RESOURCES AND PROVENANCE
How Did Late Roman and Early Medieval Logistics and Landscape Evolve?
This project focuses on reconstructing the supply of resources, infrastructure, and the resulting landscape in the late antique and early medieval periods, specifically in the metropolitan areas of the greater Luxembourg region and its adjacent territories. To explore these questions, the project will examine socio-cultural processes during these transformative periods, human-environment interactions, and infrastructural developments.
Diverse sources indicate that a wide range of resources were required to sustain Roman settlements and camps. To investigate the region’s resource supply and infrastructure, we will employ a combination of historical sources and interdisciplinary methods, including (geo-)archaeological fieldwork (e.g., micro-dendrochronology, geochemical provenance analysis, geophysics), as well as modern remote sensing techniques (e.g., spatial and temporal analysis of geographic phenomena). This multi-disciplinary approach will provide insight into the consequences for both the population and the environment.
Of particular interest is the transition phase between late antiquity and the early medieval period. This phase raises critical questions regarding changes in resource supply and infrastructure. Did local resource sources increase, and was there a decline in complex infrastructure, or did existing infrastructure continue to be utilized?
German title : Ressourcen und Provenienz – Wie gestaltete sich die spätrömische und frühmittelalterliche Logistik und Landschaft?