Ways of Life in the Megapolis: Miletus in a long term perspective

大都市的生活方式：长期视角下的米利都

• 批准号: 430624940
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Christof Berns
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Antiken Mittelmeerraumes
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/430624940?language=en
• 关键词: Ways; Life; Megapolis; Miletus; long

Miletus on the west coast of Turkey was a major megapolis of the ancient Mediterranean. It represents an important place for archaeological settlement research. The site allows us to trace exemplarily the development of an extremely big and widely linked city. However, previous investigations were concentrated either on parts of Bronze Age and Archaic Miletus or on the monumental centre of the post-classical city. The goal of the current project, on the reverse, is to open up the dynamics of settlement development away from the central public spaces in a long-term perspective from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Roman Empire (around 1400 BCE to 400 CE). In cooperation between ENS Paris and UHH Hamburg, the specific way of life in a megapolis will be explored on three levels: The houses with their immediate neighbourhood, the overarching settlement structure, as well as the relationships to the surrounding area. Due to the lack of modern development of the city area, excellent prerequisites exist for the application of a broad, interdisciplinary spectrum of archaeological methods, which, depending on the respective problems, allows a differentiated access to the findings. Based on the results of the geophysical surveys undertaken in Miletus in previous years, we will make targeted soundings throughout the city to reconstruct the spatial and temporal dynamics of settlement development, and we will excavate detailed neighbourhood contexts understood as case studies of private space. In the analysis of the find material, we will take into account the entire house inventory as well as animal and plant remains. Data from older excavations of house contexts will provide additional information. A GIS will integrate the various sets of data, which can be supplemented by the already existing results of geomorphological research with its reconstruction of the Milesian coastline and a digital terrain model that is actually under construction. All data is provided via a geoserver with graduated access options for project participants, interested colleagues and the general public. The results of the project will be published in the form of an extensive monograph. Overall, the project will help to expand and specify our idea of the ways of life in an ancient megapolis on the example of Miletus.

位于土耳其西海岸的米利都是古代地中海的一个主要大都市。它是考古聚落研究的重要场所。该网站允许我们模范地追踪一个极其庞大和联系广泛的城市的发展。然而，之前的调查要么集中在青铜时代的部分地区和古老的米利都，要么集中在这座后古典城市的纪念碑中心。相反，当前项目的目标是从青铜时代晚期到罗马帝国末期(约公元前1400年至公元前400年)，从长期的角度揭示远离中心公共空间的聚落发展的动态。在ENS Paris和Uhh Hamburg的合作下，将在三个层面上探索特大城市的具体生活方式：房屋及其邻近地区、主要的住区结构以及与周围地区的关系。由于缺乏城市地区的现代发展，广泛的、跨学科的考古方法的应用具有极好的先决条件，这取决于各自的问题，允许有区别地获取研究结果。根据前几年在米利都进行的地球物理调查结果，我们将在全市进行有针对性的探测，以重建聚落发展的空间和时间动态，并挖掘被视为私人空间个案研究的详细邻里环境。在分析发现的材料时，我们将考虑整个房屋库存以及动植物遗骸。对房屋背景的较早发掘的数据将提供更多信息。地理信息系统将整合各种数据集，并通过重建Milesian海岸线和实际正在建设的数字地形模型来补充已有的地貌研究成果。所有数据都通过Geoserver提供，并为项目参与者、感兴趣的同事和公众提供分级访问选项。该项目的成果将以内容广泛的专著形式出版。总体而言，该项目将有助于扩展和明确我们对古代大都市生活方式的看法，以米利都为例。