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SUMMARY:Graves\, grains and grievances: how quantifying archaeological dat
 a can help us trace urban dynamics against their global context - Iza Roma
 nowska\, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies
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CONTACT:Simon Carrignon
DESCRIPTION:In these times of fragile and moving borders\, social and poli
 tical shifts\, and rapid climate change\, looking into the past can bring 
 much-needed insights into large-scale long-term dynamics of social and soc
 io-natural systems. The Roman Empire is a case in point as one of the earl
 iest examples of a large-scale integrated socio-economic and political bod
 y comprising human groups across diverse environments\, multiple languages
  and subsistence strategies. Its centuries-long history enables us to trac
 k the evolution of communities in the face of global social and environmen
 tal transformations. \n\nIn this presentation\, I will focus on the data\,
  methods\, and results of a multiphased interdisciplinary project Reconstr
 ucting ancient demographics through archaeological-historical data integra
 tion and computer simulation investigating the demographic dynamics of the
  ancient cities of Palmyra and Forum Hadriani. It showcases how computatio
 nal modelling methods applied to diverse proxies enable us to gain a fulle
 r picture of the population dynamics of past communities against the backg
 round of the global events that affected them. Strong integration of a ran
 ge of archaeological datasets\, including funerary data\, built environmen
 t\, as well as urban and hinterland reconstructions\, allowed us to gain s
 ignificant insights into the fundamental processes behind the urban evolut
 ion of these ancient cities. They also hint at more generalised socio-ecol
 ogical mechanisms that may be driving human groups both in the past and in
  the present.\n\n\nAll talks are hybrid\, to assist online you will need t
 o register for the event by sign-up "here":https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeti
 ng/register/tJUtceugrjIrGNXrttydB_XbuFHMtgssRo33 
LOCATION:McDonald Institute Seminar Room\, Department of Archaeology\, Dow
 ning Site
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