https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/17730 2026-05-01T15:52:13Z https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/22005 Ancient Colonization of Marginal Habitats Bebermeier, Wiebke; Beck, Dennis; Gerlach, Iris; Klein, Torsten; Knitter, Daniel; Kohlmeyer, Kay; Krause, Jan; Marzoli, Dirce; Meister, Julia; Müller-Neuhof, Bernd; Näser, Claudia; Rummel, Philipp von; Sack, Dorothée; Schmid, Stephan G.; Schütt, Brigitta; Wulf-Rheidt, Ulrike The present contribution deals with the concepts of marginal habitats in selected regions of the ancient world, ranging from modern Spain to the Jordanian desert and from Turkey to the Ethiopian highlands. Central to this research is the hypothesis that the occupation of areas beyond the ‘normal’ settlement patterns corresponds to colonization processes which reflect specific social strategies and may have stimulated the development of new technological skills. A review of ‘marginality’ research in various disciplines indicates that there is no comprehensive definition of the concept, which can be approached from a multitude of perspectives and with manifold objectives. A survey of the eight case studies and two more in-depth discussions of the sites of Musawwarat (Sudan) and Ayamonte (Spain) highlight the potentials as well as the limits of the archaeological investigation into past marginalities. Patterns of spatial marginalization are the easiest to detect. The studies also show that we must not limit our analysis to the adverse factors connected to different kinds of marginalities. Instead, our analyses suggest that spatially marginal areas were deliberately chosen for settlement – an integration with core-periphery approaches may help us to understand these scenarios, which have received little attention in ‘marginality’ research in archaeology or elsewhere so far. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/21969 Ancient Studies and the Changing Face of Urbanism Muth, Susanne; Tiersch, Claudia; Winter, Eva; Freigang, Christian; Fuhrer, Therese; Mundt, Felix; Schmid, Stephan G.; Schmitzer, Ulrich; Trümper, Monika; Wulf-Rheidt, Ulrike Research on urban space has a long tradition in classical studies. Current research of ancient urban spaces continues on in this tradition. It is essential to determine the position of research history in order to define the prospects of current urban studies in a more dif- ferentiated way: only those who are conversant with the history-of-science determination of their respective fields are able, intuitively and critically, to put innovative approaches and methods to the test. Based on the projects of the research group C-6, the various threads of history-of-science developments will be outlined and the current approaches defined in the context of constant re- orientation and new orientation of classical urban studies 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/21970 Authenticity and Communication Fless, Friederike; Graf, Bernhard; Dally, Ortwin; Franke, Ute; Gerbich, Christine; Lengyel, Dominik; Knaut, Matthias; Näser, Claudia; Savoy, Bénédicte; Steinmüller, Laura Katharina; Steudtner, Katharina; Taschner, Moritz; Toulouse, Catherine; Weber, Stefan Authenticity is not an absolute and constant quality inherent in an object or an experience; it is constructed in the process of research. Actors inscribe and attribute it to both material objects and subjective processes like communication and consumption. This article from the research group seeks on the one hand to reflect on the historical scope of action and action patterns among actors from various disciplines between the conflicting priorities of authentication and communication, and on the other to find ways to visualize and operationalize attribution processes through joint reflection. When we look at both history and the discussions fifty years after the Venice Charter, its idea to hand on historic monuments “in the full richness of their authenticity” has turned into an abundance of vibrant action and decision- making. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/21914 Common Sense Geography and Ancient Geographical Texts Dan, Anca; Crom, Wolfgang; Geus, Klaus; Görz, Günther; Guckelsberger, Kurt; König, Viola; Poiss, Thomas; Thiering, Martin This paper places the concept of ‘common sense geography’ as developed by the members of Topoi research group C-5 within the context of ancient geographical literature. For the first time, a consistent model of arranging and classifying Greek and Roman geographical texts from a historical perspective is presented. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z