North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula were both geographical key regions in the Roman world. The... more North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula were both geographical key regions in the Roman world. Their resources, elites, and culture were important factors in the development and growth of the Roman empire. Both regions experienced an Urban Boom in the imperial period and, as a result, the modern countries of Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya all possess remains of significant numbers of settlements with impressively monumentalized cityscapes dating back to the Roman period. While this process of monumentalization took place in two very different parts of the empire, and peaked in prosperity at different times, some striking similarities in their paths to urban development can still be observed.
This volume is the result of an international workshop held at the German Archaeological Institute in Madrid in 2018. The workshop brought together historians, archaeologists, and epigraphists, asking them to reflect on the causal factors behind the various phenomena that constitute the Urban Boom in each of these regions. The chapters offered here constitute a significant contribution to the study of ancient urbanism, identifying some of the key elements that triggered urban development in the Roman empire. The variety of studies presented not only demonstrates the complexities involved in the study of the processes behind ancient urbanization – from the level of individual cities to broader settlement systems – it also sharpens our view of the urban achievements that were specific to the Roman period.
Nordafrika zählt zu den am dichtesten besiedelten Regionen des römischen Imperium. Im Hinterland ... more Nordafrika zählt zu den am dichtesten besiedelten Regionen des römischen Imperium. Im Hinterland des römischen Karthago bildet sich durch diese enorme Ballung an Städten zu Beginn des 3. Jhs. n. Chr. eine ganz eigene urbane Kultur heraus. Dieser Band beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie ökonomische, soziale und politische Strukturen Einfluss auf den urbanen Lebensraumes nahmen. In einer vernetzten Analyse aus urbaner Architektur und landwirtschaftlichen Umland kann erstmals gezeigt werden, wie mikroregionale Stadtkultur in einem antiken Ballungsraum entsteht.
Am 9. Juli 1964 bewilligte der Kultusminister des Landes NRW ein neuartiges Archiv zur Erforschun... more Am 9. Juli 1964 bewilligte der Kultusminister des Landes NRW ein neuartiges Archiv zur Erforschung antiker Skulptur an der Universität zu Köln. Ziel dieser Forschungsstelle war es, mit modernen technischen Methoden ein dynamisches Archiv für die Altertumswissenschaften zu gründen. 50 Jahre internationale Fotokampagnen schufen eines der größten Bildarchive für antike Plastik, das den Ausgangspunkt zahlreicher Forschungen, Ausstellungen und Kolloquien bildete. Im Jahr 2014 stellt das Forschungsarchiv - heute CoDArchLab - mehr als 2 Millionen Bilddaten über die Internetdatenbank ARACHNE weltweit zur Verfügung. Dem Forschungsarchiv und dessen Medien ist dieser Band gewidmet, der das 50-jährige Jubiläum mit der Ausstellung "Antike Plastik 5.0:// - Dokumentationionsmedien in der Archäologie von der Skizze zum 3D-Modell" im Akademischen Kunstmuseum der Universität Bonn verbindet.
J. Lehmann – P. Scheding (eds.), Explaining the Urban Boom: A Comparison of Regional City Development in the Roman Provinces of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, Iberia Archaeologica 22, 2023
The connectivity between the city and the hinterland is an important but challenging question in ... more The connectivity between the city and the hinterland is an important but challenging question in studying urban development in the Roman Empire. Specific variabilities in time and space require a local or micro-regional approach that can differ to varying extents. In this article, two connected analyses will be presented, using the case study of the Almanzora river valley in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula. First, a quantitative approach is presented to examine the connection between city and hinterland and their development, focusing on the connectivity between cities and settlements and their economic development in the 1st and 2nd c. CE. The second case study from Africa is a more qualitative approach to understanding how connectivity between the settlement and its hinterland affected local or micro-regional forms of architecture and urban armatures in these cities. By focusing on the Urban Boom in the hinterland of Roman Carthage at the beginning of the 3rd c. CE, the examples of Bulla Regia and Tugga show different kinds of urban development that can be interpreted as a result of their differently organized hinterlands.
The excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at Monte Sant’Angelo in Terracina were conducted by Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in the years 2019–2021. The activities focused on the temple building and its terrace in the western slope of the mountain. The aim of the project is to determine the construction date and to reconstruct the Hellenistic sanctuary for the first time in research history. Thanks to the findings in the construction layers related to the erection of the substructure of the temple platform, the decorations and building technique can be dated to the first two decades of the 2nd century B.C.E. The complex included a U-shaped cryptoporticus, rich decorated pavements and wall decorations in the First Pompeian Style. During the 2020 excavations the foundation walls of a rectangular temple building were found on the upper part of the platform. It can be reconstructed as a temple building with a cella and two lateral alae. Contrary to the traditional interpretation of the building, both the terrace and the temple face the ancient city of Terracina and the via Appia, and not the sea.
Hoch über der italienischen Küstenstadt Terracina thront das römische Heiligtum des Monte Sant'An... more Hoch über der italienischen Küstenstadt Terracina thront das römische Heiligtum des Monte Sant'Angelo. Die monumentalen Terrassen und deren Tempelanlagen gehören zu den bekanntesten Sakralbauten republikanischer Zeit im antiken Latium, dem südlichen Umland Roms. Über 100 Jahre nach den letzten Ausgrabungen erforscht ein deutsch-italienisches Team von Archäologen und Bauforschern mit modernen Methoden das Heiligtum auf der Kuppe des Berges. Handelt es sich um den Kultort des «unrasierten» Iuppiter Anxur?
Atti del XXVI Colloquio dell'Associazione Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico, 2021
Complete PDF avalaible
During the excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at the Monte Sant’... more Complete PDF avalaible
During the excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at the Monte Sant’Angelo (Terracina, Italy), conducted by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, some remarkable pavements have been documented. The first, already discovered in 1988, is located in a cryptoportico of the monumental sanctuary. This hallway architecture was part of the substructures (B) of one of the temple-terraces. The lithic caementicium pavement dotted with cross-shaped black tesserae inside the cryptoportico can be dated between the second half of the 2nd c. and the 1st c. BC. Thanks to the preliminary results of the stratigraphic excavations we can assume that the pavement was installed during the monumentalization of an already existing sanctuary. After the Republican temple was transformed into a monastery in medieval times, new floors were installed. On the former upper terrace of the sanctuary (A) the fictile caementicium pavements from the Republican era are partly covered by another similar pavement from medieval times, which served as part of a hydraulic system. The later cementicium installations were part of the monastery of St. Michele in the context of an olive oil press system that was part of its production site.
in: M. Khanoussi - P. von Rummel, Simitthus (Chimtou, Tunesien). Vorbericht über die Aktivitäten 2009–2012, RM 118, 2012, 179–222 (mit S. Arnold – u. a.)
