Cel 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. Dziedzina nauki engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations Program(-y) 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) Temat(-y) ERC-AG-SH6 - ERC Advanced Grant - The study of the human past Zaproszenie do składania wniosków ERC-2010-AdG_20100407 Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Instytucja przyjmująca UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Wkład UE € 2 235 192,87 Adres UNIVERSITY ROAD LE1 7RH Leicester Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Region East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicester Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kierownik naukowy David John Mattingly (Prof.) Kontakt administracyjny Brian Berry (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Beneficjenci (2) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE € 2 235 192,87 Adres UNIVERSITY ROAD LE1 7RH Leicester Zobacz na mapie Region East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicester Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kierownik naukowy David John Mattingly (Prof.) Kontakt administracyjny Brian Berry (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE € 185 400,45 Adres TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS CB2 1TN Cambridge Zobacz na mapie Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Renata Schaeffer (Ms.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych
