Numidia between Micro-regionalism and Global Trends. A New Archaeological approach to North African Urbanism and Settlement Hierarchy
28 February 16:00
Ioannou Centre 66 St Giles, Oxford
Stefan Ardeleanu (University of Hamburg)
Oxford Ancient History Faculty Seminar Hilary Term 2023 Tuesdays 4pm at the Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles
Ancient North Africa: Histories, Cities, and Landscapes
Week 7 (28 February) Stefan Ardeleanu (University of Hamburg)
Numidia between Micro-regionalism and Global Trends. A New Archaeological approach to North African Urbanism and Settlement Hierarchy
This paper examines the latest developments coming out of recently intensified archaeological fieldwork on pre- and Early Roman settlement in Numidia. It will operate from a methodological premise that both global trends and local/micro-regional patterns were at work simultaneously in this crucial zone of North Africa. The paper will put special emphasis on the connectivity of Numidia’s towns with the Mediterranean world both before and after the Roman conquest. It will also expand on the longue durée of micro-regional characteristics in material culture and on the development of settlement hierarchies during the highly transformative period of ca. 200 BC to 100 AD.
