Books by Valentina Limina
BAR Publishing, 2021
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Conference Presentations by Valentina Limina
Volterra, Museo Guarnacci, 12 aprile, 2024
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Università degli studi di Siena, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche e Beni Culturali, 12 aprile, 2024
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Conference, 2023
The semi-annual International Mediterranean Survey workshops have, since 2001, brought together a... more The semi-annual International Mediterranean Survey workshops have, since 2001, brought together an expanding circle of field survey practitioners and students from Europe (and occasionally, elsewhere) for the presentation of research plans and results, and free-ranging discussion of issues of interest. Having started out in the Low Countries, the workshops have since been held alternately in many countries of Mediterranean Europe-Spain, Italy, Turkey, France and Croatia-as well as in Austria and Germany. The e-mail distribution list, managed at Groningen, currently holds some 350 names. Meetings are very informal, no publication is expected, and presentations by junior researchers and students are particularly encouraged.
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Groningen University, Institute of Archaeology, 9 april , 2024
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45 th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop, University of Wien, Archaeology Department, 2023
RELOAD (Rethinking Liminality Open Access Data) is a research project integrating landscape archa... more RELOAD (Rethinking Liminality Open Access Data) is a research project integrating landscape archaeology and ABMS funded by F.R.S.-FNRS at UCLouvain. The project, dealing with Northern Tuscany, focuses on bordering areas of ager Volaterranus between 3rd BC – 5th AD to better understand the peculiar long-term settlement strategies featuring these zones compared to the rest of the territory. As an update of the previous IMSW (Spring 2023), the contribution will focus on the preliminary results of the first survey campaign (September-October 2023) that took place in the northern district, including the municipalities of Capannoli, Ponsacco, Pontedera, Peccioli. The goals, sampling approach, methodology, and challenges of this first survey campaign will be presented. Preliminary data related to the interpretation of the hypothesized Roman centuriation and the related dynamics of settlement pattern evolution would be prompted, taking material assemblages into account. In the end, the communication of the activities, perspectives for future survey campaigns, and the data treatment concerning modelling and simulation for the project implementation will be discussed.
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Linking Pasts and Sharing Knowledge. Mapping archaeological heritage, legacy data integration and web technologies for modelling historical landscapes, Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, 13-14 November 2023, 2023
The paper aims to present my post-doctoral project, RELOAD (REthinking Liminality Open Access Dat... more The paper aims to present my post-doctoral project, RELOAD (REthinking Liminality Open Access Data), funded by F.R.S.-FNRS at UCLouvain (BE). It undertakes for the first time a comparative analysis of liminal areas in the territory of Volterra between the centuries 3rd BC-5th AD. Liminal areas need specific strategies to be controlled/inhabited because of their ‘marginality’ and their peculiar environmental features (springs, marshlands, mountains, etc.). Thus, they are crucial to detecting social interactions and understanding space organization strategies, perception, and identity formation. Among its goals, RELOAD intends to prompt a flexible approach to landscape complexity, overcome ‘barriers’ between the so-called ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ sciences, promote standardization of practices and reproducibility of results, and increase knowledge and data sharing. The main research question is: Could Northern Tuscany be considered a ‘Resilience’ or ‘Anti-fragility’ model? Together with the ‘traditional’ sources (literary texts, pottery, epigraphs), the project considers legacy data and integrates the open-access databases by Regione Toscana for historical cartography and toponymy. Through systematic field survey campaigns, new data will be acquired and managed through GIS. Applying Resilience and Anti-fragility concepts through Agent-Based Models is part of the broader debate about the benefits of integrating methods and theories from the socioeconomic/mathematical fields in archaeology. Simulation in NetLogo and an open-access WebGIS promote standardization of practices and reproducibility of results, emphasizing the crucial role of legacy data and the concept of ‘simplification’ in modelling: all this leads to reflect on the methodological choices and their impact on ancient landscapes reconstruction.
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European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting, Belfast, 30 August-2 September, 2023
The paper reconstructs the networks of patronage, friendship, and kinship for some elite groups o... more The paper reconstructs the networks of patronage, friendship, and kinship for some elite groups of Roman Etruria in the centuries of 2nd BCE – 5th CE. It aims to demonstrate that their patrimonies were based on agricultural production and trades relating to spices, frankincense, purple, marble ivory, ‘exotic’ beasts, etc. Despite the idea of the ‘corruption of trade’ conveyed by literary sources from the 2nd century BCE, ‘prestige
foods’ and ‘luxury goods’ were perceived as a must-have of the Roman lifestyle and in the first place among imported merchandise in the Italian Peninsula from the mid-1st century BCE. Unfortunately, the traces of these goods and, more importantly, of the dynamics of their trade are almost invisible at the archaeological level. However, an interdisciplinary approach integrating literary sources, epigraphy, prosopography, and
archaeological findings is crucial in lacking archaeobotanical data; network analysis can detect hidden clues. Any economic and commercial transaction was based on ‘trust’, and constructing a network would have been the safest solution to secure reliable partners for investments and share the risk entailed by a business. In this sense, the entrepreneurial attitude of elites from Roman Etruria caused them to rely also on
networks among individuals who shared the same social backgrounds, culture, and political ideology. The localization of archaeological findings, the identification of the trade agents acting for the protection of family interests and the supervision of negotia in the ports or cities of the Mediterranean lead to the investigation of the networks’ structural components and the related landscapes of power. The relationship between luxury goods and negative stereotypes of ethnic identity is a key to understanding the crucial role of elite groups from Roman Etruria at the core of such businesses, embedded in the ‘Roman’ lifestyle revolution.
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Ichotec 50th Annual Meeting, Tallin and Tartu, 14-17 August, 2023
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V Conferenza Nazionale di Public History (AIPH) Firenze, 6-10 giugno, 2023
L’intervento presenta RELOAD (REthinking Liminality Open Access Data), un nuovo progetto di rice... more L’intervento presenta RELOAD (REthinking Liminality Open Access Data), un nuovo progetto di ricerca finanziato dal FNRS presso l'Université Catholique de Louvain. Lo scopo è dimostrare come attraverso metodi d’indagine non invasivi e strumenti digitali, l'analisi dei paesaggi antichi promuove concretamente l’adozione di pratiche sostenibili in archeologia (Carman 2016). Il progetto evidenzia come l’indagine sugli spazi antichi porti non solo a riscoprire le complesse dinamiche uomo-ambiente, ma dimostra anche che l’uso di tecnologie digitali e metodi non invasivi sia strettamente connesso alla necessità di sviluppare prodotti di ricerca in modo sostenibile. Integrando i dati sulle aree 'marginali' della Toscana settentrionale, RELOAD intende dimostrare il loro ruolo centrale nella gestione dello spazio e nell'espressione delle identità locali tra la conquista romana e la tarda antichità. Infatti, le aree 'marginali', al confine tra i territori, che potevano anche svolgere la funzione di barriere fisiche data la presenza di caratteristiche geomorfologiche peculiari, o essere percepite come confini immaginari tra gruppi (Holm-Stene-Svensson 2009) sono fondamentali per comprendere le complesse dinamiche uomo-ambiente-identità (Renes 2022). Se le tracce archeologiche ci informano sui fenomeni socioculturali del passato, promuovere la conoscenza dei paesaggi storici attraverso la condivisione dei risultati della ricerca è una sfida primaria per il coinvolgimento della società contemporanea. In questo senso, RELOAD intende promuovere, grazie a una comunicazione adattata a vari livelli di pubblico, la sensibilizzazione relativa al ruolo pubblico dell'archeologia e l’importanza della valorizzazione del paesaggio in quanto depositario di identità culturali. In questo modo, grazie anche una più ampia collaborazione con le istituzioni locali, sarebbe possibile raggiungere una maggiore sostenibilità attraverso la cultura, come suggerito dall'Agenda 2030 delle Nazioni Unite (https://unric.org/en/united-nations-sustainabledevelopment-sustainable development-goals/).
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Landscape4. Una sintesi di elementi diacronici. Pianificazione e mondo antico: tra dogmi del passato e le interpretazioni recenti (Lecce, 25-26 maggio), 2023
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Identité ethnique et groupes sociaux chez les peuples de l’Italie préromaine: une approche multidisciplinaire (Louvain-la-Neuve, 23-24 mai), 2023
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5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTS AND HUMANITIES (Università degli Studi di Milano, 8-9 May 2023, 2023
‘Liminal Landscapes’ intended as boundary space between communities, but also as peripheral areas... more ‘Liminal Landscapes’ intended as boundary space between communities, but also as peripheral areas or sacred zones because of the presence of environmental features such as hot springs, forests, mountains etc., were meeting areas where the exchange of ideas, rituals, technologies, as well as the negotiation of identities took place. The paper analyzes the case study of Northern Tuscany between the centuries 3rd BC- 6th AD integrating literary sources, toponyms, epigraphy, and archaeological materials. The aim is to examine women’s crucial role in these areas to suggest new perspectives on religious identities related to elite family strategies in connection with human-environmental interaction.
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International Mediterranean Survey Workshop, 2023
RELOAD (REthinking Liminality Open Access Data) is a newly funded project by F.R.S.-FNRS at UCLou... more RELOAD (REthinking Liminality Open Access Data) is a newly funded project by F.R.S.-FNRS at UCLouvain that complements the current research projects by UCLouvain (M. Cavalieri) and Pisa University (S. Menchelli) in Northern Tuscany.
As an update of the previous IMSW (Fall 2022), this contribution will focus on goals, overall design, and sampling approach of the first survey campaign planned for Fall 2023. Updates about applying Agent Based Modelling and the Antifragility concept will be discussed by presenting a case study on settlement pattern evolution. We will stress the crucial role of legacy data and ‘simplification’ in modelling and simulation for the project implementation, reasoning about the impact of interpreting the results after the field survey.
Moreover, the communication strategy of the project will be presented, and a survey template will prompt participants to have feedback about the effectiveness of using different strategies/social media platforms from a specialized audience.
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International Mediterranean Survey Workshop, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 2-3 December, 2022
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Ichotec Annual Conference, 16 October, Ostrava University, 2022
Session 10 - “TO BE OR NOT TO BE.” SCHOLARS IN THE HUMANITIES INVESTIGATING
TECHNOLOGY-BASED AND ... more Session 10 - “TO BE OR NOT TO BE.” SCHOLARS IN THE HUMANITIES INVESTIGATING
TECHNOLOGY-BASED AND TECHNOLOGY-GENERATED DECISIONS. HOW TO COPE WITH IDENTITY CRISIS
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28th EAA Annual Meeting, Budapest (31 august - 3 september), 2022
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4th ICSAH Conference Human Mobility and Cultural Identities through History, 19-20 May, 2022
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by LANDSCAPE UNA SINTESI DI ELEMENTI DIACRONICI, Davide Gangale Risoleo, Paolo Liverani, Maria Elisa Amadasi, Francesca Bindelli, Carlotta Borella, Alessandra Canale, Federica Carbotti, Margherita Casandra, Veronica Castignani, Francesca Francesconi, Valentina Limina, Sara Malavasi, Francesca D'Ambola, Michele Matteazzi, Giovanni Polizzi, Matteo Rivoli, Sofia Vagnuzzi, Letizia Aldrovandi, Jessica Tomasi, Giacomo Sigismondo, and Francesca D'Ambola La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante ris... more La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020. La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livello di consapevolezza ecologica delle società antiche ed evidenziando quali sono state le scelte politiche ed economiche attuate tenendo in considerazione la componente ambientale. Il convegno, organizzato in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna e la Consulta di Topografia Antica, si terrà tra il 5 ed il 6 maggio 2022 a Bologna e Ravenna.
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Second International Conference on the Military History of the Mediterranean Sea, Ibn Haldun University-Byzantine Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 16-18 Semptember, 2021
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foods’ and ‘luxury goods’ were perceived as a must-have of the Roman lifestyle and in the first place among imported merchandise in the Italian Peninsula from the mid-1st century BCE. Unfortunately, the traces of these goods and, more importantly, of the dynamics of their trade are almost invisible at the archaeological level. However, an interdisciplinary approach integrating literary sources, epigraphy, prosopography, and
archaeological findings is crucial in lacking archaeobotanical data; network analysis can detect hidden clues. Any economic and commercial transaction was based on ‘trust’, and constructing a network would have been the safest solution to secure reliable partners for investments and share the risk entailed by a business. In this sense, the entrepreneurial attitude of elites from Roman Etruria caused them to rely also on
networks among individuals who shared the same social backgrounds, culture, and political ideology. The localization of archaeological findings, the identification of the trade agents acting for the protection of family interests and the supervision of negotia in the ports or cities of the Mediterranean lead to the investigation of the networks’ structural components and the related landscapes of power. The relationship between luxury goods and negative stereotypes of ethnic identity is a key to understanding the crucial role of elite groups from Roman Etruria at the core of such businesses, embedded in the ‘Roman’ lifestyle revolution.
As an update of the previous IMSW (Fall 2022), this contribution will focus on goals, overall design, and sampling approach of the first survey campaign planned for Fall 2023. Updates about applying Agent Based Modelling and the Antifragility concept will be discussed by presenting a case study on settlement pattern evolution. We will stress the crucial role of legacy data and ‘simplification’ in modelling and simulation for the project implementation, reasoning about the impact of interpreting the results after the field survey.
