Peter van Dommelen
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Making Absence Present: Subaltern Identities in Punic and Roman Period Sardinia Open
With this paper, we aim to bring the history of the rural landscapes and communities of the ancient (‘Classical’) Mediterranean back into the limelight, drawing attention to their contributions to and pivotal roles within the multifaceted …
View article: An Environmental and Climate History of the Roman Expansion in Italy
An Environmental and Climate History of the Roman Expansion in Italy Open
A first synthesis of available data for the period of Rome’s expansion in Italy (about 400–29 b.c.e.) shows the role of climate and environment in early Roman imperialism. Although global indices suggest a warmer phase with relatively few …
FDEM and ERT measurements for archaeological prospections at Nuraghe S'Urachi (West‐Central Sardinia) Open
Nuraghe S'Urachi is a monumental architectural complex in West Central Sardinia that was probably first built in the Bronze Age and remained occupied continuously into the early Roman Imperial period. It has been the object of systematic a…
Growing up in Ancient Sardinia: Infant-toddler dietary changes revealed by the novel use of hydrogen isotopes (δ2H) Open
Detailed information about the lives and deaths of children in antiquity is often in short supply. Childhood dietary histories are, however, recorded and maintained in the teeth of both juveniles and adults. Primary tooth dentinal collagen…
Analysis of ancient ceramics using terahertz imaging and photogrammetry Open
Imaging using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy is a valuable diagnostic tool for material inspection. However, in the case of samples with inhomogeneous shape and composition, the reliable extraction of spatially varying dielectric prope…
Mediterranean precipitation isoscape preserved in bone collagen δ2H Open
The prehistory of the Mediterranean region has long been a subject of considerable interest, particularly the links between human groups and regions of origin. We utilize the spatial variation in the δ 2 H and δ 18 O values of precipitatio…
Iron Age botanical remains from <i>nuraghe</i> S'Urachi, Sardinia Open
Rural works and days – a subaltern perspective Open
The Roman statesman Marcus Porcius Cato, better known as Cato the Elder, has gone down in history for his insistence that Punic Carthage had to be destroyed, even if Rome had already stripped the N...
An agricultural field of Hellenistic date at Pauli Stincus, Terralba, Sardinia Open
Excavation at Pauli Stincus in Sardinia has revealed an ancient plough soil, with associated evidence of intensive prehistoric agricultural activities.
Geomorphology and environmental change around the Punic sites of the Terralba plain (Oristano Gulf, Sardinia, Italy) Open
We report a geomorphological study of the coastal plain of Terralba (SW coast of the island of Sardinia, Italy) in order to contextualize the high concentration of Punic rural settlements and analyze the environmental changes. The methodol…