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        Africam defendere

        Byzantinische Fortifikationen in der nordafrikanischen Region Thugga im 6. und 7. Jahrhundert

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        Author(s)
        Margreiter, Philipp
        Language
        German
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        Abstract
        Im 6. und 7. Jahrhundert entstand in der nordafrikanischen Region Thugga (heutiges Tunesien) durch den Bau von Festungen, Fortifikationen, Stadtmauern und Wachtürmen eine befestigte Landschaft. Der urbane Ballungsraum des Untersuchungsgebiets gehörte zu den reichsten Regionen des römischen Nordafrikas. Philipp Margreiter zeigt auf, welche Rollen und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten die verschiedenen Fortifikationen in der Transformation des spätantiken Siedlungswesens spielten und welche Anpassungsstrategien daraus folgten. Daneben untersucht er bei den einzelnen Festungen Bauprozesse und Materialressourcen anhand von Spolien, um Auswahl- und Entscheidungsprozesse während der Errichtung nachvollziehen zu können. Damit zeigt dieser Band erstmals die Einbettung byzantinischer Fortifikationen einer nordafrikanischen Region in eine landschaftsarchäologische Untersuchung. Diese Herangehensweise ist dabei auch auf andere Regionen des byzantinischen Nordafrikas anwendbar und kann für zukünftige archäologische Forschungsvorhaben im heutigen Maghreb eine Orientierung sein. This book examines the development of a fortified landscape in the North African region of Thugga (present-day Tunisia) through the construction of forts, fortifications, city walls and watchtowers in the 6th and 7th centuries. The urban agglomeration of the study area included numerous towns, village settlements and agricultural homesteads as well as imperial estates and was one of the richest regions of Roman North Africa. The book shows the role and possible uses of the various fortifications in the transformation of the Late Antique settlement system and the resulting adaptation strategies. It also examines the construction processes and material resources of the individual fortifications on the basis of spolia in order to understand the selection and decision-making processes during their construction. This is the first book to show how Byzantine fortifications in a North African region were embedded in a landscape archaeological study. This approach can be applied to other regions of Byzantine North Africa and should serve as a model for future archaeological research projects in the contemporary Maghreb.
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        https://oapen-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12657/108709
        Keywords
        Archäologie; Nordafrika; Spätantike; Byzanz; Krieg; Konfliktlandschaften; Römisches Reich; Römische Städte; Tunesien; Festung
        DOI
        10.14220/9783737019057
        ISBN
        9783737019057, 9783737019057
        Publisher
        Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
        Publisher website
        https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/
        Publication date and place
        Göttingen, 2025
        Series
        Byzanz und die euromediterranen Kriegskulturen, Band 007
        Classification
        Ancient history
        Military institutions
        African history: pre-colonial period
        Ancient warfare
        Archaeological sites
        Pages
        618
        Rights
        https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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        • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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