This part of a paper presents a short preliminary report on the so-called "temple of the imperial... more This part of a paper presents a short preliminary report on the so-called "temple of the imperial cult" at Simitthus (Chimtou). The early Roman temple was enlarged by a 7000 m2 square with porticos in the early 3rd century AD. After the enlargement of the temple area a Roman bath was annexed. Through the geophysical survey a large orthogonal residential area to the north of the temple was discovered. In the Byzantine period (6th century AD) the temple complex was transformed into a basilica 70m (230 feet) in length, with a baptistery and other representative buildings.
D. Boschung – T. Kaerlein – S. Udelhofen (Hrsg.), Kulturelle Figurationen der Obsoleszenz, 2019
Die Verbreitung der Fotografie führte Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zur Verdrängung der Kupferstiche ... more Die Verbreitung der Fotografie führte Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zur Verdrängung der Kupferstiche und Zeichnungen als wesentlichen Bildmedien der klassischen Archäologie. Mit der Fotografie als neuer medialer Basis der Forschung gingen gleichzeitig neue epistemische Praktiken einher. Der Einfluss der Fotografie auf die Entwicklung der "stilistischen Analyse" in der klassischen Archäologie ist bereits untersucht worden. Innerhalb des Beitrags wird die Frage behandelt, welche Bedeutung die Stichwerke nach ihrer Obsoleszenz auf den wissenschaftlichen Diskurs und auf epistemische Praktiken des Fachs hatten. Hier lassen sich zwei signifikante Effekte unterscheiden: Epistemische Praktiken und wissenschaftliche Diskurse, die mit dem obsoleten Bildmedium entwickelt wurden, we-den unter neuen Voraussetzungen weitergeführt. Hierbei entwickeln die "Technik" und das "Objekt" des Bildmediums unterschiedliche Formen der Obsoleszenz. Als ein zweiter Effekt lässt sich konstatieren, dass die vermeintliche Obsoleszenz der Stichwerke dazu diente, die Relevanz neuer Forschungsansätze, wie den der "stilistischen Analyse", argumentativ zu stärken. Dies verdeutlicht erneut das reziproke Verhältnis von Bildmedien und Wissensaneignung in der Klassischen Archäologie.
Dans le cadre d’un projet de coopération franco-allemand entre le Forschungsarchiv für antike Pla... more Dans le cadre d’un projet de coopération franco-allemand entre le Forschungsarchiv für antike Plastik à Cologne et l’École Pratique des Hautes Études à Paris, doivent être étudiées et publiées les sculptures antiques du Musée d’art et d’archéologie de la ville française de Laon. Ces sculptures grecques et romaines, jusque-là inédites, proviennent pour la plupart d’une des collections les plus importantes de son genre du début du XXe siècle : celle réunie par Paul Marguerite de La Charlonie (1844–1921). L’objectif du projet, soutenu par la Fondation Fritz Thyssen, est de rédiger en français un catalogue commenté qui doit paraître dans la série « MAR » et, parallèlement, rendre accessible en allemand une présentation numérique dans l’« ARACHNE », la base de données en ligne du CoDArchLab. La première campagne du projet, ayant pour mission d’étudier de près les originaux et de dépouiller les archives de Marguerite de La Charlonie, a eu lieu en octobre 2016. Une nouvelle rencontre de travail est prévue pour mars 2017.
Résumé: En 2010, lors des fouilles tuniso-allemandes (Institut Archéologique Allemand et Institut... more Résumé: En 2010, lors des fouilles tuniso-allemandes (Institut Archéologique Allemand et Institut National du Patrimoine) dans la cité numido-romaine de Simitthus (Chimtou, Tunisie), la tête d‘un satyre a été trouvée. La tête de marbre blanc provient d‘une muraille médiévale dans le secteur du »temple du culte impérial« de Chimtou. La comparaison de la découverte de Chimtou avec d‘autres satyres a permis d‘établir un rapprochement avec un groupe de sculpture en ronde-bosse, en se basant sur la cassure au niveau du haut de la tête, là où était posée la main de la ménade qui tire la tête du satyre et l‘incline, et sur le traitement caractéristique des boucles de la chevelure : la tête pourrait être une réplique romaine du fameux groupe érotique du type Ludovisi de l‘époque hellénistique représentant un satyre et une ménade.
North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula were both geographical key regions in the Roman world. The... more North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula were both geographical key regions in the Roman world. Their resources, elites, and culture were important factors in the development and growth of the Roman empire. Both regions experienced an Urban Boom in the imperial period and, as a result, the modern countries of Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya all possess remains of significant numbers of settlements with impressively monumentalized cityscapes dating back to the Roman period. While this process of monumentalization took place in two very different parts of the empire, and peaked in prosperity at different times, some striking similarities in their paths to urban development can still be observed.
This volume is the result of an international workshop held at the German Archaeological Institute in Madrid in 2018. The workshop brought together historians, archaeologists, and epigraphists, asking them to reflect on the causal factors behind the various phenomena that constitute the Urban Boom in each of these regions. The chapters offered here constitute a significant contribution to the study of ancient urbanism, identifying some of the key elements that triggered urban development in the Roman empire. The variety of studies presented not only demonstrates the complexities involved in the study of the processes behind ancient urbanization – from the level of individual cities to broader settlement systems – it also sharpens our view of the urban achievements that were specific to the Roman period.
Nordafrika zählt zu den am dichtesten besiedelten Regionen des römischen Imperium. Im Hinterland ... more Nordafrika zählt zu den am dichtesten besiedelten Regionen des römischen Imperium. Im Hinterland des römischen Karthago bildet sich durch diese enorme Ballung an Städten zu Beginn des 3. Jhs. n. Chr. eine ganz eigene urbane Kultur heraus. Dieser Band beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie ökonomische, soziale und politische Strukturen Einfluss auf den urbanen Lebensraumes nahmen. In einer vernetzten Analyse aus urbaner Architektur und landwirtschaftlichen Umland kann erstmals gezeigt werden, wie mikroregionale Stadtkultur in einem antiken Ballungsraum entsteht.
Am 9. Juli 1964 bewilligte der Kultusminister des Landes NRW ein neuartiges Archiv zur Erforschun... more Am 9. Juli 1964 bewilligte der Kultusminister des Landes NRW ein neuartiges Archiv zur Erforschung antiker Skulptur an der Universität zu Köln. Ziel dieser Forschungsstelle war es, mit modernen technischen Methoden ein dynamisches Archiv für die Altertumswissenschaften zu gründen. 50 Jahre internationale Fotokampagnen schufen eines der größten Bildarchive für antike Plastik, das den Ausgangspunkt zahlreicher Forschungen, Ausstellungen und Kolloquien bildete. Im Jahr 2014 stellt das Forschungsarchiv - heute CoDArchLab - mehr als 2 Millionen Bilddaten über die Internetdatenbank ARACHNE weltweit zur Verfügung. Dem Forschungsarchiv und dessen Medien ist dieser Band gewidmet, der das 50-jährige Jubiläum mit der Ausstellung "Antike Plastik 5.0:// - Dokumentationionsmedien in der Archäologie von der Skizze zum 3D-Modell" im Akademischen Kunstmuseum der Universität Bonn verbindet.
J. Lehmann – P. Scheding (eds.), Explaining the Urban Boom: A Comparison of Regional City Development in the Roman Provinces of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, Iberia Archaeologica 22, 2023
The connectivity between the city and the hinterland is an important but challenging question in ... more The connectivity between the city and the hinterland is an important but challenging question in studying urban development in the Roman Empire. Specific variabilities in time and space require a local or micro-regional approach that can differ to varying extents. In this article, two connected analyses will be presented, using the case study of the Almanzora river valley in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula. First, a quantitative approach is presented to examine the connection between city and hinterland and their development, focusing on the connectivity between cities and settlements and their economic development in the 1st and 2nd c. CE. The second case study from Africa is a more qualitative approach to understanding how connectivity between the settlement and its hinterland affected local or micro-regional forms of architecture and urban armatures in these cities. By focusing on the Urban Boom in the hinterland of Roman Carthage at the beginning of the 3rd c. CE, the examples of Bulla Regia and Tugga show different kinds of urban development that can be interpreted as a result of their differently organized hinterlands.
The excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at Monte Sant’Angelo in Terracina were conducted by Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in the years 2019–2021. The activities focused on the temple building and its terrace in the western slope of the mountain. The aim of the project is to determine the construction date and to reconstruct the Hellenistic sanctuary for the first time in research history. Thanks to the findings in the construction layers related to the erection of the substructure of the temple platform, the decorations and building technique can be dated to the first two decades of the 2nd century B.C.E. The complex included a U-shaped cryptoporticus, rich decorated pavements and wall decorations in the First Pompeian Style. During the 2020 excavations the foundation walls of a rectangular temple building were found on the upper part of the platform. It can be reconstructed as a temple building with a cella and two lateral alae. Contrary to the traditional interpretation of the building, both the terrace and the temple face the ancient city of Terracina and the via Appia, and not the sea.
Hoch über der italienischen Küstenstadt Terracina thront das römische Heiligtum des Monte Sant'An... more Hoch über der italienischen Küstenstadt Terracina thront das römische Heiligtum des Monte Sant'Angelo. Die monumentalen Terrassen und deren Tempelanlagen gehören zu den bekanntesten Sakralbauten republikanischer Zeit im antiken Latium, dem südlichen Umland Roms. Über 100 Jahre nach den letzten Ausgrabungen erforscht ein deutsch-italienisches Team von Archäologen und Bauforschern mit modernen Methoden das Heiligtum auf der Kuppe des Berges. Handelt es sich um den Kultort des «unrasierten» Iuppiter Anxur?
Atti del XXVI Colloquio dell'Associazione Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico, 2021
Complete PDF avalaible
During the excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at the Monte Sant’... more Complete PDF avalaible
During the excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at the Monte Sant’Angelo (Terracina, Italy), conducted by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, some remarkable pavements have been documented. The first, already discovered in 1988, is located in a cryptoportico of the monumental sanctuary. This hallway architecture was part of the substructures (B) of one of the temple-terraces. The lithic caementicium pavement dotted with cross-shaped black tesserae inside the cryptoportico can be dated between the second half of the 2nd c. and the 1st c. BC. Thanks to the preliminary results of the stratigraphic excavations we can assume that the pavement was installed during the monumentalization of an already existing sanctuary. After the Republican temple was transformed into a monastery in medieval times, new floors were installed. On the former upper terrace of the sanctuary (A) the fictile caementicium pavements from the Republican era are partly covered by another similar pavement from medieval times, which served as part of a hydraulic system. The later cementicium installations were part of the monastery of St. Michele in the context of an olive oil press system that was part of its production site.
in: M. Khanoussi - P. von Rummel, Simitthus (Chimtou, Tunesien). Vorbericht über die Aktivitäten 2009–2012, RM 118, 2012, 179–222 (mit S. Arnold – u. a.)
This part of a paper presents a short preliminary report on the so-called "temple of the imperial... more This part of a paper presents a short preliminary report on the so-called "temple of the imperial cult" at Simitthus (Chimtou). The early Roman temple was enlarged by a 7000 m2 square with porticos in the early 3rd century AD. After the enlargement of the temple area a Roman bath was annexed. Through the geophysical survey a large orthogonal residential area to the north of the temple was discovered. In the Byzantine period (6th century AD) the temple complex was transformed into a basilica 70m (230 feet) in length, with a baptistery and other representative buildings.
D. Boschung – T. Kaerlein – S. Udelhofen (Hrsg.), Kulturelle Figurationen der Obsoleszenz, 2019
Die Verbreitung der Fotografie führte Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zur Verdrängung der Kupferstiche ... more Die Verbreitung der Fotografie führte Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zur Verdrängung der Kupferstiche und Zeichnungen als wesentlichen Bildmedien der klassischen Archäologie. Mit der Fotografie als neuer medialer Basis der Forschung gingen gleichzeitig neue epistemische Praktiken einher. Der Einfluss der Fotografie auf die Entwicklung der "stilistischen Analyse" in der klassischen Archäologie ist bereits untersucht worden. Innerhalb des Beitrags wird die Frage behandelt, welche Bedeutung die Stichwerke nach ihrer Obsoleszenz auf den wissenschaftlichen Diskurs und auf epistemische Praktiken des Fachs hatten. Hier lassen sich zwei signifikante Effekte unterscheiden: Epistemische Praktiken und wissenschaftliche Diskurse, die mit dem obsoleten Bildmedium entwickelt wurden, we-den unter neuen Voraussetzungen weitergeführt. Hierbei entwickeln die "Technik" und das "Objekt" des Bildmediums unterschiedliche Formen der Obsoleszenz. Als ein zweiter Effekt lässt sich konstatieren, dass die vermeintliche Obsoleszenz der Stichwerke dazu diente, die Relevanz neuer Forschungsansätze, wie den der "stilistischen Analyse", argumentativ zu stärken. Dies verdeutlicht erneut das reziproke Verhältnis von Bildmedien und Wissensaneignung in der Klassischen Archäologie.
Dans le cadre d’un projet de coopération franco-allemand entre le Forschungsarchiv für antike Pla... more Dans le cadre d’un projet de coopération franco-allemand entre le Forschungsarchiv für antike Plastik à Cologne et l’École Pratique des Hautes Études à Paris, doivent être étudiées et publiées les sculptures antiques du Musée d’art et d’archéologie de la ville française de Laon. Ces sculptures grecques et romaines, jusque-là inédites, proviennent pour la plupart d’une des collections les plus importantes de son genre du début du XXe siècle : celle réunie par Paul Marguerite de La Charlonie (1844–1921). L’objectif du projet, soutenu par la Fondation Fritz Thyssen, est de rédiger en français un catalogue commenté qui doit paraître dans la série « MAR » et, parallèlement, rendre accessible en allemand une présentation numérique dans l’« ARACHNE », la base de données en ligne du CoDArchLab. La première campagne du projet, ayant pour mission d’étudier de près les originaux et de dépouiller les archives de Marguerite de La Charlonie, a eu lieu en octobre 2016. Une nouvelle rencontre de travail est prévue pour mars 2017.
