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Modelling terrestrial route networks to understand inter-polity interactions (southern Etruria, 950-500 BC)

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    Identificador: imarina:5874001
    Autores:
    Prignano LMorer IFulminante FLozano S
    Resumen:
    © 2019 Ancient regional routes were vital for interactions between settlements and deeply influenced the development of past societies and their “complexification”. At the same time, since any transportation infrastructure needs some level of inter-settlement cooperation to be established, they can also be regarded as an epiphenomenon of social interactions at the regional scale. Here, we propose to analyze ancient pathway networks to understand the organization of cities and villages located in a certain territory, attempting to clarify whether such organization existed and if so, how it functioned. To address such a question, we chose a quantitative approach. Adopting network science as a general framework, by means of formal models, we try to identify how the collective effort that produced the terrestrial infrastructure was directed and organized. We selected a paradigmatic case study: Iron Age southern Etruria, a very well-studied context, with detailed archaeological information about settlement patterns and an established tradition of studies on terrestrial transportation routes, perfectly suitable for testing new techniques. The results of the modelling suggest that a balanced coordinated decision-making process was shaping the route network in Etruria, a scenario which correlates well with the picture elaborated by different scholars using a more traditional technique.
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    Autor según el artículo: Prignano L; Morer I; Fulminante F; Lozano S
    Departamento: Història i Història de l'Art
    Autor/es de la URV: Lozano Pérez, Sergio
    Palabras clave: Settlement hierarchy Roads Patterns Middle bronze Mesopotamia
    Resumen: © 2019 Ancient regional routes were vital for interactions between settlements and deeply influenced the development of past societies and their “complexification”. At the same time, since any transportation infrastructure needs some level of inter-settlement cooperation to be established, they can also be regarded as an epiphenomenon of social interactions at the regional scale. Here, we propose to analyze ancient pathway networks to understand the organization of cities and villages located in a certain territory, attempting to clarify whether such organization existed and if so, how it functioned. To address such a question, we chose a quantitative approach. Adopting network science as a general framework, by means of formal models, we try to identify how the collective effort that produced the terrestrial infrastructure was directed and organized. We selected a paradigmatic case study: Iron Age southern Etruria, a very well-studied context, with detailed archaeological information about settlement patterns and an established tradition of studies on terrestrial transportation routes, perfectly suitable for testing new techniques. The results of the modelling suggest that a balanced coordinated decision-making process was shaping the route network in Etruria, a scenario which correlates well with the picture elaborated by different scholars using a more traditional technique.
    Áreas temáticas: Saúde coletiva Química Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Odontología Medicina veterinaria Medicina ii Materiais Interdisciplinar History Historia Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geociências Engenharias ii Engenharias i Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências agrárias i Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Anthropology
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: sergio.lozano@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-1895-9327
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-06-15
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440318306630
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Journal Of Archaeological Science. 105 46-58
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Prignano L; Morer I; Fulminante F; Lozano S (2019). Modelling terrestrial route networks to understand inter-polity interactions (southern Etruria, 950-500 BC). Journal Of Archaeological Science, 105(), 46-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2019.02.007
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.jas.2019.02.007
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2019
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Anthropology,Archaeology,Archeology,Archeology (Arts and Humanities),Geosciences, Multidisciplinary,History
    Settlement hierarchy
    Roads
    Patterns
    Middle bronze
    Mesopotamia
    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia
    Odontología
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina ii
    Materiais
    Interdisciplinar
    History
    Historia
    Geosciences, multidisciplinary
    Geociências
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências agrárias i
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Astronomia / física
    Archeology (arts and humanities)
    Archeology
    Archaeology
    Antropologia / arqueologia
    Anthropology
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