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Archaeological investigations on the urban history of Meninx (Jerba)

对梅宁克斯（杰尔巴）城市历史的考古调查

基本信息

批准号：
264557697
负责人：
Professor Dr. Stefan Ritter
金额：
--
依托单位：
Sektion Geophysik
依托单位国家：
德国
项目类别：
Research Grants
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
德国
起止时间：
2013-12-31 至 2019-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/264557697?language=en
关键词：
Archaeological investigations urban history Meninx

项目摘要

The aim of our Tunisian-German project is to shed light on the urban history of Meninx, the largest ancient city on the island of Jerba. The special significance of this spacious seaport lies in the fact that it had been one of the main production centers of purple in the Mediterranean. Having existed at least since the 4th century BC, Meninx expanded considerably in the 2nd and 3rd century AD, and persisted into Late Antiquity. The impetus for our investigation was triggered by the results of a geophysical prospection conducted in 2015, during which a large area of the city was surveyed by means of magnetometry and which gave us, for the first time, insights into its urban structure. Emanating from this new data we are now going to focus on the urban history of Meninx. Starting from the surroundings of the Forum where the earliest settlement was situated, excavations will be conducted in some selected sanctuaries, commercial buildings and residential houses. We are particularly interested in the early settlement layers providing information on the previously unknown history of Meninx before the city was given a largely new structural design from the middle of the 2nd century AD onwards. To get a consistent picture of the diverse archaeological remains on the site, the excavations shall be accompanied by other investigations. We intend to continue the geophysical prospection to check the peripheral quarters of the city. And in accordance with the terrestrial prospection, we plan to conduct, for the first time at Meninx, underwater exploration, to investigate the structural remains off the modern shore, by which we also expect to gain new information on the harbor structures.As a result of these interrelated investigations, we intend to explore the extent to which the cultural geography and the specific economic role of Meninx are reflected in the structure of the city. This study will hopefully contribute to fill the topographical gap between the ancient cities on the Tunisian East Coast and the coastal cities of Tripolitania (Sabratha, Lepcis Magna), and to gain a better understanding of the important role that Meninx played, as an epicentre between the Mediterranean trading network and the opposite mainland with its trading routes leading into the Sahara.

我们的突尼斯-德国项目的目的是揭示杰尔巴岛上最大的古城梅宁克斯的城市历史。这个宽敞的海港的特殊意义在于它曾是地中海紫色的主要生产中心之一。至少从公元前4世纪就存在了，梅宁克斯在公元2世纪和3世纪大大扩展，并持续到古代晚期。2015年进行的一次地球物理勘探的结果触发了我们调查的动力，在此期间，通过磁力测量法对城市的大面积进行了调查，这使我们首次深入了解了其城市结构。从这些新的数据中，我们现在将重点关注Meninx的城市历史。从最早定居点所在的广场周围开始，将在一些选定的避难所、商业建筑和住宅中进行挖掘。我们特别感兴趣的是早期的定居层，这些定居层提供了梅宁克斯在公元2世纪中期开始进行新的结构设计之前的未知历史信息。为了对遗址上的各种考古遗迹有一个一致的了解，挖掘工作应伴随其他调查。我们打算继续进行地球物理勘探，检查城市的周边地区。根据陆地勘探，我们计划在Meninx首次进行水下勘探，调查现代海岸外的结构遗迹，我们也希望通过这些调查获得有关港口结构的新信息。我们打算探讨梅宁克斯的文化地理和特定的经济作用在城市结构中的反映程度。这项研究将有助于填补突尼斯东海岸的古城和的黎波里塔尼亚（Sabratha，Lepcis Magna）的沿海城市之间的地形差距，并更好地了解Meninx发挥的重要作用，作为地中海贸易网络和对面大陆之间的震中，其贸易路线通往撒哈拉沙漠。