Résumé: En 2010, lors des fouilles tuniso-allemandes (Institut Archéologique Allemand et Institut... more Résumé: En 2010, lors des fouilles tuniso-allemandes (Institut Archéologique Allemand et Institut National du Patrimoine) dans la cité numido-romaine de Simitthus (Chimtou, Tunisie), la tête d‘un satyre a été trouvée. La tête de marbre blanc provient d‘une muraille médiévale dans le secteur du »temple du culte impérial« de Chimtou. La comparaison de la découverte de Chimtou avec d‘autres satyres a permis d‘établir un rapprochement avec un groupe de sculpture en ronde-bosse, en se basant sur la cassure au niveau du haut de la tête, là où était posée la main de la ménade qui tire la tête du satyre et l‘incline, et sur le traitement caractéristique des boucles de la chevelure : la tête pourrait être une réplique romaine du fameux groupe érotique du type Ludovisi de l‘époque hellénistique représentant un satyre et une ménade.
This article deals with the polychrome stucco ornaments found during the German excavations under... more This article deals with the polychrome stucco ornaments found during the German excavations under the direction of Friedrich Rakob in 1994. This concerns a multitude of ornamental fragments which are distinguished by their outstanding colour and monumental size. The corner fragments suggest that the building was built using cassette architecture for Roman monumental structures. The ornaments can be dated from the 2nd half of the 2nd to the early part of the 3rd century AD by stylistic comparisons.
Lo stucco ornamentale di un edificio imperiale a Cartagine
Nell'articolo si prendono in esame gli ornamenti di stucco policromo trovati nel corso degli scavi archeologici tedeschi del 1994, condotti sotto la direzione di Friedrich Rakob. Durante gli scavi fu rinvenuta una grande quantità di frammenti ornamentali, i quali spiccano per i vividi colori e per la loro monumentale grandezza. Sulla base dei frammenti angolari si può ricostruire un soffitto stuccato con pannelli rettangolari pertinenti a un monumento romano. Grazie allo studio stilistico é possibile datare gli ornamenti alla seconda metà del II secolo - inizio del III secolo d. C."
Ancient Simitthus (today Chimtou, Tunisia), known for its important quarries of yellow Numidian m... more Ancient Simitthus (today Chimtou, Tunisia), known for its important quarries of yellow Numidian marble, has been the object of archaeological research conducted jointly by the Tunisian National Heritage Institute (INP) and the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) since 1965. This report presents a short overview on the recent activities at Chimtou in 2014 and 2015, which were primarily dedicated to publishing the results of the excavations conducted in the 1980s northeast of the forum of the Roman town and the ‘temple of Imperial cult’ accompanied by measures of capacity building and site management.
Das Forschungsarchiv für antike Plastik an der Universität zu Köln untersucht seit nun 50 Jahren ... more Das Forschungsarchiv für antike Plastik an der Universität zu Köln untersucht seit nun 50 Jahren Skulptur und Kunstobjekte der römischen Kaiserzeit. Mit aufsehenerregenden Fotokampagnen in Sammlungen der ganzen Welt wurden Skulpturen fotografiert, erforscht und in der Reihe Monumenta Artis Romanae publiziert. Angefangen mit 2000 Fotos in Karteikästen umfasst das Forschungsarchiv heute fast 2 Millionen Bilder in der Datenbank «ARACHNE», die für Öffentlichkeit und Forschung im Internet frei zugänglich sind.
International Colloquium at the German Archaeological Institute Rome
5-7 June 2024
Organising C... more International Colloquium at the German Archaeological Institute Rome
5-7 June 2024
Organising Committee: F. Diosono, M. Knechtel, P. Scheding
Spanish: La ciudad y las varias formas de vida urbana connguran el elemento clave en la organizac... more Spanish: La ciudad y las varias formas de vida urbana connguran el elemento clave en la organización y adminis-tración del Imperio Romano. Sin embargo, se advierten divergencias en el proceso de urbanización de las diferentes regiones que componen el Imperio. Un ejemplo signiicativo al respecto lo ofrecen las provincias de Africa e Hispania. Aunque sean vecinas y compartan una condición estratégica para la economía de la ciudad de Roma al abastecer la de recursos indispensables, ambas maniiestan diferen-cias claras en el desarrollo del urbanismo romano. El inicio de una nueva actividad urbana en Hispania bajo la autoridad romana se puede apreciar ya en época republicana. No obstante, el orecimiento de la construcción de ediicios monumentales en las ciudades se produce más tarde, durante las dinastías julio-claudia y avia. Por su parte, en las densa-mente pobladas provincias de Numidia y Africa Proconsularis se aprecia un importante progreso de la arquitectura monumental en la transición del siglo II al III d.C., momento en el que la vida urbana en Hispania entra en declive. En este taller se analizarán las causas de las diferencias cronológicas entre los varios procesos de urbanización, así como se cuestionarán las bases y los desencadenantes del esplendor urbanístico. El propósito de este taller es el de examinar las características urbanas en los diversos contextos regio-nales con la nalidad entender la ciudad, su hinterland y sus habitantes dentro de un sistema dinámico e interconectado.
English:
The city and its various forms of associated urban living are seen as key elements in the general organization and administration of the Roman Empire. The processes of urbanization, however, diiered from one province to another. Africa and Hispania, geographically very close to one another and both economically signiicant for the supply of various kinds of products and resources to Rome, provide a very striking example of how regional diierences in urbanism could develop. After an initial urbanization process in Hispania during the Late Republic, a high level of building activity can be observed in Julio-Claudian and Flavian times. In the densely populated African provinces of Numidia and Africa Proconsularis, massive monumentalization can be observed during the the 2nd–3rd centuries AD. By this time, urban life on the Iberian Peninsula, however, had diminished signiicantly. This workshop aims to analyze the reasons for chronological diierences between various processes of urbanization and to explore the general prerequisites of an " urban boom ". The approach of this workshop is to examine urban characteristics in a regional context and to understand the city, their hinterlands, and the people living within them as a dynamic and connected system.
German:
Die Stadt und ihre kulturellen Ausprägungen gelten als Schlüsselelemente zur Organisation des Römi-schen Reiches. Der Prozess der Urbanisierung konnte in den einzelnen Regionen jedoch ganz unterschied-lich vonstatten gehen. Dies zeigt deutlich eine Gegenüberstellung der Provinzen Africa und Hispanien. Obgleich sie geograasch eng verbunden und beide durch die Exporte ihrer Produkte und Ressourcen von großer wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung für Rom waren, diieriert der Ausbau ihrer Stadtanlagen entscheidend voneinander. Nach einer einsetzenden baulichen Aktivität in Hispanien noch während der späten Republik kam es dort zwischen julischer und avischer Zeit zu einem enormen Bauboom. In den dicht besiedelten Provinzen Nord-afrikas fand die massive Monumentalisierung der Städte hingegen erst Ende des 2. und frühen 3. Jh. n. Chr. statt. Zu dieser Zeit ist in den Siedlungen der Iberischen Halbinsel bereits ein Rückgang des städtischen Lebens zu bemerken. Im Rahmen des Kolloquiums werden die vielfältigen urbanen Prozesse und deren Gründe individuell beleuchtet. Stadtbilder, städtische Kultur und urbane Ökonomie sind jedoch immer auch Teil ihrer regionalen und mikroregionalen Kontexte. Die Gegenüberstellung von Africa und Hispanien bietet daher die Möglich-keit, die Stadt, ihr Hinterland und ihre Bewohner als dynamisches und gleichsam vernetztes System zu verstehen und somit nach den generellen Voraussetzungen für einen " Urban Boom " zu fragen.
Ancient North Africa is one of the most diversified regions in the Mediterranean. The coastal are... more Ancient North Africa is one of the most diversified regions in the Mediterranean. The coastal areas between the Atlantic shores of Morocco and the Libyan Sirtes offer different climate zones, various landscapes, and many micro-regions with their own cultural history. Furthermore, the archaeological evidence for Prehistoric, Berber, Numidian, Punic, Roman, Vandal and Byzantine cultures presents its own contrasts: on the one hand, there are well-known archaeological sites offering well-preserved buildings and monuments, and on the other hand, entire cities hidden below the surface which can only be made visible through geophysical methods. In recent years, Ancient North Africa has seen a great deal of dynamic and multifaceted fieldwork. The ongoing process of adopting new archaeological methods, however, is not a purely technological phenomenon but also modifies and refines the individual questions we ask.
The intention of the conference “Perspectives from the Field: Recent Research on the Archaeology of Ancient North Africa” is to bring together archaeologists who are conducting fieldwork projects at different sites, in order to compare questions, methods, and results, and to stimulate discussion on future perspectives.
13-15 June 2019 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Organisers: Stefan Ritter, Paul Scheding (LMU München) Sami Ben Taher (INP Tunis)
Program
Thursday, June 13th
Opening lecture
18:00: Stefan Ritter, Paul Scheding (München) & Sami Ben Tahar (Djerba): “Perspectives from the Field: An Introduction”
18:30: David Mattingly (Leicester): “In the Shadow of the Desert: Saharan Perspectives on the Archaeology of Ancient North Africa”
19:30 Evening Reception
Friday, June 14th
I. Cities
Chair: Johannes Eingartner (Augsburg)
9:00 Hamden Ben Romdhane (Tunis), Ralf Bockmann (Roma) & Frerich Schön (Tübingen): “The circus of Carthage in its urban context”
9:20 Hamden Ben Romdhane (Tunis), Frerich Schön (Tübingen), Ralf Bockmann (Roma) & Stefano Cespa (Tübingen): “Carthage and its hinterland: Studying Urban and Rural Settlement Patterns in a Diachronic Perspective. Case study Abbir Cella”
9:40 Discussion
9:50 Christoph Baur (Innsbruck), Heimo Dolenz & Christof Flügel (München): “From mudbricks to ashlar masonry: The excavations of the DAI Rome and INP Tunis at Carthage, Rue Ibn Chabâat (Quartier Didon) 2009–2012”
10:10 Nabil Kallala (Tunis): “Écrire autrement l’histoire des Numides: Fouilles et prospections récentes dans le site d’Althiburos et le massif du Ksour (NO de la Tunisie)”
10:30 Discussion
10:40 Coffee Break
Chair: Elizabeth Fentress (Roma)
11:10 Stefan Ritter (München) & Sami Ben Tahar (Djerba): “Aspects of life in a port city: The Meninx Archaeological Project 2015–2019”
11:30 Sami Ben Tahar (Djerba), Mekki Aoudi (Sfax) & Philipp von Rummel (Berlin): “Henchir Bourgou (Djerba) through time: From Protohistory to the abandonment in the Early Roman Empire”
11:50 Discussion
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Stefan Ardeleanu (Heidelberg), Paul Scheding (München), Moheddine Chaouali (Tunis) & Philipp von Rummel (Berlin): “The Marble City. Recent Research, Preservation, and Site Development at Simitthus (Chimtou, Tunisia)”
14:20 Moheddine Chaouali (Tunis) & Corisande Fenwick (London): “Christianity and the late antique city: the Tunisian-British Project at Bulla Regia”
14:40 Discussion
14.50 Samir Aounallah (Tunis) & Véronique Brouquier-Reddé (Paris): “Architecture funéraire et religieuse de Thugga: Bilan provisoire des campagnes 2017–2019”
15:10 Antonio Ibba (Sassari), Samir Aounallah (Tunis) & Attilio Mastino (Sassari): “Thignica: le indagini topografiche ed epigrafiche della missione tuniso-italiana (2017-2018)”
15:30 Discussion
15:40 Coffee Break
Chair: Nicolas Lamare (Paris)
16:00 Nichole Sheldrick (Oxford), Ammar Othman (Sfax), Andrew Dufton (New York) & Susan Alcock (Michigan): “Acholla: Preliminary research for a new survey and excavation project in Tunisia”
16:20 Ammar Othman (Sfax): “Projet de Younga: Training in Action”
16:40 Discussion
II. Rural Landscapes
16:50 Stephen Collins-Elliott (Tennessee): “Moroccan-American Surveys in the Oued Loukkos, Morocco: Preliminary Results of the Project Gardens of the Hesperides”
17:10 Souad Slimani (Constantine): “Des sites archéologiques inédits dans le Hodna occidental”
17:30 Discussion
Saturday, June 15th
Chair: Michel Bonifay (Aix-en-Provence)
9:00 Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers & Redha Attoui (Trento): “Water supply in rural sites of Africa Proconsularis. Settlement pattern and hydraulic technology in the countryside of Dougga and Téboursouk (High Tell, Tunisia) from the 2th until the 7th century of our era”
9:20 Silvia Polla (Berlin): “Hidden landscapes of North Africa. Ceramic survey and rural diversity in the countryside of Dougga and Teboursouk (Tunisian High Tell)”
9:40 Discussion
III. Border Regions and Beyond
9:50 Sebastian Schmid (München): “Gheriat el-Garbia and its Sanctuaries”
10:10 Mondher Brahmi (Tunis) & Salvatore Ortisi (München): “Entre Sahara et la Méditerranée: le poste frontalier de Vezereos (Bir Rhezen) sur le Limes Tripolitanus”
10:30 Discussion
10:40 Coffee Break
Chair: Philipp von Rummel (Berlin)
11:00 Heike Möller (Berlin) & Anna-Katharina Rieger (Graz): “Between Africa and Egypt: The Eastern Marmarica and its Relationships”
11:20 Heiko Riemer (Köln): “Perspectives from the Road: Caravan Archaeology along the Darb et-Tawil in Egypt”
11:40 Discussion
IV. Cultural Heritage Management
11:50 Ulla Kreilinger (Münster): “The reorganisation of the old museum of Cherchell”
12:10 Matthew Hobson (Leicester): “The EAMENA Project: Training in New Digital Technologies for Heritage Management in Libya and Tunisia (2017-2019)”
Publications on architecture in Roman North Africa have tended to focus on one type of building, ... more Publications on architecture in Roman North Africa have tended to focus on one type of building, such as temples or theaters. These studies have expanded our knowledge about the development of architecture in this part of the Roman empire. But it is difficult to distinguish what constitutes a general " North African " development and what is in fact part of a specific regional process, when looking at one building type in a city. In this paper, I suggest another approach that examines specific urban and architectural characteristics in their microregional context. Several authors have argued that Africa experienced significant economic growth, especially during the second century C.E. From the mid second century onward, African communities, presumably represented by extremely wealthy elites, erected all kinds of monumental buildings in their cities. We know that the local elite was highly involved in agricultural production in the territory of their cities. But we also know that there was a considerable degree of variation in the conditions of land use, organization of production, and administration in different regions of North Africa. The question is: what is the impact of the " local ecosystems " on public benefaction and elite ostentation that visibly altered townscapes? Furthermore, did the architecture and urbanism reflect the needs of the elites in these local conditions? What were the important factors influencing the imagination of architecture and urbanism in a particular region? The focus of this paper is on the large numbers of small cities in the territory of Roman Carthage and their relationship to different estates. Using the example of the pertica of Carthage and the " boom " of the late second century C.E. I will discuss how agricultural organization and socioeconomic development influenced the cityscapes in this microregion.
