Periodic Reporting for period 1 - LiguSTAR (Ligustinus Project: New Survey Techniques for an Ancient Riparian Landscape.)
Período documentado: 2019-03-01 hasta 2021-02-28
The overall objectives of the project are the integral study and the reconstruction of the Roman settlement patterns, and their diachronic evolution, along the riverbanks of the paleo-estuary. To achieve this objective, a methodology using non-invasive survey techniques, such as remote sensing and so called “traditional” ones, has been carried out in different scales of analysis.
The research focus of the LiguSTAR project has contributed to the advance in the historical knowledge of the ancient human occupation of the estuary’s riverbanks. In addition, the Guadalquivir River was one of the most important fluvial routes of the Iberian Peninsula, in comparison to other important deltas and estuaries in the Mediterranean and Atlantic spaces. Estuaries and their banks are vulnerable ecosystems, where many landscapes transformations occur. Due to global climate change, these landscapes are being degraded and disappearing altogether. The usages of these ecosystems by traditional societies (including ancient ones) are more sustainable with the environment than in comparison with modern usages. For this reason, we can learn about the human interaction with the riparian environments and recover and put into practice the traditional knowledge to restore and keep the water ecosystems safe. In addition, the advance of the historical knowledge of the spatial configuration of the riverbanks and its surroundings in the Low Guadalquivir region, helps society to understand the current configuration of the land and its past.