GIS application in Roman military invasion survey within barbarian territories during the Marcomannic wars - introduction into problems and perspectives

0477175 - ARÚB 2018 RIV GB eng C - Konferenční příspěvek (zahraniční konf.)
Komoróczy, Balázs - Vlach, Marek
GIS application in Roman military invasion survey within barbarian territories during the Marcomannic wars - introduction into problems and perspectives.
Roman frontier studies 2009. Proceedings of the XXI International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies (Limes Congress) held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in August 2009. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2017 - (Hodgson, N.; Bidwell, P.; Schachtmann, J.), s. 545-551. Archaeopress Roman Archaeology, 25. ISBN 978-1-78491-590-2.
[International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies /21./. Newcastle upon Tyne (GB), 16.08.2009-26.08.2009]
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA404/09/1054
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z80010507
Klíčová slova: Roman Period * Roman military * Middle Danube region * Marcomannic wars * Roman-barbarian confrontation * GIS * spatial analyses * least-cost path
Obor OECD: Archaeology

The environment has always featured as an important determinant of human activity in space and represents an essential part in the process of cognition of previous cultures. There are countless aspects of interactions between human communities and the environment. Because of its vast geographical impact the Roman military invasion within territories north of the Middle Danube (Moravia, SW Slovakia and Lower Austria) during the Marcomannic wars (AD 172 to 180) represents an appropriate domain of questions for the GIS application. The base topic of this paper aims to explore some factors which might have influenced Roman logistic behaviour. Local evidence of the Roman military presence is a unique archaeological source of information and its spatial aspects are convenient for the GIS application. This paper aims to outline some basic GIS methods and analyses which may reveal some additional spatial relations in the future.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0278775