Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) methods have been increasingly used in various shallow depth archaeological prospections in the last few decades. These non‐invasive techniques can save time, ...costs, and efforts in archaeological prospection and yield detailed images of subsurface anomalies. We present the results of quasi‐three‐dimensional (3D) ERT measurements in an area of a presumed Roman construction, using a dense electrode network of parallel and orthogonal profiles in dipole–dipole configuration. A roll‐along technique has been utilized to cover a large part of the archaeological site with a 25 cm electrode and profile spacing, respectively. We have designed a new field procedure, which used an electrode array fixed in a frame. This facilitated a very efficient field operation, and overall a total of 9648 electrode positions were occupied. The 3D ERT inversion results clearly characterize the main structures of the Roman foundations. We compared our high‐resolution 3D electrical resistivity model with findings from archaeological excavations, which have been done in some parts of the surveyed area. The ERT result coincide well with the excavation results, i.e. the location as well as the vertical and horizontal extensions of the structures could be precisely imaged. The ERT results successfully images most parts of the walls, pits and also smaller internal structures of the Roman building; moreover, excavation ditches that had been refilled prior to the ERT survey are delineated as resistivity heterogeneities as well.
Culture and Society at Lullingstone Roman Villa paints a picture of what life might have been like for the inhabitants of the villa in the late third and fourth centuries AD. The villa today, in the ...Darent Valley, Kent, has an unusual amount of well-preserved evidence for its interior decoration and architecture. Seventy years on from the commencement of the excavation of the site, this study draws on the original reports but also embraces innovative approaches to examining the archaeological evidence and sheds new light on our understanding of the villa's use. For the first time, the site of Lullingstone Roman Villa is surveyed holistically, developing a plausible argument that the inhabitants used domestic space to assert their status and cultural identity.
An exploration of the landscape setting asks whether property location was as important a factor in the time of Roman Britain as it is today and probes the motives of the villa's architects and their client. Lullingstone's celebrated mosaics are also investigated from a fresh perspective. Why were these scenes chosen and what impact did they have on various visitors to the villa? Comparison with some contemporary Romano-British villas allows us to assess whether Lullingstone is what we would expect, or whether it is exceptional. Examples from the wider Roman world are also introduced to enquire how Lullingstone's residents adopted Roman architecture and potentially the social customs which accompanied it.
Geophysical prospection techniques are widely used to visualize the buried past. Various methods such as magnetometry, electric resistance mapping and electric resistivity tomography and ground ...penetrating radar yield different results. The use of all three techniques in combination with aerial photography interpretation and pedological mapping is highly effective, but it requires a multi-layer approach. This paper presents such a multi-layer approach carried out at a site with buried remnants of a Roman
villa rustica in southern Germany. The integration of the various results into a geographical information system leads to a geocodation of all outcomes and a final archaeological interpretation. Several buildings in different states of preservation, different kinds of ground floors both with and without hypocausts, perimeter walls and kilns could all be detected. The soil mapping results helped in the geophysical interpretation by outsourcing soil erosion and accumulation areas. It is shown that none of the employed methods could have supplied all the compiled information on their own, and the strengths and weaknesses of each method is discussed in order to point out the implications for archaeologists.
Predijalnim toponimima nazivaju se rimski i ranoromanski toponimi izvedeni od osobnoga imena vlasnika posjeda, obično karakterističnim sufiksom ‐(i)anus/‐(i)ana. U hrvatskoj toponimiji predijalni se ...toponimi ubrajaju u predslavenski sloj. Predijalni su toponimi u doba nastanka obično imenovali ruralna naselja, odnosno naselja manje važnosti, pa ne čudi da su u antičkim vrelima rijet-ko posvjedočeni, tj. da su prve potvrde predijalnih toponima razmjerno kasne. U radu se raspravlja o toponimima na zadarskome području za koje je u literaturi prihvaćeno mišljenje da su predijalnoga postanja. Takvi su suvremeni toponimi Bibinje, Bošana (Biograd), Bošana (Pag), Lukoran, Mrljane, Neviđane, Pašman, Povljana, Ugljan te povijesni toponim Flaveico. Osim njih, u radu se obrađuju i drugi toponimi za koje je u literaturi pretpostavljeno predijalno podrijetlo, npr. Kolan, Žigljan, Čeprljanda, Suisgian, Pagnana. Prva potvrda svakoga od tih toponima potječe iz razdoblja nakon dolaska Slavena na ova područja. Onomastičkom analizom navedenih toponima pokušava se ustanoviti je li uopće riječ o predslavenskome toponimu i je li riječ o predijalnome toponimu, zatim koji je (latinski) antroponim u osnovi predijalnoga toponima te u koje je doba lik toponima posuđen u hrvatski i kako je tekao njegov glasovni razvoj
This edited volume presents a synthesis of recent research on villas and villa landscapes in the northern provinces of the Roman world. It offers an original, multi-dimensional perspective on the ...social, economic and cultural functioning of villas within the context of the Roman empire. Themes discussed include the economic basis of villa dominated landscapes, rural slavery, town-country dynamics, the role of monumental burials in villa landscapes, and self-representation and lifestyle of villa owners. This study offers a major contribution to the comparative research of villa landscapes and the phenomenon of regionality in Roman rural landscapes.Amsterdam Archaeological Studies is a series devoted to the study of past human societies from the prehistory up into modern times, primarily based on the study of archaeological remains. The series will include excavation reports of modern fieldwork; studies of categories of material culture; and synthesising studies with broader images of past societies, thereby contributing to the theoretical and methodological debates in archaeology.
Kaštelanski zaljev jasno je definiran geografski prostor između Solina i Trogira, a u rimsko doba zasigurno je bio gusto naseljen. Na njegovim obalama nalazio se niz gospodarskih posjeda (lat. villae ...rusticae), među kojima se ističe onaj na današnjem Trsteniku u Kaštel Sućurcu, u neposrednoj blizini antičke Salone. Slučajni nalaz 2002. godine ukazao je na postojanje djelomično potopljenoga rimskog gospodarskog kompleksa s očuvanom obalnom konstrukcijom izrađenom od dasaka postavljenih »na nož« i drvenih pilona, velikim perforiranim dolijem i nekoliko skupina globularnih hispanskih amfora tipa Dressel 20. Istraživanjem
provedenim 2006. godine ušlo se u trag rimskom brodu, ispunjenom kamenjem i namjerno potopljenom u funkciji sanduka kojim je bila učvršćena operativna obala. Iskopavanje broda provedeno je 2007., 2015. i 2020. godine, a tijekom posljednjeg istraživanja pronađena su još dva broda iskorištena na isti način.
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