a poster presented in the last CAA 2010, recently celebrated in Granda. The overall aim of this methodology is to examine how the surface archaeological record is created according to both cultural and... more
This is the abstract of a poster presented in the last CAA 2010, recently celebrated in Granda. The overall aim of this methodology is to examine how the surface archaeological record is created according to both cultural and environmental factors.
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This document presents a session for the TRAC 2016 organized in Rome. The aim of the session is to "assess the role of methodology in the construction of the evidence which later informs the narratives. This session aims to make the... more
This document presents a session for the TRAC 2016 organized in Rome. The aim of the session is to "assess the role of methodology in the construction of the evidence which later informs the narratives. This session aims to make the theory-ladenness of archaeological methods explicit, in order to integrate this important concern in the discussion agenda."
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En la charla se aborda la aplicación de un programa de Arqueología del Paisaje desarrollada en el noroeste de Burgos, en la región comprendida entre el río Pisuerga y el páramo calcáreo y más concretamente en el territorio de la ciudad... more
En la charla se aborda la aplicación de un programa de Arqueología del Paisaje desarrollada en el noroeste de Burgos, en la región comprendida entre el río Pisuerga y el páramo calcáreo y más concretamente en el territorio de la ciudad romana de Segisamo, actual Sasamón. En función de la epigrafía de los hitos terminales conocidos en esta región, hemos denominado el proyecto como Ager Segisamonensis Survey Project.
En primer lugar se presentará un acercamiento teórico a la construcción del espacio y del paisaje por las sociedades de la Segunda Edad de Hierro y las implicaciones arqueológicas de este proceso. La separación consciente entre un paisaje sistémico propio del pasado y su reflejo indirecto en el paisaje arqueológico que los investigadores encontramos en el presente nos proporciona un marco de trabajo en el que admitimos que los procesos desarrollados en ese paisaje sistémico proporcionan una huella material que puede ser estudiada mediante su extracción del contexto arqueológico en el que se encuentra. La labor del arqueólogo ha de ser la de desarrollar y llevar a cabo los programa de investigación para estudiar ese contexto arqueológico y alcanzar un conocimiento oportuno del pasado.
Los métodos de trabajo propuestos son de dos tipos: una aproximación teórica basada en el uso de herramientas tradicionales con un sentido crítico, como el Site Catchement Analysis con los aportes efectuadas por Vicent y Bintliff, y un acercamiento empírico al problema que se pretender resolver: la documentación del registro arqueológico de la explotación del paisaje. Para éste último caso, se propone una prospección arqueológica desarrollada off-site, con el fin de documentar el producto material de dicha explotación y al mismo tiempo ofrecer una interpretación de los procesos de formación del registro arqueológico de superficie.
En primer lugar se presentará un acercamiento teórico a la construcción del espacio y del paisaje por las sociedades de la Segunda Edad de Hierro y las implicaciones arqueológicas de este proceso. La separación consciente entre un paisaje sistémico propio del pasado y su reflejo indirecto en el paisaje arqueológico que los investigadores encontramos en el presente nos proporciona un marco de trabajo en el que admitimos que los procesos desarrollados en ese paisaje sistémico proporcionan una huella material que puede ser estudiada mediante su extracción del contexto arqueológico en el que se encuentra. La labor del arqueólogo ha de ser la de desarrollar y llevar a cabo los programa de investigación para estudiar ese contexto arqueológico y alcanzar un conocimiento oportuno del pasado.
Los métodos de trabajo propuestos son de dos tipos: una aproximación teórica basada en el uso de herramientas tradicionales con un sentido crítico, como el Site Catchement Analysis con los aportes efectuadas por Vicent y Bintliff, y un acercamiento empírico al problema que se pretender resolver: la documentación del registro arqueológico de la explotación del paisaje. Para éste último caso, se propone una prospección arqueológica desarrollada off-site, con el fin de documentar el producto material de dicha explotación y al mismo tiempo ofrecer una interpretación de los procesos de formación del registro arqueológico de superficie.
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In the North Spanish plateau, in the current province of Burgos, we have developed a new field survey project which seeka to gather both functional and chronological information about two significant sites for the rural history of this... more
In the North Spanish plateau, in the current province of Burgos, we have developed a new field survey project which seeka to gather both functional and chronological information about two significant sites for the rural history of this marginal region of the River Duero basin. The first has already been presented in previous workshops, and the new methodological approach to this site has stemmed from a deep reflection on how datasets from off-site oriented surveys can be used to understand other archaeological datasets which should come from alternative systemic origins comes from a depth reflexion about how an off-site oriented survey information can be used to understand other archaeological datasets which hypothetically come from different systemic origins, such a site proper. The second fieldwork context we have been working in is a Second Iron Age farm in the lowlands, a paradoxically place for a period characterized by hillforts and large occupational settings. The methodology we present is based in other Mediterranean projects where a highly detailed archaeological datasets has been sought for. Since our aim is to look for chronological information we assume that such data is more likely to be sought in tiny pottery assemblages than in the raw information offered by rooftiles and building materials.
This presentation introduces the SeGISmundo Project, a landscape archaeology project in the remote region of the northern Meseta plateau (central Spain), to the north of the Duero river basin. The project studies the ‘Romanization’ of... more
This presentation introduces the SeGISmundo Project, a landscape archaeology project in the remote region of the northern Meseta plateau (central Spain), to the north of the Duero river basin. The project studies the ‘Romanization’ of this region and how its landscape was exploited during both the Second Iron Age (500-50 BC) and early Roman period (29 BC - AD 100). In order to do so, the research has been planned from a methodological approach based in two main streams; first, the analysis of the settlement pattern through a modelling of the classical Site Catchment Analysis, second, the gathering of empirical data from the exploitation system. This second stage has been inspired by the ideas as stated by Bintliff (2008). Hence, within the regional framework of the former Site Catchment Analysis, an off-site field survey has been conducted in the surrounding area of the Second Iron Age hillfort site of Segisama and the later Roman city of Segisamo, which was founded on the plains to the South after the Roman conquest of the indigenous hillfort. During this presentation I will present some of the first results of this research and the new orientation in our work due to the discovery of archaeological material associated to unknown sites rather than to the ‘field manuring’ hypothesis.
Conferencia organizada por Real Academia Burguense de Historia y Bellas Artes. Burgos 14 de diciembre de 2018.
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Paper to be presented (remotely) at Archaeological Institute of America and SCS Joint Annual Meeting - January 3–6, 2019. Session 7F: Understanding the Archaeological Record of Roman Iberia: Exploring the Creation of Knowledge and... more
Paper to be presented (remotely) at Archaeological Institute of America and SCS Joint Annual Meeting - January 3–6, 2019. Session 7F: Understanding the Archaeological Record of Roman Iberia: Exploring the Creation of Knowledge and Communication across Boundaries of Nationality, Language, and Academic Tradition (Colloquium)
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JUEVES 8 DE MARZO PUEBLOS PRERROMANOS Y LA IMPLANTACIÓN DE ROMA EN EL TERRITORIO BURGALÉS Presentación: Blanca González, Jefa del Servicio Territorial de Cultura de Burgos. Junta de Castilla y León. 18:00 h a 18:30 h. Las peñas sagradas... more
JUEVES 8 DE MARZO
PUEBLOS PRERROMANOS Y LA IMPLANTACIÓN
DE ROMA EN EL TERRITORIO BURGALÉS
Presentación: Blanca González, Jefa del Servicio
Territorial de Cultura de Burgos. Junta de Castilla y León.
18:00 h a 18:30 h. Las peñas sagradas de Gete (Pinilla
de los Barruecos).
Ignacio Ruiz, Universidad Nacional de Educación a
Distancia.
18:30 h a 19:00 h. Proyecto Bravum. Al margen
del Imperio romano. Prospección y excavación
arqueológicas en el yacimiento de Páramo Ciudad (La
Nuez de Abajo, Valle de Santibáñez).
Eduardo Carmona, Universidad de Burgos y
Arqueólogo de la Junta de Castilla y León en
Valladolid, Cristina Vega, Universidad de Cantabria,
y Alberto Berzosa, Universidad de Burgos.
19:00 h a 19:30 h. Warscapes: documentando la
presencia militar romana en la Campiña de Sasamón.
Jesús García, Universidad de Leiden (Holanda).
19:30 h a 20:00 h. La ciudad romana de Clunia (Huerta
de Rey-Coruña del Conde): nuevas investigaciones.
Gerardo Martínez, arqueólogo, y Miguel Ángel de
la Iglesia, arquitecto. Equipo de investigación de la
ciudad romana de Clunia.
20:00 a 21:00 h. Debate.
