Tuesday, September 17, 2019

PROMARE: Promoting Marine Research and Exploration

 [First psoted in AWOL 28 February 2013, updated 17 September 2019]

PROMARE: Promoting Marine Research and Exploration
Established in 2001 to promote marine research and exploration throughout the world, Promare is a non-profit corporation and public charity, 501(c)(3).
Our team of experienced archaeologists and marine professionals execute a variety of research projects independently and in concert with academic, corporate, public, and governmental organizations and agencies that are designed to advance man’s knowledge of history and science.
Contact us to support our mission and join our exploration.
Mediterranean
Ionian Sea
Italy
 Pianosa
 Elba
 Capraia
 Latium
 Lake Garda
 Calabria
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Greece
Malta
Turkey
 Bozburun Archaic Wreck
Hisaronu Bronze Age Shipwreck
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Live Stream: Economies of the Edge. Frontier Zone Processes at Regional, Imperial, and Global Scales (300 BCE – 300 CE) 19th – 21st September 2019

Live Stream: Economies of the Edge. Frontier Zone Processes at Regional, Imperial, and Global Scales (300 BCE – 300 CE) 19th – 21st September 2019
The conference will explore economic processes in frontier zones of ancient empires and their wider impact on inter-imperial exchanges in the Afro-Eurasian World region. It is part of the broader project of re-thinking “Silk-Road” exchange, which so far has been looked at mostly from the perspective of imperial centers and final destinations rather than regions that—for various reasons and in different ways—were involved in inter-imperial contacts and exchange.
Global exchange in the ancient world has been a vibrant field of study over the past 10 years, leading to different research directions and interests. Many scholars working from different disciplinary angles have brought our attention to the ideological underpinnings of the concept of the Silk Road, or Silk Routes. Others have looked at specific aspects of interaction through particular types of evidence—coins, transmitted and excavated texts, and the archaeology of maritime and terrestrial networks—in order to understand better the nature of the connections that stimulated exchange and interaction in the Afro-Eurasian world region. This research has brought to the fore the necessity of finding different and novel ways of thinking about Afro-Eurasia as a connected world region.
While questions of production, consumption, and distribution remain important foci of economic history in the narrower sense, we hope to integrate broader processes into the discussion. The spread of urbanism, for example, has been examined both from economic and from political and ideological perspectives, but can these approaches be integrated? Similarly, the construction and use of physical infrastructure has complex causes, processes and consequences. How might this complexity be incorporated into our understanding of the economy?
The emergence and spread of local currencies present similar opportunities for scholars combining traditional economic questions of exchange with questions of political development and identity formation. In addition, the project of identifying the emergence and spread of market-based, commercial exchange has historically dominated the study of ancient economic networks. What other institutions facilitated exchange and what forms did these exchange-relationships take? Is the Polanyian tripartite division of reciprocity, redistribution, and market exchange still helpful?
These examples illustrate some possibilities for broadening the scope of economic history to include other realms of human activity, but we would also like to explore the possibility of incorporating ecological and environmental perspectives. How does the interdependence of mountain and valley ecologies affect economic processes at different scales? Can similar interdependencies between maritime, coastal, and inland ecologies be identified? Finally, what types of proxies can we use as evidence to study these different processes? By taking an expansive view of economic activity, we hope to better understand how the development of frontier zones allowed for the articulation of global-scale networks and how those networks, in turn, impacted the development of inter-imperial regions.=
A high degree of multidisciplinary communication is necessary to move from granular datasets rooted in specific disciplinary and methodological approaches, to research on large-scale processes. The central challenge, however, remains in finding appropriate parameters for integrating data from the various scales, regions, and scholarly approaches outlined above. By bringing together focused case studies from very different micro regions, we hope to foster discussion about how to link this data to broader questions about global exchange and its political and social consequences.
This conference will focus on the last three centuries BCE and the first three centuries CE, which we identify as a time of heightened empire building alongside a marked intensification of inter-imperial exchanges across the Afro-Eurasian region. The geographical focus of the conference is more selective and follows the particular areas of attention of the BaSaR research team: South Asia and the Indian Ocean maritime region, the Central Asian borderlands, the Chinese-steppe region, as well as Southwest Asia from the Black Sea to Egypt and the Red Sea. In addition, some contributions will adopt a distinctly global perspective on the Afro-Eurasian macro-zone.

Thursday, 19th September

Introduction

13:00 – 13:30

Political Power and Economies I

Mark Altaweel (University College London)

Revolutionizing a World: From Small States to Universalism in the Pre-Islamic Near East
13:30 – 14:15

K. Rajan (Pondicherry University)

Emergence of Empires and Economies: Experiencing Early Historic South India
14:15 – 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 – 15:45

Political Power and Economies II

Maxim Korolkov (Heidelberg University)

The Southern Contact Zone, Empire Building, and Economic Change in the Eastern Zhou, Qin, and Han Eras (ca. 500 BCE – 300 CE)
15:45 – 16:30

Shailendra Bhandare (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)

Money in Liminal Times: Coin Circulation at the End of the Indo-Greek Kingdom
17:15 – 18:00

Friday, 20th September

Nodes: Ports and Border Markets I

Miguel John Versluys (Leiden University)

Network Power? Object Flows and Innovation in Hellenistic Eurasia
9:00 – 9:45

Sören Stark (ISAW, New York University)

Between Desert and Oasis: Border Markets and their Role in Economic Networks in Southwestern Central Asia
9:45 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 11:15

Nodes: Ports and Border Markets II

Stefan Hauser (University of Konstanz)

The Arsacid Center of Trade: Charax Spasinou, Capital of Mesene
11:15 – 12:00

Steven E. Sidebotham (University of Delaware) and Marianne Bergmann (University of Göttingen)

Sculptural Finds as a Reflection of the Cosmopolitan Life at Berenike: A Ptolemaic-Roman Port on the Red Sea Coast of Egypt
12:00 – 12:45

Lunch break

12:45 – 14:00

Links: People in Motion I

Paul Kosmin (Harvard University)

Trading Values: The Southern Sea as Merchant Space
14:00 – 14:45

Federico de Romanis (Tor Vergata University of Rome)

Translata Pecunia: The Use of Roman Coins on the Other Side of the Indian Ocean
14:45 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 16:15

Links: People in Motion II

Eivind Heldaas Seland (University of Bergen)

Water, Climate and Connectivity in the Roman-Period Syrian Desert
16:15 – 17:00

Saturday, 21st September

Centers and Peripheries

Andrew Bauer (Stanford University)

(Re)placing the ‘Hinterland’:  Perspectives on Empire and Indian Ocean Trade from the Early Historic Interior Deccan
9:30 – 10:15

Luca M. Olivieri (ISMEO Italian Archaeological Mission in Packistan)

Double-Crop Pocket Zones and Empires: The Case of Swat
10:15 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30

Inter-imperial Exchange I

Marek Olbrycht (University of Rzeszów)

The Parthian Empire and the Long-Distance Trade in the Caspian Basin
11:30 – 12:30

Lunch break

12:30 – 14:00

Inter-imperial Exchange II

Joe Cribb (British Museum)

The Sino-Kharoshthi Coinage of Khotan: Cultural and Political Links between Gandhara and Xinjiang, First to Second Century CE
14:00 – 14:45

Armin Selbitschka (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich)

Versus the Silk Trade Myth: The Movement of Luxury Goods in China and Chinese Central Asia (Third Century BCE to Third Century CE)
14:45 – 15:30
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Monday, September 16, 2019

2000 years of Latin prose: A 21st century anthology of Latin prose

2000 years of Latin prose: A 21st century anthology of Latin prose
In this anthology you will learn about Latin literature across 2000 years through key passages from the greatest, most interesting, most neglected authors.
Every chapter contains:
  • ■ Introduction to the author's life and works
  • ■ Audio & video recording of a passage from the author
  • ■ The passage in Latin
  • ■ English Translation
  • ■ Keywords & commentary
Chapter 1 – Ennius: Saturn and the Struggle for power
Chapter 1 – Ennius: Saturn and the Struggle for power
You can download a pdf here Get a print-ready PDF version of this chapter: 2000 Years of Latin Prose: Chapter 1. Ennius.

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Pelagios News: New Treasures Added…

New Treasures Added…
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Sep 9 · 3 min read
It’s always a happy day when we can announce more content has been added to Peripleo, the Pelagios Linked Data search and visualisation engine. And today we’re able to announce not just one, but two new additions to the Linked Data ecosystem.
The first is a set of Pleiades annotations relating to ceramics of Kerameikos.org partners, made available through semantic reasoning between typologies, Kerameikos SKOS concepts, and Pleiades URIs. This works out to over 190 objects from a range of sources, including the Fralin Museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology.


Kerameikos materials viewed in the Peripleo interface

The second is one of the datasets from the Crossing Frontiers project at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Crossing Frontiers is a travelling research seminar programme for Early Career Researchers interested in the medieval art and culture of the eastern frontier between Christianity and Islam, covering Anatolia, the Caucasus and the western Iranian world. The project, which investigates questions of cross-cultural exchange and international artistic production, is supported by the Getty Foundation. The dataset includes interactive plans, 360 degree views, textual descriptions and bibliographies for monument sites in Turkey, Armenia and Georgia.


Screenshot of the information page for one of the Crossing Frontiers sites now indexed in Peripleo

Both of these collaborations have been in the works for some months, and while Pelagios is not actively maintaining Peripleo, we are always interested in speaking to projects and institutions who do have Linked Data collections that they want to add to the general ecosystem. Collaborations, joint proposals and shared projects have always been the preferred way of doing things at Pelagios, and this hasn’t changed. There are several options available to make this happen:
  • Take a look at the World Historical Gazetteer — our friends at the WHG have been developing a comprehensive format for contributing Linked Data collections, it’s well documented here and you can see the details on GitHub
  • Consider joining the Pelagios Network. The Network is an independent association, run by independent Partners, connected by a common interest in the application of digital methods to the study of historical places and, in particular, to the use of semantic web technologies, such as Linked Open Data and gazetteers. It is open to all, with no membership fee, and it is possible to join as a Member by simply signing up to the mailing list, or as a Partner, by agreeing an MoU with one or more of the Network’s Charter activities. Partners have the opportunity to develop and coordinate work in the Network to plan for and implement better ways of connecting, exposing, visualising, querying and analysing Linked Open Data. For more information about how to do this, take a look at the Network’s Partners page.


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Open Access Journal: ASGLE Bulletin

 [First posted in AWOL 31 March 2018, updated 16 September 2019]

ASGLE Bulletin
The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (Société americaine d'épigraphie grecque et latine) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to further research in, and the teaching of, Greek and Latin epigraphy in North America. The Society fosters collaboration in the field and facilitates the exchange of scholarly research and discussion, both in the public forum and in published form. The Society is associated with L’Association Internationale d’Epigraphie grecque et latine (AIEGL).
ASGLE Bulletin 22.2 (December 2018) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 21.2 (December 2017) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 21.1 (June 2017) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 20.2 (November 2016) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin_20.1 (March 2016) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 19.2 (November 2015) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 19.1 (April 2015) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 18.2 (November 2014)[Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 18.1 (March 2014) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 17.2 (November 2013) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 17.1 (May 2013) [Edited by Prof. Laura Gawlinski]
ASGLE Bulletin 16.2 (October 2012) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen (Senior Editor), Prof. Laura Gawlinski (Junior Editor)]
ASGLE Bulletin 16.1 (April 2012) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen (Senior Editor), Prof. Laura Gawlinski (Junior Editor)]
ASGLE Bulletin 15.2 (October 2011)  [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 15.1 (April 2011) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 14.2 (November 2010) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 14.1 (April 2010) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 13.2 (October 2009) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 13.1 (April 2009) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 12.2 (October 2008) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 12.1 (April 2008) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 11.2 (October 2007) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 11.1 (May 2007) [Edited by Prof. Paul Iversen]
ASGLE Bulletin 10.1-2 (2006) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 9.1 (March 2005) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 8.1-2 (2003) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 7.2 (November 2003) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 7.1 (May 2003) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 6.2 (November 2002) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 6.1 (May 2002) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 5.2  (November 2001) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 5.1 (May 2001) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 4.2 (October 2000) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 4.1 (January 2000) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 3.1 (July 1999) [Edited by Prof. Timothy Winters]
ASGLE Newsletter 2.2 (December 1998)
ASGLE Newsletter 2.1 (July 1998)
ASGLE Newsletter 1.1 (November 1997)

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Sunday, September 15, 2019

Open Access Monograph Series: Des princes

Des princes
ISSN (Édition imprimée): 1621-1235
La question du prince intéressait traditionnellement les historiens. Avec la mort des idéologies, la chute du Mur de Berlin et le regain d'intérêt pour la rhétorique, elle redevient un problème littéraire. En effet, il s'agit de retrouver, d'analyser, pour ainsi dire de l'intérieur, une représentation de la politique telle qu'on la vivait avant la Révolution. Avec l'école des Annales, les historiens ont redécouvert que les désirs comptent autant que les réalités, les mots et la gestuelle qui les accompagne autant que les faits. Un programme de travail s'ensuit : regarder tous ces écrits que sont éloges, entrées, adresses de toute sorte comme des textes à part entière. Ils parlent d'amour, amour du prince pour ses sujets et des sujets pour leur prince, selon un jeu subtil, dont le concept d'oppression ne rend pas compte. Trouver des angles d'attaque, des outils critiques adaptés, voire de nouvelles méthodes de travail, dans certains cas éditer des textes qui le méritent, tel est le propos de la collection.

See AWOL's Alphabetical List of Open Access Monograph Series in Ancient Studies

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On-line Geographical Information System for the Theban Necropolis (OLGIS-TN)

[First posted in AWOL 15 October 2012, updated 15 September 2019]

On-line Geographical Information System for the Theban Necropolis (OLGIS-TN)
By Peter A. Piccione and Norman S. Levine
The OLGIS-TN database and maps run--both in the field and the office--on any computing device that receives Internet data, including: desktop and laptop computers, tablets, iPads, notebooks, smartphones, etc. To navigate through the Theban necropolis in real-time fashion also requires GPS capability in the same device. However, users of smartphones might find that their small screens are not as convenient for mapping and searching as devices with larger screens. Users working in the field might find the screens of iPads, tablets, notebooks, and 2-in-1 laptops to be more useful.
Instructions:   Click each of the topics below to access the following Help and instructional pages in a new window. Close window when finished.
Access complete documentation and help, including: menus, utilities, searching and selecting features, help index, data tables, policies, contacts, etc.
| Home | Map Getting Started Help File Content Legal INDEX { Old OLGIS-TN Pages }












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