Reading the subtext - site location and settlement systems in roman Moesia
This paper argues that there is a political, social, economic or even historical substratum to the location and development of settlement that is significant to the diachronic understanding of settlement systems but may easily get neglected in favour of discussions of settlement hierarchy o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Balcanica |
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| Online Access: | https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2024/0350-76532455027D.pdf |
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| Summary: | This paper argues that there is a political, social, economic or even
historical substratum to the location and development of settlement that is
significant to the diachronic understanding of settlement systems but may
easily get neglected in favour of discussions of settlement hierarchy or
single events in settlement history. Hence, it postulates that the factors
for initial site location may not be the same as the factors for further
settlement development, and that said substratum should be explored to fully
grasp the reasons behind settlement dynamics. In doing so, it focuses on two
categories of sites - so-called bridge-sites at significant geographical
locations and legionary garrisons turned colonies. Settlements used as
examples are Horreum Margi, Naissus, Scupi, and Ratiaria in Moesia Superior. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-7653 2406-0801 |