PUEBLOS PRERROMANOS Y LA IMPLANTACIÓN
DE ROMA EN EL TERRITORIO BURGALÉS
Presentación: Blanca González, Jefa del Servicio
Territorial de Cultura de Burgos. Junta de Castilla y León.
18:00 h a 18:30 h. Las peñas sagradas de Gete (Pinilla
de los Barruecos).
Ignacio Ruiz, Universidad Nacional de Educación a
Distancia.
18:30 h a 19:00 h. Proyecto Bravum. Al margen
del Imperio romano. Prospección y excavación
arqueológicas en el yacimiento de Páramo Ciudad (La
Nuez de Abajo, Valle de Santibáñez).
Eduardo Carmona, Universidad de Burgos y
Arqueólogo de la Junta de Castilla y León en
Valladolid, Cristina Vega, Universidad de Cantabria,
y Alberto Berzosa, Universidad de Burgos.
19:00 h a 19:30 h. Warscapes: documentando la
presencia militar romana en la Campiña de Sasamón.
Jesús García, Universidad de Leiden (Holanda).
19:30 h a 20:00 h. La ciudad romana de Clunia (Huerta
de Rey-Coruña del Conde): nuevas investigaciones.
Gerardo Martínez, arqueólogo, y Miguel Ángel de
la Iglesia, arquitecto. Equipo de investigación de la
ciudad romana de Clunia.
20:00 a 21:00 h. Debate.
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Jesús García Sánchez – Investigador Pós-Doutoral da Universidade de Leiden Manuel Gago Mariño – Prof. Associado da Universidade Santiago de Compostela José Manuel Costa-García – Investigador Pós-Doutoral da Xunta de Galicia. Grupo de... more
Jesús García Sánchez – Investigador Pós-Doutoral da Universidade de Leiden
Manuel Gago Mariño – Prof. Associado da Universidade Santiago de Compostela
José Manuel Costa-García – Investigador Pós-Doutoral da Xunta de Galicia. Grupo de Investigación Síncrisis, USC.
Manuel Fernández-Gotz – Leitor da School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Universidade de Edimburgo
Jesús García Sánchez – Investigador Pós-Doutoral da Universidade de Leiden
Manuel Gago Mariño – Prof. Associado da Universidade Santiago de Compostela
José Manuel Costa-García – Investigador Pós-Doutoral da Xunta de Galicia. Grupo de Investigación Síncrisis, USC.
Manuel Fernández-Gotz – Leitor da School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Universidade de Edimburgo
Manuel Gago Mariño – Prof. Associado da Universidade Santiago de Compostela
José Manuel Costa-García – Investigador Pós-Doutoral da Xunta de Galicia. Grupo de Investigación Síncrisis, USC.
Manuel Fernández-Gotz – Leitor da School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Universidade de Edimburgo
Jesús García Sánchez – Investigador Pós-Doutoral da Universidade de Leiden
Manuel Gago Mariño – Prof. Associado da Universidade Santiago de Compostela
José Manuel Costa-García – Investigador Pós-Doutoral da Xunta de Galicia. Grupo de Investigación Síncrisis, USC.
Manuel Fernández-Gotz – Leitor da School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Universidade de Edimburgo
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Conferencia organizada por la Real Academia Burguense de Historia y Bellas Artes. Institución Fernán González.
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The Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University hosts an international conference on the archaeology of the Roman period in Portugal and its place in the Roman West. The conference brings together archaeologists and ancient historians... more
The Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University hosts an international conference on the archaeology of the Roman period in Portugal and its place in the Roman West. The conference brings together archaeologists and ancient historians from different academic backgrounds who are working in the Iberian peninsula and the wider Western Mediterranean. It aims to present new data and insights from various fields and approaches, and to discuss their significance for our understanding of Roman expansion and colonialism.
Five sessions revolve around new insights from landscape archaeological projects, developments in the economy, the process of military expansion, processes of centralization and urbanization, and the ritual and religious sphere. A key goal of the conference is to discuss how the Portuguese panorama compares to other areas in the Iberian peninsula, and to foreground its contribution to current debates about Roman expansion and incorporation in the Central and Western Mediterranean.
With a view to assess the potential of integrating best practices in archaeological approaches and methodology, different national and disciplinary research traditions and historical frameworks will be explicitly discussed. As such, the conference aims to explore ways to collaborate more closely between various Mediterranean areas and research projects, and to develop a shared research agenda.
Five sessions revolve around new insights from landscape archaeological projects, developments in the economy, the process of military expansion, processes of centralization and urbanization, and the ritual and religious sphere. A key goal of the conference is to discuss how the Portuguese panorama compares to other areas in the Iberian peninsula, and to foreground its contribution to current debates about Roman expansion and incorporation in the Central and Western Mediterranean.
With a view to assess the potential of integrating best practices in archaeological approaches and methodology, different national and disciplinary research traditions and historical frameworks will be explicitly discussed. As such, the conference aims to explore ways to collaborate more closely between various Mediterranean areas and research projects, and to develop a shared research agenda.
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Roman colonization and expansionism in the Republican period, and its impact on the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, are intensely debated in current ancient historical and archaeological research. Traditional, diffusionist views from... more
Roman colonization and expansionism in the Republican period, and its impact on the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, are intensely debated in current ancient historical and archaeological research. Traditional, diffusionist views from the late 19th and especially the 20th century have recently been heavily criticized, and many socio-economic and cultural developments in ancient Italy (e.g. agricultural developments, 'romanization') have been disconnected from Roman conquest and expansionism. Although this development has been extremely important and salutary, this session departs from the idea that we should be careful not to throw away the baby with the bathwater. Very recent and ongoing research can be seen as pointing at real Roman impact in various spheres - if in different ways and places than often assumed. In this session, we investigate whether, and if so to what extent, we can invert the causal logic between a series of new socio-economic and cultural developments in the ancient Mediterranean and Roman colonization. In particular, we will explore the notion that Roman expansionism actively targeted hotspots in both economic ánd cultural networks of special interest in the conquered areas. Seeing local cultural resources at equal footing with more standard local economic resources, and exploring the ways the Roman conquest further enabled and energized these hotspots, stimulates us to rethink the primary workings of Roman expansionism.
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Archaeological surveys have the power to generate important information about the human past. On the one hand, extensive surveys are the main source of information to gain insights in large-scale phenomena such as settlement dynamics and... more
Archaeological surveys have the power to generate important information about the human past. On the one hand, extensive surveys are the main source of information to gain insights in large-scale phenomena such as settlement dynamics and to generate regional historical narratives. Intensive, intra-site surveys, on the other hand, can develop knowledge on internal organisation and structuring of individual sites. Intra-site surveys can fine-tune observed larger scale, regional phenomena obtained from regional surveys. With this session, we aim to explore how archaeological work evolves from actual field work, in particular survey, to knowledge production, and eventually the construction of historical narratives, following the chaine-operatoire system proposed by Gardin. We will overpass the earliest stadium of data collection, which has been explored in other fora (discussion on Methods by García Sánchez, 2017).
This is an occasion to study the passage from data to knowledge in the many theoretical approaches present nowadays in archaeology. We wish to focus on how visual narratives (i.e. mapping approaches and geovisualisations) can generate archaeological knowledge and historical narratives, in particular related to archaeological survey. Of extraordinary relevance is conception of space, since any human action has a spatial dimension.
Nevertheless, as Hacıgûzeller has pointed recently (Hacıgûzeller, 2012), current archaeological GIS tools are uncritically bonded to epistemological positivism. We can think of distribution maps of pre-and protohistoric cultures or maps of Roman expansionism to visualize of these representations and theoretical background shape our understanding of phenomena.
The session will explore theoretical decisions assumed or latent within cartographical representations and how does these graphical representations of knowledge influence or relate to narratives.
This is an occasion to study the passage from data to knowledge in the many theoretical approaches present nowadays in archaeology. We wish to focus on how visual narratives (i.e. mapping approaches and geovisualisations) can generate archaeological knowledge and historical narratives, in particular related to archaeological survey. Of extraordinary relevance is conception of space, since any human action has a spatial dimension.
Nevertheless, as Hacıgûzeller has pointed recently (Hacıgûzeller, 2012), current archaeological GIS tools are uncritically bonded to epistemological positivism. We can think of distribution maps of pre-and protohistoric cultures or maps of Roman expansionism to visualize of these representations and theoretical background shape our understanding of phenomena.
The session will explore theoretical decisions assumed or latent within cartographical representations and how does these graphical representations of knowledge influence or relate to narratives.
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Roman colonization and expansionism in the Republican period, and its impact on the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, are intensely debated in current ancient historical and archaeological research. Traditional, diffusionist views from... more
Roman colonization and expansionism in the Republican period, and its impact on the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, are intensely debated in current ancient historical and archaeological research. Traditional, diffusionist views from the late 19th and especially the 20th century have recently been heavily criticized, and many socioeconomic and cultural developments in ancient Italy (e.g. agricultural developments, 'romanization') have been disconnected from Roman conquest and expansionism. Although this development has been extremely important and salutary, this session departs from the idea that we should be careful not to throw away the baby with the bathwater. Very recent and ongoing research can be seen as pointing at real Roman impact in various spheres-if in different ways and places than traditionally assumed. In this session, we investigate whether, and if so to what extent, we can invert the causal logic between a series of new socioeconomic and cultural developments in the ancient Mediterranean and Roman colonization. In particular, we will explore the notion that Roman expansionism actively targeted hotspots in both economic and cultural networks of special interest in the conquered areas. Seeing local cultural resources at equal footing with more standard local economic resources, and exploring the ways the Roman conquest further enabled and energized these hotspots, stimulates us to rethink the primary workings of Roman expansionism.
Proposals for contributions, from provinces and elsewhere alike, are welcome.
See http://www.aiac2018.de/ for the procedure and https://www.academia.edu/31419127/The_impact_of_Roman_expansion_and_colonization_on_ancient_Italy_in_the_Republican_period._From_diffusionism_to_networks_of_opportunity for the position paper with examples regarding republican Italy.
Proposals for contributions, from provinces and elsewhere alike, are welcome.
See http://www.aiac2018.de/ for the procedure and https://www.academia.edu/31419127/The_impact_of_Roman_expansion_and_colonization_on_ancient_Italy_in_the_Republican_period._From_diffusionism_to_networks_of_opportunity for the position paper with examples regarding republican Italy.
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Paper to be presented at the International Conference: "Las Villas ROmanas Bajoimperiales de Hispania", Palencia, del 15-17 de noviembre de 2018
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Paper presented at the Joint Chapter Meeting CAA-DE and CAA-NL-FL, Ghent, Belgium (24 - 25 Nov 2016).
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Book Review The Potenza Valley Survey (Marche, Italy): Settlement Dynamics and Changing Material Culture in an Adriatic Valley Between Iron Age and Late Antiquity Edited by Frank Vermeulen, Dimitri Van Limbergen, Patrick Monsieur, and... more
Book Review
The Potenza Valley Survey (Marche, Italy): Settlement Dynamics and Changing Material Culture in an Adriatic Valley Between Iron Age and Late Antiquity
Edited by Frank Vermeulen, Dimitri Van Limbergen, Patrick Monsieur, and Devi Taelman (Academia Belgica, Studia Archeologica 1). Pp. 424. Editorial Service System, Rome 2017. €100. ISBN: 978-8-88444-163-8 (paper).
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Jesús García Sánchez
The Potenza Valley Survey (Marche, Italy): Settlement Dynamics and Changing Material Culture in an Adriatic Valley Between Iron Age and Late Antiquity
Edited by Frank Vermeulen, Dimitri Van Limbergen, Patrick Monsieur, and Devi Taelman (Academia Belgica, Studia Archeologica 1). Pp. 424. Editorial Service System, Rome 2017. €100. ISBN: 978-8-88444-163-8 (paper).
Reviewed by
Jesús García Sánchez
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Review of: Silke Muth, Peter Schneider, Mike Schnelle & Peter De Staebler (ed.). Ancient fortifications: a compendium of theory and practice (Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 18.1). 2016. xv+420 pages, several b&w... more
Review of: Silke Muth, Peter Schneider, Mike Schnelle
& Peter De Staebler (ed.). Ancient fortifications:
a compendium of theory and practice (Monographs
of the Danish Institute at Athens 18.1). 2016.
xv+420 pages, several b&w illustrations, tables.
Oxford & Havertown (PA): Oxbow; 978-1-78570-
139-9 hardback $88.
Rune Frederiksen, SilkeMuth, Peter Schneider
& Mike Schnelle (ed.). Focus on fortifications: new
research on fortifications in the ancient Mediterranean
and the Near East (Monographs of the Danish
Institute at Athens 18.2). 2016. viii+732 pages,
numerous b&w illustrations. Oxford & Havertown
(PA): Oxbow, 978-1-78570-131-3 hardback $110.
& Peter De Staebler (ed.). Ancient fortifications:
a compendium of theory and practice (Monographs
of the Danish Institute at Athens 18.1). 2016.
xv+420 pages, several b&w illustrations, tables.
Oxford & Havertown (PA): Oxbow; 978-1-78570-
139-9 hardback $88.
Rune Frederiksen, SilkeMuth, Peter Schneider
& Mike Schnelle (ed.). Focus on fortifications: new
research on fortifications in the ancient Mediterranean
and the Near East (Monographs of the Danish
Institute at Athens 18.2). 2016. viii+732 pages,
numerous b&w illustrations. Oxford & Havertown
(PA): Oxbow, 978-1-78570-131-3 hardback $110.
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Information about the upcoming campaign in North Alentejo. Co-organized by Leiden University and Universdade de Évora, with the support of Prins Bernahard Cuulturfonds. The aim of the project is to investigate the long term impact of... more
Information about the upcoming campaign in North Alentejo. Co-organized by Leiden University and Universdade de Évora, with the support of Prins Bernahard Cuulturfonds.
The aim of the project is to investigate the long term impact of Roman expansionism in the Western Mediterranean. And engages with further research done in Central-South Italy and the river Duero valley.
The aim of the project is to investigate the long term impact of Roman expansionism in the Western Mediterranean. And engages with further research done in Central-South Italy and the river Duero valley.
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A Universidade de Leiden está a começar um novo projeto de trabalho de campo em Portugal. Em Janeiro de 2018, começa com uma escola de campo de inverno, como parte de uma nova colaboração entre a Universidade de Évora e a Faculdade de... more
A Universidade de Leiden está a começar um novo projeto de trabalho de campo em Portugal. Em Janeiro de 2018, começa com uma
escola de campo de inverno, como parte de uma nova colaboração entre a Universidade de Évora e a Faculdade de Arqueologia de Leiden.
Neste projeto de investigação, o nosso objectivo é estudarmos a Idade do Ferro e o período romano no Alentejo, para permitirmos
comparações mais amplas com outras áreas do Mediterrâneo Ocidental. Trabalharemos com uma equipa internacional de Leiden e Évora,
bem como com outras universidades européias.
Estaremos baseados num Centro Ciência Viva de Estremoz (veja a foto acima) com laboratórios, salas, acomodações e cozinha, que
estarão disponíveis o ano inteiro. Haverá muito boas oportunidades para desenvolver temas de tese de Mestrado, Master ou
Doutoramento que podem ser aprofundados com estadias de estudo em Portugal.
O nosso trabalho de campo em Janeiro e Fevereiro se centrará numa exploração da área através da prospecção arqueologica de campo,
teledetecção (drones, dados de satélite) e geofísica em diferentes sítios arqueológicos, como um castro da Idade do Ferro e vários sítios
romanos republicanos que nunca foram estudados antes. Trabalharemos do 14 de Janeiro até aproximadamente 5-10 de Fevereiro.
Alojamento, comida e transporte local serão fornecidos pelo projeto. Os custos da viagem poderão ser reembolsados.
escola de campo de inverno, como parte de uma nova colaboração entre a Universidade de Évora e a Faculdade de Arqueologia de Leiden.
Neste projeto de investigação, o nosso objectivo é estudarmos a Idade do Ferro e o período romano no Alentejo, para permitirmos
comparações mais amplas com outras áreas do Mediterrâneo Ocidental. Trabalharemos com uma equipa internacional de Leiden e Évora,
bem como com outras universidades européias.
Estaremos baseados num Centro Ciência Viva de Estremoz (veja a foto acima) com laboratórios, salas, acomodações e cozinha, que
estarão disponíveis o ano inteiro. Haverá muito boas oportunidades para desenvolver temas de tese de Mestrado, Master ou
Doutoramento que podem ser aprofundados com estadias de estudo em Portugal.
O nosso trabalho de campo em Janeiro e Fevereiro se centrará numa exploração da área através da prospecção arqueologica de campo,
teledetecção (drones, dados de satélite) e geofísica em diferentes sítios arqueológicos, como um castro da Idade do Ferro e vários sítios
romanos republicanos que nunca foram estudados antes. Trabalharemos do 14 de Janeiro até aproximadamente 5-10 de Fevereiro.
Alojamento, comida e transporte local serão fornecidos pelo projeto. Os custos da viagem poderão ser reembolsados.
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PORTUGAL Fieldwork Leiden University is starting a new fieldwork project in Portugal. In January 2018 we start with a winter field school, which forms part of a new collaboration between the Portuguese University of Évora and the Faculty... more
PORTUGAL Fieldwork
Leiden University is starting a new fieldwork project in Portugal. In January 2018 we start with a winter field school, which forms part of a new collaboration between the Portuguese University of Évora and the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden. In this research project we aim to study the Iron Age and Roman period in the Alentejo, east of Lisbon, to allow wider comparisons with other areas in the Western Mediterranean. We will work with an international team from Leiden and Évora, as well as other international universities. We will be based in a study center with labs, lecture halls and accommodation and kitchen, which will be available all year through.
There are very good opportunities to develop BA/MA/PhD thesis topics here that can be explored further with study stays in Portugal.
Our field work in Winter 2018 will focus on an exploration of the area through field survey, remote sensing (drones, satellite data) and geophysics in a series of different sites, among which an Iron Age hill-fort and a series of early Roman sites.
We will work from January 14 to ca. February 10 (if you follow classes in block 3, your obligatory return date is January 28). Accommodation, food, and local transport are all provided by the project. Travel costs to Lisbon can be reimbursed up to €150.
Leiden University is starting a new fieldwork project in Portugal. In January 2018 we start with a winter field school, which forms part of a new collaboration between the Portuguese University of Évora and the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden. In this research project we aim to study the Iron Age and Roman period in the Alentejo, east of Lisbon, to allow wider comparisons with other areas in the Western Mediterranean. We will work with an international team from Leiden and Évora, as well as other international universities. We will be based in a study center with labs, lecture halls and accommodation and kitchen, which will be available all year through.
There are very good opportunities to develop BA/MA/PhD thesis topics here that can be explored further with study stays in Portugal.
Our field work in Winter 2018 will focus on an exploration of the area through field survey, remote sensing (drones, satellite data) and geophysics in a series of different sites, among which an Iron Age hill-fort and a series of early Roman sites.
We will work from January 14 to ca. February 10 (if you follow classes in block 3, your obligatory return date is January 28). Accommodation, food, and local transport are all provided by the project. Travel costs to Lisbon can be reimbursed up to €150.
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Reconstructing ancient social dynamics through the lens of material culture lies at the core of archaeological interpretation. Evidence of people’s actions and natural events materialize in concentrations of artefacts and ecofacts that... more
Reconstructing ancient social dynamics through the lens of material culture lies at the core of archaeological interpretation. Evidence of people’s actions and natural events materialize in concentrations of artefacts and ecofacts that enable us to trace human past behaviors. Not surprisingly, quantification methods are a recurrent issue in archaeological research about all categories of objects, their typologies and distributions. Traditionally, much attention has been paid to the development of increasingly sophisticated techniques of quantitative analysis, greatly expanding the amount of data at our disposal. Yet, the lack of uniformity in their application does not always allow for comparison, making therefore those datasets not fully usable (Orton 1993; Arcelin&Tuffreau-Libre 1998). This lack of unified quantifying methods is not only a hindrance to the interpretation of datasets, but also to engaging with formation biases, which are essential for understanding whether these analyses are valid in the first place. This session aims to go beyond diverging enumeration methods of observed evidence in the present, and take a step to develop more synergy within the fragmented landscape of quantification in material studies. To do so we seek to gather a variety of case studies across Europe, the Mediterranean and beyond that illustrate innovative approaches to artefacts quantification, but that also go into the direction of setting common baselines against which different data can be more efficiently compared and measured. Topics to be explored could include, but are not limited to:
- sampling strategies and their impact on the amount of information allowing reasonable interpretation of assemblages;
- quantification of surface finds collected in field surveys and the effects of applied methodology on research results;
- applicability of diversity measurements for tracing change in the material record, craft production and consumption patterns;
- determining relative abundance: assessment of innovative and well-established mathematical models.
We encourage contributions that provide (new) quantitative frameworks to investigate the material record, engage with methodological issues in quantifying material assemblages, foster to quantitatively integrate different datasets as well as discuss the problems and the needs for doing so.
- sampling strategies and their impact on the amount of information allowing reasonable interpretation of assemblages;
- quantification of surface finds collected in field surveys and the effects of applied methodology on research results;
- applicability of diversity measurements for tracing change in the material record, craft production and consumption patterns;
- determining relative abundance: assessment of innovative and well-established mathematical models.
