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Max-Weber-Kolleg für kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Studien
Steinplatz 2
99085 Erfurt
Universität Erfurt
Max-Weber-Kolleg für kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Studien
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Turkey: Sillyon (since 2020) with Dr. M. Taşkıran (Pamukkale/Hamburg) and B. Özdemir (Nevşehir), Patara (2016-2017), Ainos (2013-2015), Ephesos (2004-2015), Adıyaman (2004-2005), Gaziantep (2002-2006)
Greece: Aigeira (2011-2013)
Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar (09-10/2008)
China: Hancheng, Province Shaanxi (10/2007)
Germany: Cologne (2006-2008)
China:
Hancheng, Province Shaanxi (10/2007)
Germany:
Cologne (2006-2008)
Although the Twelve Table Law has stipulated since the 5th century BCE that the dead must be buried outside the city, around 80 burial sites from the republican until late antique period are found within the "experienced“ city. This indicates that the world of the living was more interwoven with the world of the dead than previously assumed. These burial sites could contain single or up to even thousands of burials. Some of the burial places might have been initially built in the periphery of the city, but as the city expanded and the territory became denser, they became an unmissable part of the inner city. Additionally, the long after-use of several monuments provides manifold insights into the biographies of objects and the related changing place identities. Since the Romans worshipped their ancestors several times in a year, be it on public holidays or also on individual occasions, such as the day of the death or the birthday of the deceased, the social practice of commemorating had a severe impact on the rhythm of the whole city.
By using a digital mapping as well as GIS tools, such as viewshed analysis, the project investigates the reciprocal relations between burial sites and the urban. The focus is set on the contextual urban embeddedness of the burial sites in a diachronic perspective to trace object and place biographies, as well as on the usage, visibility and accessibility of the burial sites that indicate the religious and social practices
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99089 Erfurt
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