Reflections on an environmental history of resistance
| Autor: | Barreveld, J., Klinkenberg, V., Oosten, R. van, Driel-Murray, C. van |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Klinkenberg, V., Oosten, R. van, Driel-Murray, C. van |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia, 153-165. Leiden: Sidestone Press STARTPAGE=153;ENDPAGE=165;TITLE=Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia |
| Popis: | Ecologically and politically peripheral areas, such as mountains, deserts and marshes have often been seen as zones of resistance against the encroaching state. At first sight, the mountainous uplands and the desert fringe of North Africa seem to be such an area of resistance: in the Late Roman and Byzantine period, the Atlas Mountains and the Tripolitanian Sahara were epicentres of indigenous revolt against the Roman state, particularly during the Moorish Wars c. 533-548 AD. The question is whether the physical geography truly determined a cultural antagonism between inland zones and the Mediterranean coast. Using evidence from survey archaeology, epigraphy and literary sources, this paper tests models on connectivity and resistance, disputing the simple opposition between an inland, indigenous world on the one hand, and a cosmopolitan , Mediterranean and Roman world on the other. Instead, evidence shows that the relationship between "Roman" and "native" was much more complex, entangled and ambivalent, despite the peripheral nature of the inland landscapes. The cultural landscape was determined as much by historical factors as environmental. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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