This book demonstrates the application of simulation modelling and network analysis techniques in the field of Roman studies. It summarizes and discusses the results of a 5-year research project carried out by the editors that aimed to apply spatial dynamical modelling to reconstruct and understand the socio-economic development of the Dutch part of the Roman frontier (limes) zone, in particular the agrarian economy and the related development of settlement patterns and transport networks in the area. The project papers are accompanied by invited chapters presenting case studies and reflections from other parts of the Roman Empire focusing on the themes of subsistence economy, demography, transport and mobility, and socio-economic networks in the Roman period.
The book shows the added value of state-of-the-art computer modelling techniques and bridges computational and conventional approaches. Topics that will be of particular interest to archaeologists are the question of (forced) surplus production, the demographic and economic effects of the Roman occupation on the local population, and the structuring of transport networks and settlement patterns. For modellers, issues of sensitivity analysis and validation of modelling results are specifically addressed. This book will appeal to students and researchers working in the computational humanities and social sciences, in particular, archaeology and ancient history.
Author(s): Philip Verhagen
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 339
Tags: Computational Humanities, Social Science, Archaeology, Ancient History
Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Finding the Limits of the Limes: Setting the Scene (Philip Verhagen, Jamie Joyce, Mark R. Groenhuijzen)....Pages 1-19
Front Matter ....Pages 21-21
Current Trends in Roman Demography and Empirical Approaches to the Dynamics of the Limes Populations (Isabelle Séguy)....Pages 23-41
Modelling the Dynamics of Demography in the Dutch Roman Limes Zone: A Revised Model (Philip Verhagen)....Pages 43-59
Broad and Coarse: Modelling Demography, Subsistence and Transportation in Roman England (Tyler Franconi, Chris Green)....Pages 61-75
A Different Vision of Ancient Settlement Dynamics: Creation and Application of a Model of Evolution of Roman Settlement of the Plateau Lorrain (France) (Antonin Nüsslein)....Pages 77-92
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The Economic Archaeology of Roman Economic Performance (Willem M. Jongman)....Pages 95-107
Modelling Agricultural Strategies in the Dutch Roman Limes via Agent-Based Modelling (ROMFARMS) (Jamie Joyce)....Pages 109-127
The Economy of Laetanian Wine: A Conceptual Framework to Analyse an Intensive/Specialized Winegrowing Production System and Trade (First Century BC to Third Century AD) (Antoni Martín i Oliveras, Víctor Revilla Calvo)....Pages 129-164
The Role of Forts in the Local Market System in the Lower Rhine: Towards a Method of Multiple Hypothesis Testing Through Comparative Modelling (Eli J. S. Weaverdyck)....Pages 165-190
A Multi-scalar Approach to Long-Term Dynamics, Spatial Relations and Economic Networks of Roman Secondary Settlements in Italy and the Ombrone Valley System (Southern Tuscany): Towards a Model? (Stefano Bertoldi, Gabriele Castiglia, Angelo Castrorao Barba)....Pages 191-214
Front Matter ....Pages 215-215
Modelling of Pathways and Movement Networks in Archaeology: An Overview of Current Approaches (Philip Verhagen, Laure Nuninger, Mark R. Groenhuijzen)....Pages 217-249
Palaeogeographic-Analysis Approaches to Transport and Settlement in the Dutch Part of the Roman Limes (Mark R. Groenhuijzen)....Pages 251-269
Network Analysis to Model and Analyse Roman Transport and Mobility (Pau de Soto)....Pages 271-289
Footprints and Cartwheels on a Pixel Road: On the Applicability of GIS for the Modelling of Ancient (Roman) Routes (César Parcero-Oubiña, Alejandro Güimil-Fariña, João Fonte, José Manuel Costa-García)....Pages 291-311
Rethinking Approaches for the Study of Urban Movement at Ostia (Katherine A. Crawford)....Pages 313-327
Back Matter ....Pages 329-337
