Objectif Scholarly preoccupations and much of the available evidence have tended to emphasise the Islamic era as the historic time period when the Mediterranean seaboard was firmly and regularly connected with the Sub-Saharan zone across the Sahara. Recent research in southern Libya suggests that there was a significantly higher level of Trans-Saharan trade and contact in the pre-Islamic period than hitherto recognised. The existence of an early state, contemporary with the Roman Empire, in the Central Sahara can be demonstrated from the archaeological remains of the Garamantes of the Libyan region of Fazzan. Their technological sophistication in terms of irrigated agriculture, urban settlements, mastery of pyrotechnical processes and manufacturing achievements in textiles and beadmaking are all quite remarkable. It is already clear that their population comprised a mixture of Sub-Saharan and Mediterranean African types and there is indisputable evidence that they traded with both the Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan zones. This has profound implications for understanding the nature and effects of human contact in the Trans-Saharan zone. The grant is sought to allow the research programme in Fazzan to be taken to the next level of analysis, enabling explicit comparisons and contrasts to be drawn with contemporary societies to north and south of the Sahara. Key themes to be explored include trade, human migration, technological processes and transfers, urbanisation and state formation. Equally crucial, the chronological scope of the project will be extended into the Islamic period, in order to understand how things differed then from the earlier phases of Trans-Saharan contact. Champ scientifique engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Thème(s) ERC-AG-SH6 - ERC Advanced Grant - The study of the human past Appel à propositions ERC-2010-AdG_20100407 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Institution d’accueil UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Contribution de l’UE € 2 235 192,87 Adresse UNIVERSITY ROAD LE1 7RH Leicester Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Région East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicester Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Chercheur principal David John Mattingly (Prof.) Contact administratif Brian Berry (Mr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Bénéficiaires (2) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE € 2 235 192,87 Adresse UNIVERSITY ROAD LE1 7RH Leicester Voir sur la carte Région East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicester Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Chercheur principal David John Mattingly (Prof.) Contact administratif Brian Berry (Mr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE € 185 400,45 Adresse TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS CB2 1TN Cambridge Voir sur la carte Région East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Renata Schaeffer (Ms.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée
