Micro-regions as spaces of socio-ecological Interaction

Short Description

The growing awareness of the current climate crisis has led to an increased interest in the investigation of historical human-environment interactions. In this context, the micro-region has proven to be a significant category for ecological, socio-economic and cultural analyses. The present volume offers a collection of papers held in 2022 at an interdisciplinary workshop in Istanbul. They reflect on micro-regions from the ancient Mediterranean as spaces of socio-ecological interaction on a theoretical, methodological and empirical level and reveal perspectives for future research.

Description

The growing awareness of the current climate crisis has led to an increased interest in the investigation of historical human-environment interactions. In this context, the microregion has proven to be a significant category for ecological, socio-economic and cultural analyses. Within the framework of the microregion, it is possible to reconstruct the functioning of complex socio-ecological systems. The present volume offers a collection of papers held in 2022 at a workshop organized by the project »The Transformation of the Pergamon Micro-Region between the Hellenistic and the Roman Imperial Period«. The interdisciplinary contributions refect on micro-regions as spaces of socioecological interaction on a theoretical, methodological and empirical level. They convey the current state of knowledge for various regions of the Mediterranean and reveal perspectives for future research.

Biographical Note

Felix Pirson is a Classical Archaeologist. He holds a MPhil from Cambridge University, a PhD from Munich University and a postdoctoral lecture qualification from Leipzig University, where he is Honorary Professor. Since 2006 he is director of the German Archaeological Institute at Istanbul and head of the Pergamon Excavation (Bergama, Türkiye). He is senior fellow at the Institute of the Study of the Ancient World (New York University) and corresponding member of several archaeological institutes. His current research topics include Pergamon, Pompeii, ancient urbanism and historical human-environment interaction.

Brigitta Schütt is a physical geographer. After graduation at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg she received a doctorate from RWTH Aachen University. She received her postdoctoral lecture qualification from Trier University for the subject geography. After employments as guest professor at the University of Manitoba and Bonn University she was appointed for the chair of Physical Geography at Freie Universität Berlin in 2002. She is member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute. Her research focus is on water management, landscape archaeology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction and soil erosion.

Th. Schulz studied architecture at the Technical University of Braunschweig. She worked as an assistant at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens for the excavation in Samos, then at the Institute for Building History at the Technical University of Munich, where she also received her doctorate in 1994. From 1995-2015, she was Professor of Architectural History, Monument Conservation and Historical Building Research at the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg , where she introduced the Master's degree programme in Historical Building Research in 2010. Since 2015, she has headed the Department and the Master's degree programme of Historical Building Research and Monument Conservation at TU Berlin. She is a full member of the German Archaeological Institute. Her research focuses on Hellenistic and Roman architecture in the eastern Mediterranean.