GRANARIES AND WAREHOUSES IN NORTH AFRICA AND EGYPT DURING THE ROMAN AGE. TYPOLOGY, BUILDING TECHNIQUES, FUNCTION, PRODUCTIVE CONTEXT

Projektinformationen

GRAWINAE

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 252518

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

Startdatum 1 Oktober 2010

Enddatum 30 September 2012

Finanziert unter

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Gesamtkosten € 222 230,40

EU-Beitrag € 222 230,40

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE
France

Ziel

The present project aims at presenting an interdisciplinary way of looking at the history of the African grain in Roman age, in particular from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD, starting from the data that can be found at archaeological level. The project of starting a new research arises from the lack of a comprehensive study, sufficiently updated and complete, considered all noticeable evidence emerged from the excavations of the past forty years. The present study intends to develop and to deeply investigate grain provision in the Roman provinces of the Mediterranean coasts/shores in North Africa (actual Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt), shifting the perspective to the study of granaries as containers, to their technological aspects and productive contexts. The matter of this project will be techniques of construction, interior arrangement/layout, storage system, evaluation of thermo-igrometric conditions, grain species, climatic conditions, lithology and pedology of the soils. Where were the store buildings located? Who built them and which were the architectures and techniques used? How were the seeds preserved? How was the production organized? Which were the best soils? Which were the cultivated species? The innovation of the project consists in using different methodologies: archaeological investigation; stratigraphic analysis and application technologies; geophysical prospection (magnetic method); use of the custom-made softwares to calculate storage capacity of the building and to evaluation of thermo-igrometric conditions. During the project will be carried out the geoarchaeological study (paleo-environmental conditions of the site, dynamics and the evolution of soils) and the anthropological investigation of traditional storage system. Another important aspect of this project is to understand the grain commerce that was developed at regional level and at a long distance level.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › geology › lithology
• humanities › history and archaeology › history
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › grains and oilseeds
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › soil sciences › pedology
• social sciences › economics and business › business and management › commerce

Programm/Programme

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Thema/Themen

• FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF - Marie Curie Action: "Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigen

Finanzierungsplan

MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

Koordinator

UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE

Kontakt Verwaltung

Celine Damon (Ms.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 222 230,40
• Adresse: BOULEVARD CHARLES LIVON 58 LE PHARO ; 13284 Marseille ; Frankreich
• Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur › Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur › Bouches-du-Rhône
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten

Beteiligte (1)

UNIVERSITE DE PROVENCE

Beteiligung beendet

Frankreich

Kontakt Verwaltung

Audrey Janssens (Ms.)

• EU-Beitrag: Keine Daten
• Adresse: 3 place Victor Hugo ; 13331 MARSEILLE
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten