Finding the Limits of the Limes: Modelling Demography, Economy and Transport on the Edge of the Roman Empire (Computational Social Sciences)

Philip Verhagen, Jamie Joyce, Mark R. Groenhuijzen, Isabelle Seguy, Tyler Franconi, Chris Green, Antonin Nusslein, Willem M. Jongman, Antoni Martin i Oliveras, Victor Revilla Calvo, Eli J. S. Weaverdyck, Stefano Bertoldi, Gabriele Castiglia, Angelo Castrorao Barba, Laure Nuninger, Pau de Soto, Cesar Parcero-Oubina, Alejandro Guimil-Farina, Joao Fonte, Jose Manuel Costa-Garcia, and Katherine A. Crawford.

ISBN 10: 3030045757 / ISBN 13: 9783030045753

Published by Springer, 2019

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2019 Springer hardcover edition. Light reading wear, some waviness to top of pages else good condition.

Contents:

1. Finding the Limits of the Limes: Setting the Scene by Philip Verhagen, Jamie Joyce, and Mark R. Groenhuijzen,
2. Current Trends in Roman Demography and Empirical Approaches to the Dynamics of the Limes Populations by Isabelle Seguy,
3. Modelling the Dynamics of Demography in the Dutch Roman Limes Zone: A Revised Model by Philip Verhagen,
4. Broad and Coarse: Modelling Demography, Subsistence and Transportation in Roman England by Tyler Franconi and Chris Green,
5. A Different Vision of Ancient Settlement Dynamics: Creation and Application of a Model of Evolution of Roman Settlement of the Plateau Lorrain (France) by Antonin Nusslein,
6. The Economic Archaeology of Roman Economic Performance by Willem M. Jongman,
7. Modelling Agricultural Strategies in the Dutch Roman Limes via Agent-Based Modelling (ROMFARMS) by Jamie Joyce,
8. 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) by Antoni Martin i Oliveras and Victor Revilla Calvo,
9. The Role of Forts in the Local Market System in the Lower Rhine: Towards a Method of Multiple Hypothesis Testing Through Comparative Modelling by Eli J. S. Weaverdyck,
10. 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? by Stefano Bertoldi, Gabriele Castiglia, and Angelo Castrorao Barba,
11. Modelling of Pathways and Movement Networks in Archaeology: An Overview of Current Approaches by Philip Verhagen, Laure Nuninger, and Mark R. Groenhuijzen,
12. Palaeogeographic-Analysis Approaches to Transport and Settlement in the Dutch Part of the Roman Limes by Mark R. Groenhuijzen,
13. Network Analysis to Model and Analyse Roman Transport and Mobility by Pau de Soto,
14. Footprints and Cartwheels on a Pixel Road: On the Applicability of GIS for the Modelling of Ancient (Roman) Routes by Cesar Parcero-Oubina, Alejandro Guimil-Farina, Joao Fonte, and Jose Manuel Costa-Garcia,
15. Rethinking Approaches for the Study of Urban Movement at Ostia by Katherine A. Crawford.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Finding the Limits of the Limes: Modelling Demography, Economy and Transport on the Edge of the Roman Empire (Computational Social Sciences)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030045757
• ISBN 13: 9783030045753
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ancient World

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Synopsis

This open access 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.