Navigable canals in deltaic environments during the Roman period: deciphering location patterns
| Autor: | Ferreol Salomon, Corinne Rousse |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Image, Ville, Environnement (LIVE), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Centre Camille Jullian - Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité (CCJ), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), A. Lasheras, J. Ruiz de Arbulo, P. Terrado Ortuño, Salomon, Ferréol |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [SHS.GEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography Mediterranean River deltas [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society Roman period Ancient canals Ancient harbours [SHS.ENVIR] Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies [SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies [SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences [SDE.ES] Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society Geoarchaeology |
| Zdroj: | Ports Romans. Arqueologia dels sistemes portuaris. Actes V Congrés Internacional d’Arqueologia i Món Antic Tarraco Biennal, 24-27/11/2021 A. Lasheras; J. Ruiz de Arbulo; P. Terrado Ortuño. Ports Romans. Arqueologia dels sistemes portuaris. Actes V Congrés Internacional d’Arqueologia i Món Antic Tarraco Biennal, 24-27/11/2021, Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica; Universitat Rovira i Virgili, pp.173-195, 2022, 978-84-125214-1-2 HAL |
| Popis: | International audience; Navigable canals contribute to the improvement of connectivity between marine, coastal and inland waterways networks. This paper questions the location of active canals during the Roman period in relation to their archaeological and geographical contexts in which they were excavated. During the Roman period, literary and archaeological evidence reveal that most of the canals were dug in lowlands, coastal plains, and especially in river deltas. Locally, canals connected fluvial and/or coastal port-cities to inland waterways and maritime routes (e.g. Ostia-Portus, Ravenna, Aquileia, Alexandria). Additionally, some canals could have had a regional relevance in interconnecting fluvio-coastal port systems or possibly organising wider port systems. We identified three types of coastal settings that hosted regional projects of canals or actual constructed canals: (1) river deltas with the Nile delta as the archetype; (2) overlapping or contiguous deltaic plains similar to the Northern Adriatic coastal plain; and (3) separated coastal or deltaic plains, categories in which most of the Mediterranean port systems fit, especially the coastal port system of Rome. This paper explores the potential of these fluvio-coastal landscapes in which canals may have contributed in establishing interconnected port systems. |
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