Over the last three years, the agglomeration of data in Arachne (https://arachne.dainst.org/) – i... more Over the last three years, the agglomeration of data in Arachne (https://arachne.dainst.org/) – i.e. the central object data- base of the German Archaeological Institute and the Research Archive of Ancient Sculpture at the University of Cologne – led to the fact, that the manual labor of creating metadata is impossible. Between 2002 and 2007 the number of images stored in Arachne expanded from 50,000 to 200,000; our present stock of 820,000 images represents an increase of around 400%. In cooperation with the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Rome, the “image_ grid project” is seeking to solve these problems. With the “image_grid project” we have auto- matically contextualised about 400,000 images from the photo library of the DAI Rome. Since its founding in 1928, the photo library of the DAI Rome has become one of the world ́s most important archives for archaeological imagery and many scientists from all over the world visit it, in order to study these images. The images were digitized by using old microfiche-slides and the only information was a printed index. We have created a digital image database using OCR, in order to take the structure of this index and by using the negative numbers of the images. We have also linked images automatically with complex meta-data, which are derived from digitized inventories, scientific reference works, images, which are now already stored in Arachne and other sources. Negative numbers are also used to connect images with OCR-texts (as in the iDAI.Bookbrowser or GoogleBooks), and by extracting knowledge from these books via text-mining we can connect new metadata to these digital images.
Review of the three comprehensive books:
Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers, Redha Attoui, Alessandro... more Review of the three comprehensive books:
Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers, Redha Attoui, Alessandro Battisti: Rus Africum. Tome I. Le paysage rural antique autour de Dougga et Téboursouk: cartographie, relevés et chronologie des établissements. Avec la collaboration de Martina Andreoli, Alessandro Battisti, Paolo Chistè et Marijke Boeijen. Bari: Edipuglia 2013. 415 S. 176 Taf. 8 Ktn. 1 CD-ROM. 4°. (Bibliotheca Archaeologica. 30.).
Rus Africum. Tome II. Le paysage rural antique au- tour de Dougga: l’aqueduc Aïn Hammam-Thugga, cartographie et relevés. Avec la collaboration de Marijke Boeijen. Bari: Edipuglia 2013. 301 S. zahlr. Abb. 3 Beil. 4°. (Bibliotheca Archaeologica. 34.).
Rus Africum. Tome III. La Via a Karthagine Thevestem, ses milliaires et le réseau routier rural de la région de Dougga et Téboursouk. Avec la collaboration d’Alessandro Battisti. Bari: Edipuglia 2015. 156 S. (Bibliotheca Archaeologica. 37.).
Madrid, 21st to 23rd May 2025 and Istanbul, 30th October
to 1st November 2025
For the understandi... more Madrid, 21st to 23rd May 2025 and Istanbul, 30th October to 1st November 2025 For the understanding of the ancient Mediterranean world, “city” and “micro-region” are central categories. While most archaeological and historical research has thus far focused on cities and their territories or on “micro-ecologies” without paying attention to the specific potential of the cities, the concept of the micro-region opens up a broader approach. Cities can be studied as elements of complex socio-ecological systems of micro-regions, where urban and rural spaces and practices are interrelated agents without an intrinsic hierarchy between city and countryside. The conference series at Madrid and Istanbul aims to discuss this topic from different angles and with different focuses.
The workshop aims to unite young researchers from archaeology, ancient history, classical philolo... more The workshop aims to unite young researchers from archaeology, ancient history, classical philology, art history, and philology to discuss the diverse impacts of wars in the western ancient Mediterranean. Spanning from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD, it offers an open forum to explore war's influence on people, their environment, and material culture. Doctoral students are encouraged to present their research in this international setting.
Taking place from May 29th to June 1st, 2024, in Madrid. Hosted by German Archaeological Institute Madrid & Casa de Velázquez.
The Hellenistic terrace sanctuaries of Italy have been a central research topic of both archaeolo... more The Hellenistic terrace sanctuaries of Italy have been a central research topic of both archaeology and neighbouring disciplines for many decades. Many of the monumental building complexes were documented and investigated a long time ago-even if in some cases only partially. The knowledge about the sacred complexes and their use gained in the process flowed into relevant writings that are now considered standard works.
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This volume is the result of an international workshop held at the German Archaeological Institute in Madrid in 2018. The workshop brought together historians, archaeologists, and epigraphists, asking them to reflect on the causal factors behind the various phenomena that constitute the Urban Boom in each of these regions. The chapters offered here constitute a significant contribution to the study of ancient urbanism, identifying some of the key elements that triggered urban development in the Roman empire. The variety of studies presented not only demonstrates the complexities involved in the study of the processes behind ancient urbanization – from the level of individual cities to broader settlement systems – it also sharpens our view of the urban achievements that were specific to the Roman period.
Articles by Paul Scheding
https://publications.dainst.org/journals/aa/issue/view/507
The excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at Monte Sant’Angelo in Terracina were conducted by Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in the years 2019–2021. The activities focused on the temple building and its terrace in the western slope of the mountain. The aim of the project is to determine the construction date and to reconstruct the Hellenistic sanctuary for the first time in research history. Thanks to the findings in the construction layers related to the erection of the substructure of the temple platform, the decorations and building technique can be dated to the first two decades of the 2nd century B.C.E. The complex included a U-shaped cryptoporticus, rich decorated pavements and wall decorations in the First Pompeian Style. During the 2020 excavations the foundation walls of a rectangular temple building were found on the upper part of the platform. It can be reconstructed as a temple building with a cella and two lateral alae. Contrary to the traditional interpretation of the building, both the terrace and the temple face the ancient city of Terracina and the via Appia, and not the sea.
During the excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at the Monte Sant’Angelo (Terracina, Italy), conducted by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, some remarkable pavements have been documented. The first, already discovered in 1988, is located in a cryptoportico of the monumental sanctuary. This hallway architecture was part of the substructures (B) of one of the temple-terraces. The lithic caementicium pavement dotted with cross-shaped black tesserae inside the cryptoportico can be dated between the second half of the 2nd c. and the 1st c. BC. Thanks to the preliminary results of the stratigraphic excavations we can assume that the pavement was installed during the monumentalization of an already existing sanctuary. After the Republican temple was transformed into a monastery in medieval times, new floors were installed. On the former upper terrace of the sanctuary (A) the fictile caementicium pavements from the Republican era are partly covered by another similar pavement from medieval times, which served as part of a hydraulic system. The later cementicium installations were part of the monastery of St. Michele in the context of an olive oil press system that was part of its production site.
This volume is the result of an international workshop held at the German Archaeological Institute in Madrid in 2018. The workshop brought together historians, archaeologists, and epigraphists, asking them to reflect on the causal factors behind the various phenomena that constitute the Urban Boom in each of these regions. The chapters offered here constitute a significant contribution to the study of ancient urbanism, identifying some of the key elements that triggered urban development in the Roman empire. The variety of studies presented not only demonstrates the complexities involved in the study of the processes behind ancient urbanization – from the level of individual cities to broader settlement systems – it also sharpens our view of the urban achievements that were specific to the Roman period.
https://publications.dainst.org/journals/aa/issue/view/507
The excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at Monte Sant’Angelo in Terracina were conducted by Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in the years 2019–2021. The activities focused on the temple building and its terrace in the western slope of the mountain. The aim of the project is to determine the construction date and to reconstruct the Hellenistic sanctuary for the first time in research history. Thanks to the findings in the construction layers related to the erection of the substructure of the temple platform, the decorations and building technique can be dated to the first two decades of the 2nd century B.C.E. The complex included a U-shaped cryptoporticus, rich decorated pavements and wall decorations in the First Pompeian Style. During the 2020 excavations the foundation walls of a rectangular temple building were found on the upper part of the platform. It can be reconstructed as a temple building with a cella and two lateral alae. Contrary to the traditional interpretation of the building, both the terrace and the temple face the ancient city of Terracina and the via Appia, and not the sea.
During the excavations at the so-called Piccolo Tempio at the Monte Sant’Angelo (Terracina, Italy), conducted by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, some remarkable pavements have been documented. The first, already discovered in 1988, is located in a cryptoportico of the monumental sanctuary. This hallway architecture was part of the substructures (B) of one of the temple-terraces. The lithic caementicium pavement dotted with cross-shaped black tesserae inside the cryptoportico can be dated between the second half of the 2nd c. and the 1st c. BC. Thanks to the preliminary results of the stratigraphic excavations we can assume that the pavement was installed during the monumentalization of an already existing sanctuary. After the Republican temple was transformed into a monastery in medieval times, new floors were installed. On the former upper terrace of the sanctuary (A) the fictile caementicium pavements from the Republican era are partly covered by another similar pavement from medieval times, which served as part of a hydraulic system. The later cementicium installations were part of the monastery of St. Michele in the context of an olive oil press system that was part of its production site.
Lo stucco ornamentale di un edificio imperiale a Cartagine
Nell'articolo si prendono in esame gli ornamenti di stucco policromo trovati nel corso degli scavi archeologici tedeschi del 1994, condotti sotto la direzione di Friedrich Rakob. Durante gli scavi fu rinvenuta una grande quantità di frammenti ornamentali, i quali spiccano per i vividi colori e per la loro monumentale grandezza. Sulla base dei frammenti angolari si può ricostruire un soffitto stuccato con pannelli rettangolari pertinenti a un monumento romano. Grazie allo studio stilistico é possibile datare gli ornamenti alla seconda metà del II secolo - inizio del III secolo d. C."
management.
5-7 June 2024
Organising Committee: F. Diosono, M. Knechtel, P. Scheding
English:
The city and its various forms of associated urban living are seen as key elements in the general organization and administration of the Roman Empire. The processes of urbanization, however, diiered from one province to another. Africa and Hispania, geographically very close to one another and both economically signiicant for the supply of various kinds of products and resources to Rome, provide a very striking example of how regional diierences in urbanism could develop. After an initial urbanization process in Hispania during the Late Republic, a high level of building activity can be observed in Julio-Claudian and Flavian times. In the densely populated African provinces of Numidia and Africa Proconsularis, massive monumentalization can be observed during the the 2nd–3rd centuries AD. By this time, urban life on the Iberian Peninsula, however, had diminished signiicantly. This workshop aims to analyze the reasons for chronological diierences between various processes of urbanization and to explore the general prerequisites of an " urban boom ". The approach of this workshop is to examine urban characteristics in a regional context and to understand the city, their hinterlands, and the people living within them as a dynamic and connected system.
German:
Die Stadt und ihre kulturellen Ausprägungen gelten als Schlüsselelemente zur Organisation des Römi-schen Reiches. Der Prozess der Urbanisierung konnte in den einzelnen Regionen jedoch ganz unterschied-lich vonstatten gehen. Dies zeigt deutlich eine Gegenüberstellung der Provinzen Africa und Hispanien. Obgleich sie geograasch eng verbunden und beide durch die Exporte ihrer Produkte und Ressourcen von großer wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung für Rom waren, diieriert der Ausbau ihrer Stadtanlagen entscheidend voneinander. Nach einer einsetzenden baulichen Aktivität in Hispanien noch während der späten Republik kam es dort zwischen julischer und avischer Zeit zu einem enormen Bauboom. In den dicht besiedelten Provinzen Nord-afrikas fand die massive Monumentalisierung der Städte hingegen erst Ende des 2. und frühen 3. Jh. n. Chr. statt. Zu dieser Zeit ist in den Siedlungen der Iberischen Halbinsel bereits ein Rückgang des städtischen Lebens zu bemerken. Im Rahmen des Kolloquiums werden die vielfältigen urbanen Prozesse und deren Gründe individuell beleuchtet. Stadtbilder, städtische Kultur und urbane Ökonomie sind jedoch immer auch Teil ihrer regionalen und mikroregionalen Kontexte. Die Gegenüberstellung von Africa und Hispanien bietet daher die Möglich-keit, die Stadt, ihr Hinterland und ihre Bewohner als dynamisches und gleichsam vernetztes System zu verstehen und somit nach den generellen Voraussetzungen für einen " Urban Boom " zu fragen.
The intention of the conference “Perspectives from the Field: Recent Research on the Archaeology of Ancient North Africa” is to bring together archaeologists who are conducting fieldwork projects at different sites, in order to compare questions, methods, and results, and to stimulate discussion on future perspectives.
