H2020Индивидуална стипендия2019–2022

FINISTERRAE · NEGOTIATING AND CONTESTING MARGINAL LANDSCAPES ON THE WESTERN FRINGES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2019-09-01 → 2022-06-11
Финансиране от ЕС: 195 455 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

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Накратко на български

Римският империализъм в Северозападна Иберия и Югозападна Англия се анализира чрез влиянието му върху местните общества и добива на минерали. Това помага да се разбере как държавата е управлявала отдалечените територии и как местното население е реагирало на завоеването.

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Резултати накратко

NEGOTIATING AND CONTESTING MARGINAL LANDSCAPES ON THE WESTERN FRINGES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

FINISTERRAE investigated in a comparative way the changing character of Roman imperialism in Northwest Iberia (northern Portugal and Galicia) and Southwest England (Devon and Cornwall), evaluating its nature and impact on local landscapes and societies on the western fringes of the Roman Empire. This allowed the review of the current interpretations of the Roman state's role in territorial expansion, provincial organization and resource exploitation following the conquest. It also helped to better contextualize the interaction between the Roman army and the indigenous communities within a wider chronological and geographical framework, delivering an innovative inter-provincial, cross-comparative, multivocal and holistic landscape approach to this historical process. Both regions were reassessed as landscapes of opportunity rather than marginal. The key questions addressed were: 1) To what extent was the conquest of these liminal areas motivated by political or economic imperialism? 2) Were these areas directly controlled and managed by the Roman state and integrated into the Roman economic system? 3) What was the role of the Roman army in the conquest and post-conquest territorial organisation and resource exploitation? 4) What was the reaction from the local indigenous communities? 5) Can we trace the impact that productive activities such as mining had on the landscape? 6) Are these mineral-rich zones best interpreted as marginal, or rather as landscapes of opportunities? Moving beyond the traditional reliance on historical accounts, this study employed an integrated and interdisciplinary methodology combining geospatial technologies (GIS and remote sensing), archaeological survey (archaeological prospection and excavation, topographical and geophysical surveys) and scientific methods (absolute dating, palaeoenvironmental, archaeometry and geoarchaeological studies).

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Finisterrae adopts a state-of-the-art landscape archaeology approach to reassess the changing character of Roman imperialism and its impact on local landscapes and societies on the western fringes of the Roman Empire. The peripheral landscapes of NW Iberia and SW Britain, previously interpreted as marginal, will be explored as examples of alternative imperial narratives and as landscapes of opportunities, through a bespoke interdisciplinary methodology. This integrates archaeology, remote sensing and palaeoecology and is aimed at natural and cultural proxies, in order to deliver an innovative inter-provincial, multiscalar and multivocal, yet holistic understanding of these landscapes. It will (a) allow a broad scale understanding of the strategies and the impact of Roman imperialism, and of the discrepant responses of native societies, and (b) shed new light on the Roman conquest and provincial organisation in the Roman frontier. This will be achieved by building upon the applicant’s previous research and expertise in Roman and aerial archaeology and enhanced by new skills he will acquire in ground-based landscape approaches. This training-through-research project at Exeter University, with its unique integral range of expertise in landscape archaeology from paleoenvironmental to ground and above-ground approaches will enable the applicant to receive high-quality training. The contributions of Finisterrae to understand the processes leading to social change, marginality and border-related socio-environmental stress are extremely timely in today’s worldwide order. Several high-impact publications and further dissemination beyond the academic environment will increase the impact of the project and contribute, alongside newly acquired skills and experiences, to enhance the researcher’s future interdisciplinary and international career perspectives in line with the Horizon 2020 Programme’s aims to promote EU excellence through top research and a knowledge-based society.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER · ExeterКоординаторОбединеното кралство