Agent-based modeling presents the opportunity to study phenomena such as the emergence of territories from the perspective of individuals. We present a tool for growing networks of socially-connected settlement structures from distribution map data, using an agent based model authored in the Netlogo programming language, version 3.1.2. The…[Read more]

For historians, agent-based modeling (ABM) methodologies allow us to formalise our thinking about how the past worked and explore those assumptions in a way previously limited to thought-experiments. In ABM, numerous autonomous, heterogeneous agents are allowed to interact in a digital environment according to rules of behaviour directly drawn…[Read more]

An appendix to my MA thesis, ‘Satisfied with a Knowledge of the Totals: Labouring to Build the Claudian Aqueducts’, Reading, 1998. In this appendix, I tried to match Ashby’s descriptions of the remains of the aqueducts with Van Deman’s descriptions. From these descriptions, I crafted a volumetric model of the quantities of materials used in the…[Read more]

The Neolithic period is well known for its stone and earth monuments. However, the cropmark record and a small number of excavations demonstrate that monuments, in a variety of different forms, were also built of timber. Although timber monuments have been photographed from the air since aerial survey began in Scotland and, as a result, the…[Read more]

Proximity to rivers, streams, lakes and bogs has been emphasized almost stereotypicallye as a specific Slavonic trait of character, but does this fit reality? We try to get further with the solution of this problem by a.) calculating the surface distances on basis of a Local Drainage Map and b.) using the Topographic Position Index.

In 2004 the research training programme “Interdisciplinary Environmental History. Natural environment and societal behaviour in Central Europe” at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, funded by the German Research Foundation was launched. By that time 13 post graduates from six faculties of the life sciences, the natural sciences, and the…[Read more]

A review article commenting on discussions and papers presented at the international workshop.

This chapter argues for an alternative approach to the study of regions in archaeology by proposing to view regions as networks of relevance with permeable and changeable boundaries reflecting social choices.

This dissertation proposes a social analysis of the Early Christian basilicas (4th-6th century) of Southern and Central Greece, predominantly those in the Late Roman province of Achaia. After an introduction which places the dissertation in the broader context of the study of Late Antique Greece, the second chapter argues that church construction…[Read more]

This dissertation proposes a social analysis of the Early Christian basilicas (4th-6th century) of Southern and Central Greece, predominantly those in the Late Roman province of Achaia. After an introduction which places the dissertation in the broader context of the study of Late Antique Greece, the second chapter argues that church construction…[Read more]

In der Antike spielte Gabii eine wichtige politische und wirtschaftliche Rolle in Mittelitalien. Es stand in beispiellosem diplomatischem Kontakt zu Rom, und der Historiker Dionysios von Halikarnassos berichtet von einem Zustand politischer Gleichheit – isopoliteia – beider Städte. Gabii lag südlich von Rom am Krater von Castiglione und erstr…[Read more]

In der Antike spielte Gabii eine wichtige politische und wirtschaftliche Rolle in Mittelitalien. Es stand in beispiellosem diplomatischem Kontakt zu Rom, und der Historiker Dionysios von Halikarnassos berichtet von einem Zustand politischer Gleichheit – isopoliteia – beider Städte. Gabii lag südlich von Rom am Krater von Castiglione und erstr…[Read more]

This course explores the art, archaeology, and culture of the Greek world from the prehistory to the Roman period. The course focuses on architecture, sculpture, painted pottery, and wall painting as its main object classes and situates artistic and stylistic developments within their social, political, and historical context. We will consider…[Read more]

This first-year seminar provides an introduction to the archaeology and urban development of the city of Rome from antiquity through to the present day. Students will survey the period from the foundation of the city through to the twenty-first century with an eye toward understanding the urbanism and material culture of the city of Rome. Case…[Read more]

This course offers a thorough introduction to archaeological field methods, including field survey, geophysical prospection, excavation, and post‐excavation analysis. Topics include survey, mapping, excavation, documentation, stratigraphy, typology, scientific analyses, visualization, and heritage management. We will also address the m…[Read more]

This course offers a thorough introduction to archaeological field methods, including field survey, geophysical prospection, excavation, and post‐excavation analysis. Topics include survey, mapping, excavation, documentation, stratigraphy, typology, scientific analyses, visualization, and heritage management. We will also address the m…[Read more]

An archaeological comic telling the story of the sarsen stones at Whiteknights.

Whiteknights is now the main campus of the University of Reading. It used to be the gardens and park of Whitenights House, at one time owned by the Marquis of Blandford. The Marquis spent his fortune on his library and his gardens. He even shipped sarsens stones…[Read more]

An archaeological comic showing theories about the formation of sarsen stone in southern Britain. It includes antiquarian explanations, folklore, the early scientific understanding of the geological succession, and the current explanation of sarsen formation.

It was created for the University of Reading’s School of Archaeology, Geography, and…[Read more]

Um den verschiedenen Prinzipien offener Wissenschaftskommunikation – wie auch dem ganzen Konzept »open science« als solchem – gerecht zu werden, ist eine nachhaltige Disseminations- und Archivierungsstrategie für digitale Forschungsdaten zwingend nötig. Maßnahmen zur langanhaltenden Gewährleistung der freien Verfügbarkeit in Form von Parametern…[Read more]

Um den verschiedenen Prinzipien offener Wissenschaftskommunikation – wie auch dem ganzen Konzept »open science« als solchem – gerecht zu werden, ist eine nachhaltige Disseminations- und Archivierungsstrategie für digitale Forschungsdaten zwingend nötig. Maßnahmen zur langanhaltenden Gewährleistung der freien Verfügbarkeit in Form von Parametern…[Read more]