Maritime Connections and their Influence on Ancient Sea Trade: Objects, People, Places

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Maritime Connections and their Influence on Ancient Sea Trade: Objects, People, Places

Veranstalter
Universität Trier (Prof. Dr. Christoph Schäfer, Dr. Julian Degen, Dr. Mateo González Vázquez)
Ausrichter
Prof. Dr. Christoph Schäfer, Dr. Julian Degen, Dr. Mateo González Vázquez
Gefördert durch
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, FoRuM, FZE Europa, Winkel-Stiftung
PLZ
54296
Ort
Trier
Land
Deutschland
Findet statt
Hybrid
Vom - Bis
19.02.2024 - 21.02.2024
Von
Julian Degen, FB III - Alte Geschichte, Universität Trier

International Conference at Trier University
Organized by the DFG-project „Maritime Verbindungen und ihr Einfluss auf den antiken Seehandel – Nautische Simulationen als Grundlage historischer Forschungen“
19/20/21 February 2024, Room B14, Trier University

Maritime Connections and their Influence on Ancient Sea Trade: Objects, People, Places

Maritime connections play a pivotal role in shaping intricate trade networks, offering a historically cost-efficient means of goods transportation. While land connections have been extensively studied and well-documented, research on maritime routes and their influence on transportation costs, still remains notably scarce, although the last decades saw ground-breaking studies. In light of a growing interest in research highlighting the impact of sea-based trade on ancient economies, this conference aims to convene experts in the fields of Ancient History, Archaeology, and Digital Humanities.

Our objective is to provide a comprehensive contextualization of various phenomena within ancient societies that were influenced by maritime trade. To achieve this, our thematic scope encompasses the reconstruction of sea routes, exploration of trade patterns, and investigations into connectivity. Furthermore, we will delve into the imprint of sea trade on seafaring practices, the material culture of ancient societies, and the portrayal of maritime landscapes in literary texts. This conference aims to serve as an intellectual hub for the exploration of innovative approaches to interpreting literary and material sources related to sea trade, integrating new theoretical frameworks and cutting-edge methodologies, such as simulations.

The conference will be streamed online. Access via https://uni-trier.zoom-x.de/j/68449171514?pwd=UG9lYjI3WW5WdVRuVmsrRFIzRHVQQT09

Meeting-ID: 684 4917 1514
Kenncode: 5R1Ef79H

Programm

Monday, 19th February
Opening
13:00 Opening by the President of Trier University
Prof. Dr. Eva Martha Eckkrammer
13:30 Keynote: Nicholas Purcell (Oxford) Cabotage, Backwash and the Meeting of Circuits in Ancient Mediterranean Worlds
14:30 Coffee Break

Panel 1: The Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean
Chair: Pascal Warnking
14:45 Ronald Bockius (Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie) Hibernia invenita - archaeological clues for maritime interrelations between the ancient Mediterranean and early Iron Age Ireland
15:30 Sascha Weiler (Trier) Destination Narbonne. Zur Erreichbarkeit römischer Seehäfen
16:15 Coffee Break
17:15 José Remesal Rodriguez (Barcelona) Zwischen zwei Flüssen: vom Rhein zur Rhône über Baetica
18:00 Pierre Poveda (CNRS Aix-en-Provence) From shipwrecks to sailing replicas: assessing the
contribution of reconstructions and experimental archaeology to our knowledge of ancient navigation

Tuesday, 20th February
Panel 2: Changing Patterns in Maritime Transportation: An Archaeological View
Chair: Christoph Schäfer
9:00 Giulia Boetto (CNRS Aix / Marseille) Reconstructing navigation in the northern Adriatic through the discovery of ancient shipwrecks
9:45 Dario Nappo (Naples) How Trajan’s canal started Late Antiquity in the Red Sea
10:30 Coffee Break
10.45 Emmanuel Nantet (Haifa) The Caesarea shipwreck: a large merchantman in the early imperial Levant
11:30 Mateo González Vázquez (Trier) Moving Past Typological Constraints: On the Morphology and Transportability of Amphorae
12:15 Cèsar Carreras (Barcelona) Modelling commercial connections through network analysis: the amphorae indicators
13:00 Lunch

14:00 to 15:30 Visiting the Reconstructed Roman
Merchant Vessel Type Laurons 2 “Bissula”

Panel 3: Maritime Knowledge and Societies in Perspective
Chair: Christian Rollinger
15:30 Patrick Reinard (Trier) Egyptian grain shippers in Ostia. Papyrological insights into long-distance trade
16:15 Philipp Köhner (Eichstätt) The Tabula Peutingeriana - a source of maritime knowledge?
17:00 Coffee Break
17:15 Julian Degen (Trier) Harbours in Strabo’s Geographica: Using Geographical Texts as a Source for Exploring Mediterranean Economies
18:00 Stefan Feuser (Bonn) Maritime Societies and Small-Scale Exchange. Case Studies from the Eastern Mediterranean

Wednesday, 21st February
9:00 Keynote: Robert Rollinger (Innsbruck/Wrocław) The “Indian Ocean” in Achaemenid-Persian time
10:00 Coffee Break
Panel 4: Reconstructing and Simulating Maritime Economies
Chair: Frank Daubner
10:15 Crystal El Safadi (Southampton) Explorations of Maritime Spaces: Meaningful Modelling and Experimenting
11:00 Christoph Schäfer (Trier) Bissula – the Roman merchant ship type Laurons 2 at sea
11:45 Coffee Break
12:00 Julian Heinz (Trier) Simulating maritime Trade with DIMAG
12:45 Pascal Warnking and Ludwig von Auer (Trier) Maritime Economies: Some Thoughts on Quantifying the Effects of Maritime Connections
13:30 Concluding Remarks
Farewell

Kontakt

degen@uni-trier.de; gonzalezvaz@uni-trier.de

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