Papers by Andrea De Giorgi
Remote Sensing, 2021
The aim of this paper is to address the monitoring of the recovery phase in the aftermath of Hurr... more The aim of this paper is to address the monitoring of the recovery phase in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew (28 September–10 October 2016) in the town of Jérémie, southwestern Haiti. This is accomplished via a novel change detection method that has been formulated, in a data fusion perspective, in terms of multitemporal supervised classification. The availability of very high resolution images provided by last-generation satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and optical sensors makes this analysis promising from an application perspective and simultaneously challenging from a processing viewpoint. Indeed, pursuing such a goal requires the development of novel methodologies able to exploit the large amount of detailed information provided by this type of data. To take advantage of the temporal and spatial information associated with such images, the proposed method integrates multisensor, multisource, and contextual information. Markov random field modeling is adopted here to i...
Özet Zeugma/Belkıs antik kentinde, ikinci yerleşim terası olarak isimlendirilen sektörde 1999 yıl... more Özet Zeugma/Belkıs antik kentinde, ikinci yerleşim terası olarak isimlendirilen sektörde 1999 yılında yapılan kurtarma kazıları esnasında Poseidon Villası olarak adlandırılan yapıda bulunan Pasiphae-Daidalos Mozaiği hakkında günümüze kadar çok sayıda bilimsel veya popüler nitelikli yayın yapılmış ve kompozisyonda yer alan motifler değişik açılardan irdelenmiştir. Bu yayınların çoğunda, Minos Boğası'nın söylencesi, ilk uçan kişilerin söylencesi, testerenin icad edilmesinin söylencesi, hırsız mimarın yakalanış söylencesi gibi birbirinden farklı mitolojilerin aynı kompozisyonda anlatıldığı önerilmiştir. Bir panoda, farklı karakterler arasında ve birbirinden farklı mekanlarda geçen söylencelerin topluca birlikte anlatıldığını düşünmek manasızdır. Bu nedenle çalışmada Pasiphae-Daidalos Mozaiği üzerinde yer alan kompozisyon ikonografik açıdan etraflıca bir defa daha irdelenerek, asıl anlatılmak istenen konu belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Sonuç olarak pano üzerinde Pasiphae'nin boğaya olan tutkusunu gidermek için Daidalos ve oğlu Ikaros tarafından ahşap düve maketinin yapılışının hikaye edildiği tespit edilmiştir.
Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2014
Feeding the ancient Greek city, 2008
Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology
The thermal complex at the site of Cosa in Tuscany offers a clear example of how a Roman communit... more The thermal complex at the site of Cosa in Tuscany offers a clear example of how a Roman community, though crippled by the lack of springs or aqueducts, was nevertheless able to secure and husband sufficient water to operate a public bath, thanks to ingenious architectural adaptations and a unique strategy of water conservation. Regulated by the annual oscillation from wet to dry season and plausibly framed by institutional and social norms, this water supply system seemingly served the local community for at least three centuries. The results of excavation thus far show, in particular, that a still imperfectly known predecessor was superseded and upscaled by a substantial bath complex dating to the mid-second century ad. Attesting to a locally adaptive tradition, this overhaul ultimately wedded the reconfiguration of reservoirs and cisterns of the Republican period to a newly engineered supply system that sought to minimize leaks. Overall, this research affords an opportunity to ga...
The Classical Review
and Gallus’, M. argues that the usurper Magnentius presented a much graver threat to Constantius ... more and Gallus’, M. argues that the usurper Magnentius presented a much graver threat to Constantius II than scholarship has traditionally assumed since Constantius relied on Rome for both government officials and ideological legitimacy. M. presents an attractive thesis about the creation of a second Senate in Constantinople using an epigraphic find from Perge in Southern Turkey (the inscription has not yet been published) (pp. 189–96). M. argues that the establishment of a Senate in Constantinople was a necessity for Constantius II because of Magnentius’ rule over Rome and the threat from Gallus Caesar in Antioch. In Chapter 6, ‘Romanizing Constantinople: the Creation of a Second Senate’, M. investigates the development of Constantinople in the 350s and argues that Constantius developed the second Senate on Roman traditions and undertook major investments in the urban, cultural and religious amenities in Constantinople during this period, thereby changing the dynamics between Rome and Constantinople. In Chapter 7, ‘A Roman Triumph: Constantius II in Rome’, M. returns to Rome with an examination of Constantius’ visit to Rome in 357 and of his relationship with the Roman senatorial elite after the foundation of a second Senate in Constantinople. M. argues that Constantius continued to keep a good relationship with Rome and traces appointments, posts and privileges to show that Constantius II did indeed continue to use the Roman elite in his government. M.’s book provides an important account of the life and times of Constantius II and the noteworthy changes and continuities in imperial power that took place during his reign. M. guides the reader through dense material with astute observations on philology, numismatics, legal texts, epigraphy and historical context. The book questions assumptions about Constantine I’s and Constantius II’s use of the Roman senatorial elites, about the relationship with the eastern curial elites and about the foundation of a second Senate in Constantinople. Despite a few less convincing arguments, the book is overall an attractive new reading of the transformation of imperial rule and ideology in the mid-fourth century.
The lengthy and complex debate over the nature of the economic structures engendered by the Roman... more The lengthy and complex debate over the nature of the economic structures engendered by the Roman city is far from being settled. The predominantly "modernizing" approach of much scholarship in the 50's and 60's was countered by the Weber/Finley consumer city model as the one that best represented the relationship between an urban center and its hinterland. 1 Thus the exploitative formula whereby landed proprietors lived off rural rents and the urban communities were essentially sustained by rural labor, appeared to many modern historians as an effective way to settle the debate once and for all. 2 Moreover, such a view was consonant with the literary evidence of the ruling elites on their economic outlook and urban-centered lifestyle. 3 But thirty years after Finley there are signs of impatience with the solution. 4 On the one hand his theoretical approach remains a seminal, necessary point of departure for any inquiries of a socioeconomic kind; on the other hand it is evident that template-like, unilateral models hardly succeed in fully illustrating the variables in play at the local level. Instead of debating the acceptance or rejection of his model-or any of the other models that Weber formulated-monitoring the degree of an urban center's adherence to
Migration in Late Antiquity. Stories from Syria., 2018
JMA, 2019
The thermal complex at the site of Cosa in Tuscany offers a clear example of how a Roman communit... more The thermal complex at the site of Cosa in Tuscany offers a clear example of how a Roman community, though crippled by the lack of springs or aqueducts, was nevertheless able to secure and husband sufficient water to operate a public bath, thanks to ingenious architectural adaptations and a unique strategy of water conservation. Regulated by the annual oscillation from wet to dry season and plausibly framed by institutional and social norms, this water supply system seemingly served the local community for at least three centuries. The results of excavation thus far show, in particular, that a still imperfectly known predecessor was superseded and upscaled by a substantial bath complex dating to the mid-second century ad. Attesting to a locally adaptive tradition, this overhaul ultimately wedded the reconfiguration of reservoirs and cisterns of the Republican period to a newly engineered supply system that sought to minimize leaks. Overall, this research affords an opportunity to gain insights into the vision and forethought of an ancient society as it dealt with the most precious of its natural resources and managed to allocate a sizable portion of it to the supply of an amenity. More fundamentally though, it describes Cosa's hydraulic achievements and the questions at stake: how they were integrated, formed a water system that underpinned the growth of the town, and ultimately informed the socio-ecological realities of the site.
Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı 29, 1 Clit, 2011
Der Autor/die Autorin hat das Recht, für den eigenen wissenschaftlichen Gebrauch unveränderte Kop... more Der Autor/die Autorin hat das Recht, für den eigenen wissenschaftlichen Gebrauch unveränderte Kopien von dieser PDF-Datei zu erstellen bzw. das unveränderte PDF-File digital an Dritte weiterzuleiten. Außerdem ist der Autor/die Autorin berechtigt, nach Ablauf von 24 Monaten und nachdem die PDF-Datei durch das Deutsche Archäologische Institut der Öffentlichkeit kostenfrei zugänglich gemacht wurde, die unveränderte PDF-Datei an einem Ort seiner/ihrer Wahl im Internet bereitzustellen.
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Papers by Andrea De Giorgi
Antioch has typically been treated as a city whose classical glory faded permanently amid a series of natural disasters and foreign invasions in the sixth and seventh centuries C.E. Such studies have obstructed the view of Antioch’s fascinating urban transformations from classical to medieval to modern city and the processes behind these. Through its comprehensive blend of textual sources and new archaeological data reanalyzed from Princeton’s 1930s excavations and recent discoveries, this book offers unprecedented insights into the complete history of Antioch, recreating the lives of the people who lived in it and focusing on the factors that affected them during the evolution of its remarkable cityscape. While Antioch’s built environment is central, the book also utilizes landscape archaeological work to consider the city in relation to its hinterland, and numismatic evidence to explore its economics. The outmoded portrait of Antioch as a sadly perished classical city par excellence gives way to one in which it shines as brightly in its medieval Islamic, Byzantine, and Crusader incarnations.
Antioch: A History offers a new portal to researching this long-lasting city and is also suitable for a wide variety of teaching needs, both undergraduate and graduate, in the fields of Classics, History, Urban Studies, Archaeology, Silk Road Studies, and Near Eastern/Middle Eastern Studies. Just as important, its clarity makes it attractive for, and accessible to, a general readership outside the framework of formal instruction.
The Mediterranean basin has always been an area of cross-cultural interactions and encounters, affected by recurrent episodes of warfare and religious rivalries but nonetheless featuring lands, peoples, and cultures that were bound together rather than divided by the sea. This series focuses on the archaeology, and cognate disciplines, of the countries encircling the Mediterranean Sea, from Morocco and Spain in the West to the Levant, and covers a broad time span that extends from prehistory through to Early Modern periods. In doing so, it aims to offer unique insights into developments around the Mediterranean, and the changing and creative nature of cultural contacts over time. Monographs and edited collections are invited from a broad range of archaeological disciplines, including environmental sciences, landscape studies, urban studies, epigraphy, Egyptology, anthropology, visual culture, and multidisciplinary studies with a strong archaeological component.
Method of peer Review: Double-blind undertaken by external specialists
Fields of interest: Archaeology, but volumes incorporating historical, cultural, and religious studies, including areas such as art history, philosophy, anthropology and social sciences, are also welcomed
Geographical scope: Mediterranean basin
Chronological scope: Prehistory to Early Modern
General Editors
Lin Foxhall, University of Liverpool lfoxhall@liverpool. ac. uk
Peter van Dommelen, Brown University [email protected]
Editorial Board
Andrea De Georgi, Florida State University
Francesca Dell’Acqua, University of Salerno
Lieve Donnellan, Aarhus Universitet
Elizabeth Frood, University of Oxford
Paul S. Johnson, University of Sheffield
Naoise MacSweeney, University of Leicester
Joan Sanmarti Grego, Universitat de Barcelona
Luca Zavagno, Bilkent Universitesi
Publishing Manager
Rosie Bonté
rosie. bonte@brepols. net
Presentation and Discussion in English
In cooperation with the Institute of Classical Archeology at Freie Universität Berlin
The event will be transmitted via WebEx. Please register by email ([email protected]) until Sunday, November 15. You will receive all access details on the day of the event.
Cosa (Ansedonia, GR), a Roman Colony founded in 273 AC is an archeological site that has attracted an extraordinary lot of studies that delivered fundamental keypoints for the understanding of both the urbanistic development and the development of Roman Architecture in the Republican and Imperial Era. But Cosa is also a paradoxical settlement. Located on one of the most spectacular promontories of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the city had to confront a complex ecology and moments of acute recession. How the local community managed nevertheless to remain for a long time in place and to adapt to the evolution of politcal and ambiental dynamics will be at the center of this presentation.