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Thucydides and Hesiod (2013)
Journal Article
Finglass, P. (2013). Thucydides and Hesiod. Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica, https://doi.org/10.1400/222506

The puzzling reference by Thucydides, during his account of Demosthenes’ Aetolian campaign in 426, to the death of Hesiod, can be explained as an instance of foreshadowing through myth: Hesiod’s tragic end prepares the reader for the tragic consequen... Read More about Thucydides and Hesiod.

Reconsidering the water system of Roman Barcino (Barcelona) from supply to discharge (2013)
Journal Article
Orengo, H. A., & Miró i Alaix, C. (2013). Reconsidering the water system of Roman Barcino (Barcelona) from supply to discharge. Water History, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-013-0090-2

This paper presents the results of the ‘Roman Barcino Water Network’ Project. This study employed a series of methodologies aiming at joining and interpreting all data available on water supply, distribution, management, use and discharge in the Roma... Read More about Reconsidering the water system of Roman Barcino (Barcelona) from supply to discharge.

Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy? (2013)
Journal Article
Orengo, H. A., Palet Martínez, J. M., Ejarque, A., Miras, Y., & Riera-Mora, S. (2013). Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy?. Antiquity, 87(337),

The authors’ research project in the Pyrenees mountains has located and excavated Roman kilns for producing pitch from pine resin. Their investigations reveal a whole sustainable industry, integrated into the local environmental cycle, supplying pitc... Read More about Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy?.

The Roman centuriated landscape: conception, genesis and development as inferred from the Ager Tarraconensis case (2011)
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Palet Martínez, J. M., & Orengo, H. A. (2011). The Roman centuriated landscape: conception, genesis and development as inferred from the Ager Tarraconensis case. American Journal of Archaeology, 115(3), https://doi.org/10.3764/aja.115.3.0383

Although centuriation was only one system of Roman land division, its impact on the landscape and its visibility in modern field arrangements make it the most commonly recognized expression of Roman landscapes. Centuriated grid systems are usually an... Read More about The Roman centuriated landscape: conception, genesis and development as inferred from the Ager Tarraconensis case.

The rhetoric of multi-display learning spaces: exploratory experiences in visual art discipines (2010)
Journal Article
Bligh, B., & Lorenz, K. (2010). The rhetoric of multi-display learning spaces: exploratory experiences in visual art discipines. Seminar.net, 6(1),

Brett Bligh and Katharina Lorenz of The University of Nottingham, present the Multi-Display Learning Spaces (MD-LS) in this article. It comprises technologies to allow the viewing of multiple simultaneous visual materials, modes of learning which enc... Read More about The rhetoric of multi-display learning spaces: exploratory experiences in visual art discipines.

Centuriación del territorio y modelación del paisaje en los llanos litorales de Barcino (Barcelona) y Tarraco (Tarragona): una investigación interdisciplinar a través de la integración de datos arqueomorfológicos y paleoambientales (2010)
Journal Article
Palet Martínez, J. M., Orengo, H. A., & Riera-Mora, S. (2010). Centuriación del territorio y modelación del paisaje en los llanos litorales de Barcino (Barcelona) y Tarraco (Tarragona): una investigación interdisciplinar a través de la integración de datos arqueomorfológicos y paleoambientales. Agri Centuriati, An International Journal of Landscape Archaeology, 7, https://doi.org/10.1400/169533

This paper deals with the contribution of Landscape Archaeology to the study of centuriations. The investigation is based on a diachronic and interdisciplinary perspective and explores the applicability of GIS. The article presents data from two case... Read More about Centuriación del territorio y modelación del paisaje en los llanos litorales de Barcino (Barcelona) y Tarraco (Tarragona): una investigación interdisciplinar a través de la integración de datos arqueomorfológicos y paleoambientales.

Methodological insights into the study of centuriated field systems: a landscape archaeology perspective (2009)
Journal Article
Orengo, H. A., & Palet Martínez, J. M. (2009). Methodological insights into the study of centuriated field systems: a landscape archaeology perspective. Agri Centuriati, An International Journal of Landscape Archaeology, 6, https://doi.org/10.1400/168989

The morphological identification of centuriated field systems has been characterised from its beginnings by methodological approaches mainly sustained on actus-based modular relationships and orientations. Many researchers dedicated to the identifica... Read More about Methodological insights into the study of centuriated field systems: a landscape archaeology perspective.

Social access and dispersal of condiments in North-West Europe from the Roman to the medieval period (2008)
Journal Article
Livarda, A., & Van der Veen, M. (2008). Social access and dispersal of condiments in North-West Europe from the Roman to the medieval period. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 17(Supple), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-008-0168-4

The introduction and dispersal histories of eight common condiments in North-West Europe are explored: celery, dill, coriander, black mustard, fennel, summer savory, caraway and parsley. The presence of these condiments in archaeobotanical reports fr... Read More about Social access and dispersal of condiments in North-West Europe from the Roman to the medieval period.

An indefensible frontier: the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum
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Poulter, A. G. An indefensible frontier: the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum. Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts in Wien, 81,

It has been long maintained that the system of barrier walls and fortlets in the Julian Alps dates to the early 4th century and that it was a fortification line used to defend Italy during times of civil war. Reviewing the historical, archaeological... Read More about An indefensible frontier: the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum.