Ancient Lines in the Landscape: A Geo-Archaeological Study of Protohistoric and Roman Roads and Field Systems in Northwestern Gaul - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9042909919 ISBN 13 : 9789042909915

Editeur : Peeters Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

In recent decades, archaeological research in north-west Europe has developed a keen interest in the total landscape that was inhabited and used by man in ancient times. The present study of palaeo-landscapes constitutes an important contribution to the reconstruction of the morphology of protohistoric and Roman landscapes. By means of combined geo-archaeological methods and computer technology researchers from Ghent University have tried to understand the structure of pre-medieval landscape of northwestern Gaul. Intensive use of remote sensing techniques and the application of a Geographic Information System, combined with more traditional fieldwork and analysis, open the way to a new approach of man's delineated environment during the early formation stage of the European landscape. Although the authors have tested this new approach only in a restricted region of the Roman Empire, it can easily be applied in most other parts of the Classical World. As such this well-illustrated book not only presents a detailed account of innovative investigations on early landscape structures in parts of modern France, Belgium and the Netherlands, it also procures a concise methodological contribution to early historical landscape research in general.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peeters Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9042909919
• ISBN 13: 9789042909915
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 226
• Éditeur: Vermeulen F., Antrop M.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible