Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Rethinking Resources: Integrating Natural Resource Sites into the Landscapes of Roman Anatolia

Bradley M.Sekedat将与中央Lydia考古调查(CLAS)合作，在John F.Cherry博士的监督下，研究土耳其Lydia中部的大理石和石灰石采石场，以了解罗马时期(公元1-5世纪)资源开采的社会动态。土耳其西部的中心利迪亚是公元前7世纪到公元前5世纪的一个具有重要政治意义的地区，在古代以其财富和对高质量大理石和黄金等珍贵资源的控制而闻名。塞克达特的项目旨在收集和分析来自小型采石场的数据，这些数据将决定社区与这些资源点之间互动的性质。尽管有大量关于罗马时期采石场的学术研究，但这些研究通常仅限于理解国家对帝国所有的大型采石场的控制，这些采石场的产品在地中海各地运输。MISTING讨论的是散布在安纳托利亚地貌上的更普通、记录较少、但几乎无处不在的小规模采石场。对这些生产地点的研究很重要，因为它解决了罗马政治和经济结构中被忽视的一个方面；即，对大理石和石灰石采石场的研究，解决了农村社区和资源点之间的日常互动，将采石场视为社会互动的场所。在这个意义上，了解社区层面与采石场的接触可以提供对罗马社会和经济实践的复杂性的更深层次的理解。该项目重点关注位于利迪亚中部的已知大理石和石灰石采石场，作为这些问题的案例研究。确定采石是否与其他日常活动(如手工艺生产、仪式实践，甚至是家庭活动)一起进行，并确定来自小型采石场的石头的最终分配情况，将有助于了解这些地方在多大程度上是农村社区的综合要素，而不是大型经济结构的孤立组成部分。由于该项目侧重于对采石场的全面、地区性的了解，该研究是多方面的，将密集的测绘和文物收集与石块的物理和化学性质分析结合在一起。该项目还旨在对当地和国际社区产生更广泛的影响。计划与博物馆、考古学家和当地石匠合作，分享知识和资源，并制定计划，保护现代活动地区的古代采石场面貌。公开演讲将在社区环境和学术会议上进行，以吸引对该地区感兴趣的学术和非学术受众。该项目还将促进对Sekedat先生和参加Clas的其他研究生和本科生进行密集绘图和科学分析方面的培训。将制作和维护一个网站，用于传播数据和与学术界和非学术界进行公开对话，而参加会议和在同行评审的期刊上发表文章将吸引国际学术界的参与。

In collaboration with the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey (CLAS), and under the supervision of Dr. John F. Cherry, Bradley M. Sekedat will examine the marble and limestone quarries of central Lydia, Turkey, in order to understand the social dynamics of resource extraction during the Roman period (1st-5th centuries CE). Central Lydia in western Turkey, a politically significant region from the 7th century BCE to 5th century CE, was notable in antiquity for its wealth and control of precious resources, such as high quality marble and gold. Mr. Sekedat's project is designed to collect and analyze data from small-scale quarries that will determine the nature of community interaction with these resource sites.Although a great deal of scholarship exists on Roman period quarrying, these studies are typically limited to the understanding of state control of large-scale, imperially owned, quarries whose products moved throughout the Mediterranean. Missing is a discussion of the more modest and poorly documented, but nearly ubiquitous, small-scale quarries that dot the Anatolian landscape. A study of these production sites is important because it addresses an overlooked aspect of Roman political and economic structures; namely, a study of marble and limestone quarries which addresses the daily interaction between rural communities and resource sites, viewing quarries as places of social interaction. In this sense, understanding community level engagement with a quarry can provide a deeper understanding of the complexity of Roman social and economic practices. This project focuses on known marble and limestone quarries in central Lydia as case studies for these concerns. Determining whether stone extraction happened in conjunction with other daily activities (such as craft production, ritual practice, and even household activity), and determining the ultimate distribution of stone from small-scale quarries will shed light on the extent to which such places were integrated elements of rural communities rather than isolated components of large-scale economic structures. Because this project focuses on an integrated, regional understanding of quarries, the study is multi-component, combining intensive mapping and artifact collection with analysis of the physical and chemical properties of the stone.The project also aims for broader impacts that reach local and international communities. Collaboration is planned with museums, archaeologists and local stonemasons to share knowledge and resources and to develop plans for the preservation of ancient quarry faces in areas of modern activity. Public presentations will occur in both community settings and scholarly conferences to involve academic and nonacademic audiences with interest in the region. The project will also facilitate the training of Mr. Sekedat and other graduate and undergraduate students participating in CLAS in intensive mapping and scientific analysis. A website will be produced and maintained for the dissemination of data and for open dialogue with academic and non-academic communities, while participation in conferences and publication in peer reviewed journals will engage the international scholarly community.