Roman urban landscapes in Italy: an integrated approach
Roman urban landscapes in Italy: an integrated approach
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意大利的罗马城市景观：综合方法
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2006
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K. Strutt
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S. Keay;S. Hay;K. Strutt
虽然近年来一直很重视罗马省级景观和农村定居模式，但注意力现在开始转向罗马城镇遗址所提供的独特的方法论挑战。传统的考古学方法倾向于挖掘和研究单个结构，通常是公共建筑，或分析遗址的部分。虽然通过这种方式积累了许多有价值的信息，但本文的论点是，如果我们要更好地了解罗马城镇的特征，它们的动态以及与周围景观的关系，那么我们需要将它们理解为城市景观。近年来，地球物理学为我们理解罗马城镇做出了重要贡献（特别是Gaffney et al. 2000; Rodriguez Hidalgo et al 1999），尤其是在意大利，特别是皮罗和意大利国家委员会（CNR）所做的工作。然而，我们认为，地球物理调查在城市环境中的潜力尚未得到充分利用。特别是，我们认为，一系列的地球物理技术在更广泛的考古方法的整合，可以显着提高我们对罗马城市遗址的理解。本文的目的是非常简要地回顾英国学校在罗马与南安普顿和剑桥大学自1997年以来合作开展的这项工作的一些结果。
While there has been much emphasis upon Roman provincial landscapes and rural settlement patterns in recent years, attention is now beginning to turn towards the distinctive methodological challenge offered by Roman town sites. Traditional archaeological approaches have favoured the excavation and study of individual structures, usually public buildings, or the analysis of parts of sites. While much valuable information has been accumulated in this way, it is the contention of this paper that if we are to better understand the character of Roman towns, their dynamics and relationship to surrounding landscapes, then we need to understand them as urban landscapes. Geophysics has made an important contribution to our understanding of Roman towns in recent years (notably Gaffney et al. 2000; Rodriguez Hidalgo et al 1999) not least in Italy, notably the work undertaken by Piro and the Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerca (CNR). However, we believe that the potential of geophysical survey in urban contexts has not yet been fully exploited. In particular, we believe that the integration of a range of geophysical techniques within a broader archaeological approach can significantly enhance our understanding of Roman urban sites. The aim of this paper is to very briefly review some of the results of this work carried out by the British School at Rome in collaboration with the Universities of Southampton and Cambridge since 1997.