13-15 June 2019 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Organisers: Stefan Ritter, Paul Scheding (LMU München) Sami Ben Taher (INP Tunis)
Program
Thursday, June 13th
Opening lecture
18:00: Stefan Ritter, Paul Scheding (München) & Sami Ben Tahar (Djerba): “Perspectives from the Field: An Introduction”
18:30: David Mattingly (Leicester): “In the Shadow of the Desert: Saharan Perspectives on the Archaeology of Ancient North Africa”
19:30 Evening Reception
Friday, June 14th
I. Cities
Chair: Johannes Eingartner (Augsburg)
9:00 Hamden Ben Romdhane (Tunis), Ralf Bockmann (Roma) & Frerich Schön (Tübingen): “The circus of Carthage in its urban context”
9:20 Hamden Ben Romdhane (Tunis), Frerich Schön (Tübingen), Ralf Bockmann (Roma) & Stefano Cespa (Tübingen): “Carthage and its hinterland: Studying Urban and Rural Settlement Patterns in a Diachronic Perspective. Case study Abbir Cella”
9:40 Discussion
9:50 Christoph Baur (Innsbruck), Heimo Dolenz & Christof Flügel (München): “From mudbricks to ashlar masonry: The excavations of the DAI Rome and INP Tunis at Carthage, Rue Ibn Chabâat (Quartier Didon) 2009–2012”
10:10 Nabil Kallala (Tunis): “Écrire autrement l’histoire des Numides: Fouilles et prospections récentes dans le site d’Althiburos et le massif du Ksour (NO de la Tunisie)”
10:30 Discussion
10:40 Coffee Break
Chair: Elizabeth Fentress (Roma)
11:10 Stefan Ritter (München) & Sami Ben Tahar (Djerba): “Aspects of life in a port city: The Meninx Archaeological Project 2015–2019”
11:30 Sami Ben Tahar (Djerba), Mekki Aoudi (Sfax) & Philipp von Rummel (Berlin): “Henchir Bourgou (Djerba) through time: From Protohistory to the abandonment in the Early Roman Empire”
11:50 Discussion
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Stefan Ardeleanu (Heidelberg), Paul Scheding (München), Moheddine Chaouali (Tunis) & Philipp von Rummel (Berlin): “The Marble City. Recent Research, Preservation, and Site Development at Simitthus (Chimtou, Tunisia)”
14:20 Moheddine Chaouali (Tunis) & Corisande Fenwick (London): “Christianity and the late antique city: the Tunisian-British Project at Bulla Regia”
14:40 Discussion
14.50 Samir Aounallah (Tunis) & Véronique Brouquier-Reddé (Paris): “Architecture funéraire et religieuse de Thugga: Bilan provisoire des campagnes 2017–2019”
15:10 Antonio Ibba (Sassari), Samir Aounallah (Tunis) & Attilio Mastino (Sassari): “Thignica: le indagini topografiche ed epigrafiche della missione tuniso-italiana (2017-2018)”
15:30 Discussion
15:40 Coffee Break
Chair: Nicolas Lamare (Paris)
16:00 Nichole Sheldrick (Oxford), Ammar Othman (Sfax), Andrew Dufton (New York) & Susan Alcock (Michigan): “Acholla: Preliminary research for a new survey and excavation project in Tunisia”
16:20 Ammar Othman (Sfax): “Projet de Younga: Training in Action”
16:40 Discussion
II. Rural Landscapes
16:50 Stephen Collins-Elliott (Tennessee): “Moroccan-American Surveys in the Oued Loukkos, Morocco: Preliminary Results of the Project Gardens of the Hesperides”
17:10 Souad Slimani (Constantine): “Des sites archéologiques inédits dans le Hodna occidental”
17:30 Discussion
Saturday, June 15th
Chair: Michel Bonifay (Aix-en-Provence)
9:00 Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers & Redha Attoui (Trento): “Water supply in rural sites of Africa Proconsularis. Settlement pattern and hydraulic technology in the countryside of Dougga and Téboursouk (High Tell, Tunisia) from the 2th until the 7th century of our era”
9:20 Silvia Polla (Berlin): “Hidden landscapes of North Africa. Ceramic survey and rural diversity in the countryside of Dougga and Teboursouk (Tunisian High Tell)”
9:40 Discussion
III. Border Regions and Beyond
9:50 Sebastian Schmid (München): “Gheriat el-Garbia and its Sanctuaries”
10:10 Mondher Brahmi (Tunis) & Salvatore Ortisi (München): “Entre Sahara et la Méditerranée: le poste frontalier de Vezereos (Bir Rhezen) sur le Limes Tripolitanus”
10:30 Discussion
10:40 Coffee Break
Chair: Philipp von Rummel (Berlin)
11:00 Heike Möller (Berlin) & Anna-Katharina Rieger (Graz): “Between Africa and Egypt: The Eastern Marmarica and its Relationships”
11:20 Heiko Riemer (Köln): “Perspectives from the Road: Caravan Archaeology along the Darb et-Tawil in Egypt”
11:40 Discussion
IV. Cultural Heritage Management
11:50 Ulla Kreilinger (Münster): “The reorganisation of the old museum of Cherchell”
12:10 Matthew Hobson (Leicester): “The EAMENA Project: Training in New Digital Technologies for Heritage Management in Libya and Tunisia (2017-2019)”
12:30 Discussion
12:40 Final discussion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 August 2023
Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers, Redha Attoui, Alessandro Battisti: Rus Africum. Tome I. Le paysage rural antique autour de Dougga et Téboursouk: cartographie, relevés et chronologie des établissements. Avec la collaboration de Martina Andreoli, Alessandro Battisti, Paolo Chistè et Marijke Boeijen. Bari: Edipuglia 2013. 415 S. 176 Taf. 8 Ktn. 1 CD-ROM. 4°. (Bibliotheca Archaeologica. 30.).
Rus Africum. Tome II. Le paysage rural antique au- tour de Dougga: l’aqueduc Aïn Hammam-Thugga, cartographie et relevés. Avec la collaboration de Marijke Boeijen. Bari: Edipuglia 2013. 301 S. zahlr. Abb. 3 Beil. 4°. (Bibliotheca Archaeologica. 34.).
Rus Africum. Tome III. La Via a Karthagine Thevestem, ses milliaires et le réseau routier rural de la région de Dougga et Téboursouk. Avec la collaboration d’Alessandro Battisti. Bari: Edipuglia 2015. 156 S. (Bibliotheca Archaeologica. 37.).
to 1st November 2025
For the understanding of the ancient Mediterranean world, “city” and “micro-region” are central categories. While most archaeological and historical research has thus far focused on cities and their territories or on “micro-ecologies” without paying attention to the specific potential of the
cities, the concept of the micro-region opens up a broader approach. Cities can be studied as elements of complex socio-ecological systems of micro-regions, where urban and rural spaces and practices are interrelated agents without an intrinsic hierarchy between city and countryside. The conference series at Madrid and Istanbul aims to discuss this topic from different angles and with different focuses.
Taking place from May 29th to June 1st, 2024, in Madrid. Hosted by German Archaeological Institute Madrid & Casa de Velázquez.
ONLINE APPLICATION: https://www.casadevelazquez.org/recherche-scientifique/formulaires/epoques-ancienne-et-medievale/application-antique-archaeology-workshop-2024!