We encourage contributions that provide (new) quantitative frameworks to investigate the material record, engage with methodological issues in quantifying material assemblages, foster to quantitatively integrate different datasets as well as discuss the problems and the needs for doing so.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Economic History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, and 56 moreLate Antique and Byzantine Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Material Culture Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, International Trade, Late Antique Archaeology, Mediterranean Studies, Ancient economies (Archaeology), Late Antiquity, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Quantitative Methods, Theoretical Archaeology, Bronze Age Archaeology, Classic Maya (Archaeology), Maya Archaeology, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Imperial Rome, Roman Pottery, Late Roman Empire, Roman Economy, Ceramics (Archaeology), Consumption and Material Culture, Urban archaeology, Late Roman Archaeology, Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Archeologia, Mediterranean archaeology, Material Culture, Amphorae (Archaeology), Prehistory, Quantitative methods (Archaeology), Arqueología, Ancient economy, Post medieval pottery, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Archeologia medievale, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Archeologia Postmedievale, Ancient Rome, Ancient Pottery Analysis, Roman Amphorae, Archeologie, Late Roman Amphorae, Archéologie, Pottery studies, Archeologia dei paesaggi, Ancient Roman economy, trade and commerce, Archeological Theory and Method, Arqueología romana / Roman archeology, Archeologia Classica, Archeologia Romana, Ancient Architecture and Construction History, Ceramica Romana, and Roman Archaeology
Seminars on Western Mediterranean and Iberian Archaeology for Charles Unviersity (Prague)
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Workshop "A ras de suelo: experiencias en Arqueología de cara al público en el Noroeste ibérico". Viernes 26 de octubre de 2018. Facultade de Xeografía e Historia, USC.
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Introduction by Tesse D. Stek, Jesús García Sánchez & André Carneiro
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[ES] Mediante esta contribución queremos exponer el modelo Romanarmy.eu de investigación arqueológica, difusión y ciencia en abierto en el reciente proyecto arqueológico desarrollado por miembros de nuestro equipo en las inmediaciones de... more
[ES] Mediante esta contribución queremos exponer el modelo Romanarmy.eu de investigación arqueológica, difusión y ciencia en abierto en el reciente proyecto arqueológico desarrollado por miembros de nuestro equipo en las inmediaciones de Sasamón (Burgos, España). Consideramos que este caso de estudio ilustra nuestros intereses en dos líneas: en primer lugar, la necesidad de investigar la presencia y el papel del ejército romano en la zona de Sasamón puesto que esta se conoce por unas pocas fuentes escritas que parecen contradecir la evidencia arqueológica; y en segundo lugar, el fuerte interés comunitario en la historia del ejército romano plantea un terreno óptimo para desarrollar nuestra propuesta de ciencia en abierto, interacción con el público a través de las redes sociales y difusión de resultados y conclusiones entre la población local. Palabras clave: Ciencia en abierto, arqueología del conflicto, ejército romano. -------------- [PT] Através desta contribuição, queremos apresentar o modelo Romanarmy.eu de investigação arqueológica, divulgação e ciência aberta em relação ao projeto arqueológico recentemente desenvolvido por membros da nossa equipa na área de Sasamón (Burgos, Espanha). Consideramos que este caso de estudo ilustra perfeitamente os nossos interesses em duas linhas, nomeadamente na necessidade de se investigar a presença e o papel do exército romano na área de Sasamón, uma vez que esta é conhecida através de algumas fontes escritas que parecem contradizer as evidências arqueológicas, e pelo forte interesse da comunidade local na história do exército romano, o que oferece um terreno ideal para desenvolver a nossa proposta de ciência aberta, interação com o público através das redes sociais e disseminação dos resultados e conclusões entre a população local. Palavras-chave: Ciência Aberta, Arqueologia do Conflito, Exército Romano.
GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ, J.; GAGO MARIÑO, M.; COSTA-GARCÍA, J. M. & FERNÁNDEZ-GÖTZ, M. (2019): "El modelo Romanarmy.eu: patrimonio, comunicación e investigación en el pasado romano de Sasamón (Burgos)". M. Rolo (Ed.), Arqueología 3.0 II. Comunicaçao, divulgaçao e socialização da arqueologia. Vila Viçosa: Fundação Casa de Bragança: 101-119.
GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ, J.; GAGO MARIÑO, M.; COSTA-GARCÍA, J. M. & FERNÁNDEZ-GÖTZ, M. (2019): "El modelo Romanarmy.eu: patrimonio, comunicación e investigación en el pasado romano de Sasamón (Burgos)". M. Rolo (Ed.), Arqueología 3.0 II. Comunicaçao, divulgaçao e socialização da arqueologia. Vila Viçosa: Fundação Casa de Bragança: 101-119.