Emerging distribution networks of Roman pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean: the sigillata clay lamps of Proconsular Africa

This paper surveys the use of Network Science, especially the role of Archaeological Networks to the study of Archeology and Ancient History. Network thinking and network science are valuable methodologies and analytical techniques to apply to the study clay lamps in the framework of Roman economy....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marcio Teixeira Bastos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de São Paulo 2019-01-01
Series:Heródoto
Subjects:
Online Access:https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/herodoto/article/view/1221
_version_ 1818021769135521792
author Marcio Teixeira Bastos
author_facet Marcio Teixeira Bastos
author_sort Marcio Teixeira Bastos
collection DOAJ
description This paper surveys the use of Network Science, especially the role of Archaeological Networks to the study of Archeology and Ancient History. Network thinking and network science are valuable methodologies and analytical techniques to apply to the study clay lamps in the framework of Roman economy. The recent application of network analysis in Antiquity and Archaeology has demonstrated that there are a variety of approaches to recognizing network patterns or thinking about phenomena as products of networked processes. Provincial connectivity is one of the most debated aspects of Roman economics, and ceramic consumption patterns in the interior and coastal regions of Africa Proconsularis have proven to be very different. The dominant tendency to turn to the communities formed and structured around native identities, especially those based in the major urban centers and larger areas, seems to establish itself as an argument for the economy and exchanges of the Roman Empire. This types of networks helped to spread ideas and religious symbols through clay lamps. Africa Proconsular demonstrates evidence that the ceramic workshops emerged as networks in order to established themselves seeking to meet the Mediterranean demand and religious consumption.
first_indexed 2024-04-14T08:22:22Z
format Article
id doaj.art-ad888843614146eab72d1b3730528097
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2448-2609
language English
last_indexed 2024-04-14T08:22:22Z
publishDate 2019-01-01
publisher Universidade Federal de São Paulo
record_format Article
series Heródoto
spelling doaj.art-ad888843614146eab72d1b37305280972022-12-22T02:04:10ZengUniversidade Federal de São PauloHeródoto2448-26092019-01-013210.31669/herodoto.v3n2.13Emerging distribution networks of Roman pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean: the sigillata clay lamps of Proconsular AfricaMarcio Teixeira Bastos0Universidade Estadual PaulistaThis paper surveys the use of Network Science, especially the role of Archaeological Networks to the study of Archeology and Ancient History. Network thinking and network science are valuable methodologies and analytical techniques to apply to the study clay lamps in the framework of Roman economy. The recent application of network analysis in Antiquity and Archaeology has demonstrated that there are a variety of approaches to recognizing network patterns or thinking about phenomena as products of networked processes. Provincial connectivity is one of the most debated aspects of Roman economics, and ceramic consumption patterns in the interior and coastal regions of Africa Proconsularis have proven to be very different. The dominant tendency to turn to the communities formed and structured around native identities, especially those based in the major urban centers and larger areas, seems to establish itself as an argument for the economy and exchanges of the Roman Empire. This types of networks helped to spread ideas and religious symbols through clay lamps. Africa Proconsular demonstrates evidence that the ceramic workshops emerged as networks in order to established themselves seeking to meet the Mediterranean demand and religious consumption.https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/herodoto/article/view/1221Network ScienceArchaeological NetworksClassicsAfrica Proconsularis.
spellingShingle Marcio Teixeira Bastos
Emerging distribution networks of Roman pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean: the sigillata clay lamps of Proconsular Africa
Heródoto
Network Science
Archaeological Networks
Classics
Africa Proconsularis.
title Emerging distribution networks of Roman pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean: the sigillata clay lamps of Proconsular Africa
title_full Emerging distribution networks of Roman pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean: the sigillata clay lamps of Proconsular Africa
title_fullStr Emerging distribution networks of Roman pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean: the sigillata clay lamps of Proconsular Africa
title_full_unstemmed Emerging distribution networks of Roman pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean: the sigillata clay lamps of Proconsular Africa
title_short Emerging distribution networks of Roman pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean: the sigillata clay lamps of Proconsular Africa
title_sort emerging distribution networks of roman pottery in the ancient mediterranean the sigillata clay lamps of proconsular africa
topic Network Science
Archaeological Networks
Classics
Africa Proconsularis.
url https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/herodoto/article/view/1221
work_keys_str_mv AT marcioteixeirabastos emergingdistributionnetworksofromanpotteryintheancientmediterraneanthesigillataclaylampsofproconsularafrica