Moreover, the communication strategy of the project will be presented, and a survey template will prompt participants to have feedback about the effectiveness of using different strategies/social media platforms from a specialized audience.
TECHNOLOGY-BASED AND TECHNOLOGY-GENERATED DECISIONS. HOW TO COPE WITH IDENTITY CRISIS
foods’ and ‘luxury goods’ were perceived as a must-have of the Roman lifestyle and in the first place among imported merchandise in the Italian Peninsula from the mid-1st century BCE. Unfortunately, the traces of these goods and, more importantly, of the dynamics of their trade are almost invisible at the archaeological level. However, an interdisciplinary approach integrating literary sources, epigraphy, prosopography, and
archaeological findings is crucial in lacking archaeobotanical data; network analysis can detect hidden clues. Any economic and commercial transaction was based on ‘trust’, and constructing a network would have been the safest solution to secure reliable partners for investments and share the risk entailed by a business. In this sense, the entrepreneurial attitude of elites from Roman Etruria caused them to rely also on
networks among individuals who shared the same social backgrounds, culture, and political ideology. The localization of archaeological findings, the identification of the trade agents acting for the protection of family interests and the supervision of negotia in the ports or cities of the Mediterranean lead to the investigation of the networks’ structural components and the related landscapes of power. The relationship between luxury goods and negative stereotypes of ethnic identity is a key to understanding the crucial role of elite groups from Roman Etruria at the core of such businesses, embedded in the ‘Roman’ lifestyle revolution.
As an update of the previous IMSW (Fall 2022), this contribution will focus on goals, overall design, and sampling approach of the first survey campaign planned for Fall 2023. Updates about applying Agent Based Modelling and the Antifragility concept will be discussed by presenting a case study on settlement pattern evolution. We will stress the crucial role of legacy data and ‘simplification’ in modelling and simulation for the project implementation, reasoning about the impact of interpreting the results after the field survey.
Moreover, the communication strategy of the project will be presented, and a survey template will prompt participants to have feedback about the effectiveness of using different strategies/social media platforms from a specialized audience.
TECHNOLOGY-BASED AND TECHNOLOGY-GENERATED DECISIONS. HOW TO COPE WITH IDENTITY CRISIS
Moving to a new landscape or settling within a different community activated the need to affirm one’s identity. Thus, it is evident that mobility had a crucial impact on the multifaced dynamics of identity formation in the Roman world. Identities coexisted were displayed at different levels and continuously negotiated depending on political or societal contexts, following specific strategies. That is why it is crucial to understand how identities were created and displayed in specific landscapes. At the end of the Roman Republic, multiple movements across the Mediterranean were attested concerning phenomena such as the civil wars (between Marius, Sulla and their supporters, 88-81 BCE; opposing Caesar to Pompey’s factions, 49-46 BCE) and the colonization under Caesar (59-44 BCE) and Octavian Augustus (31 BCE-14 CE). Then, the dispersion of people, the rapid growth of pronouncements about the fixity of individuals, the importance of sustaining traditions and the naturalness of ethnic boundaries are progressively attested in literary sources. Changes in the epigraphic habit of euergetism document the efforts of creating textual records to advertise an individual’s wealth and make a permanent link with the site. The selected chronological period appears crucial to examine the complex relations between mobility, landscape, and identities.
In conclusion, the paper argues that it is possible to deepen the interpretation of hybrid/discrepant identities in the Roman world, referring to them as fragile, resilient, or antifragile. Thus, it would be possible to provide some alternative perspectives on identity negotiation and display for those at the ‘margins’ of the Roman world.
reti di clientela, amicizia, parentela alla base di tali affari spesso invisibili a livello archeologico.
The paper proposes a political interpretation of the reliefs depicting the sieges of Troy and Thebes on a group of eight funerary urns produced in Volterra in the first quarter of the 1st century BC. The goal is to demonstrate that clients, members of the city elite, chose to have on their urns particular elements of the two myths, linked to the themes of fratricide and deception. These reflected the lack of cohesion at Volterra, torn by the supporters of Marius and those of Sulla, during the siege of the city (81-79 BC). The Etruscan elites, endowed with a deep collective self-consciousness, perceived as extremely serious the loss of cohesion among the leading families, a phenomenon became striking on the civil war of the years 83-82 BC., and after the proscriptions (82-81 BC). The lost internal cohesion at Volterra would have contributed, for the most traditionalists among the Etruscans, to the end of their people.
Keywords: funerary urn, mythological relief, civil war, siege of Volterra, etruscan identity, Late Roman Republic
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