Centrality on the periphery: an analysis of rural settlement hierarchy in the Dutch part of the Roman limes
Abstract The Lower Rhine region was of crucial importance for the Roman empire as a transit zone from Gaul to the North Sea. The river Rhine functioned both as a transport artery and as a defence line. Huge investments were made in the first century CE to protect this economic lifeline, by installing a line of forts and legionary camps along the river from Cologne up to the North Sea, known as the Lower Germanic limes . Unlike areas further south, however, its hinterland did not witness a development towards a ‘central place’ settlement pattern, but instead shows seemingly separate trajectorie... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences ; volume 15, issue 4 ; ISSN 1866-9557 1866-9565 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Schlagwörter: | Archeology / Anthropology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01745-0 |