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James Newhard
College of Charleston, Classics, Faculty Member
- Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Classical Art, Archaeological GIS, and 27 moreArchaeological Science, Archaeological Theory, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Lithics, Historical GIS, History of Archeology, Late Roman Archaeology, GeoArcheology, Classics, Digital Archaeology, Archaeological Informatics, Ancient borders and borderlands (Archaeology), Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), History of Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Aegean Archaeology, Paleoclimatology, Mediterranean Studies, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, and Lithic Technologyedit
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Initial Release of Code, Derived from Newhard, J., Levine, N., and Phebus, A. (2014). "The Development of Integrated Terrestrial and Marine Pathways in the Argo-Saronic Region, Greece." Cartography and Geographic Information... more
Initial Release of Code, Derived from Newhard, J., Levine, N., and Phebus, A. (2014). "The Development of Integrated Terrestrial and Marine Pathways in the Argo-Saronic Region, Greece." Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 41: 379-390. DOI:10.1080/15230406.2014.925786
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The third season of the Avkat Archaeological Project (AAP), in Mecitözü İlçesi, Çorum İli, began in mid-July 2009, with a team of 30 working for 4 weeks. The project focuses on the archaeology of the Late Roman, Byzantine, and ... Ottoman... more
The third season of the Avkat Archaeological Project (AAP), in Mecitözü İlçesi, Çorum İli, began in mid-July 2009, with a team of 30 working for 4 weeks. The project focuses on the archaeology of the Late Roman, Byzantine, and ... Ottoman eras around the village of Beyözü (earlier ...
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Goksu Arkeoloji Projesi 2002-2006 yillari arasinda Mut’un kuzeyinde, Alahan’da gerceklestirilmistir. Bu projenin parcasi olarak Alahan modern yerlesimi detayli olarak incelenmistir. Bu calisma sonucunda burada bir kucuk yerlesim, belki de... more
Goksu Arkeoloji Projesi 2002-2006 yillari arasinda Mut’un kuzeyinde, Alahan’da gerceklestirilmistir. Bu projenin parcasi olarak Alahan modern yerlesimi detayli olarak incelenmistir. Bu calisma sonucunda burada bir kucuk yerlesim, belki de bir sehir oldugu anlasilmistir. Bu yerlesim kuleli bir sur tarafindan korunmaktaydi. Bu cevrili alanda uc, belki bir tane de nekropol’de olmak uzere dort kilise bulunmustur. Yerlesimden elde edilen seramik hellenistik donem ile Ortacag arasindaki tum donemlere isaret etmis ama agirlikli olarak Roma donemine ait olduklari tesbit edilmistir. Mimari ise agirlikli olarak M.S. 5. ve 6. yuzyillara isaret etmekle beraber M.S. erken 2 ve 3. yuzyillara ait yapilar da gorulmustu
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Research Interests: Human Ecology, Geography, Environmental Science, Environmental History, Anatolian Archaeology, and 15 moreByzantine History, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Black Sea region, Anatolia, Black Sea Studies, Ancient economy, Archaeological survey, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Byzantine Empire, Ancient Climate Change, Ancient Economy, Black Sea Ancient History and Archaeology, and Adaptive Cycle
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Within landscape archaeology the assignment of function to small, ephemeral distributions of artifacts is a time-worn problem. Oftentimes, these features are intuitively assigned functional attributes based upon size or the presence of a... more
Within landscape archaeology the assignment of function to small, ephemeral distributions of artifacts is a time-worn problem. Oftentimes, these features are intuitively assigned functional attributes based upon size or the presence of a particular class of artifacts, or are based on understandings of presumed regional patterns based on proximity to other known features in an area. The assignment of function in many way is the application of intuition and experience. It is assumed that certain land use activities occur in spaces that are suitable for their execution by the function of their natural and/or social geography. The operationalization of these assumed characteristics can occur, by recognizing that each a land use activity has a different set of definable relationships that can be expressed as measurable geographic criteria. Additionally, archaeological and historical data (e.g. types of ceramics or the presence/absence of built architecture, textual evidence) can be inclu...
The integration of high-resolution archaeological, textual, and environmental data with longer-term, low-resolution data affords greater precision in identifying some of the causal relationships underlying societal change. Regional and... more
The integration of high-resolution archaeological, textual, and environmental data with longer-term, low-resolution data affords greater precision in identifying some of the causal relationships underlying societal change. Regional and microregional case studies about the Byzantine world—in particular, Anatolia, which for several centuries was the heart of that world—reveal many of the difficulties that researchers face when attempting to assess the influence of environmental factors on human society. The Anatolian case challenges a number of assumptions about the impact of climatic factors on socio-political organization and medium-term historical evolution, highlighting the importance of further collaboration between historians, archaeologists, and climate scientists.
Research Interests: History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Climate Change, Bioarchaeology, Geoarchaeology, and 15 moreAnatolian Studies, Environmental History, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Architecture, Byzantine Archaeology, Applied Economics, Interdisciplinary History, Anatolia, Byzantium, Ancient Anatolia, Climate history, Ephesos, and Historical Studies
ABSTRACT Least cost path applications can be a powerful tool for understanding connectivity across a landscape. A limitation to this method is its difficulty in integrating terrestrial, marine, and cultural factors – all of which would... more
ABSTRACT Least cost path applications can be a powerful tool for understanding connectivity across a landscape. A limitation to this method is its difficulty in integrating terrestrial, marine, and cultural factors – all of which would have been at play in the prehistoric Aegean. This study looks at a method of modeling pathways that integrates major factors (land, sea, and culture) that would be in play while considering medium- to long-distance travel in the Aegean. This test case explores the possible relationships between proposed routes for communication and identified coastal sites with parameters modeled in geographic information system that affect travel in cultural, marine, and terrestrial contexts. The methods presented have significance beyond the Late Bronze Age Aegean. The development of a methodology that incorporates marine, cultural, and terrestrial environments provides a mechanism by which specific hypotheses regarding complex communication routes may be addressed in regions of the world where there is an intensive interplay between terrestrial and marine geographies.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cincinnati, 1996. Bibliography: leaves 50-54. Includes abstract.
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Archaeological evidence, particularly that deriving from systematic regional surveys, offers great potential for understanding social and demographic change in Anatolia between 300 and 1200 CE. We first consider major factors inherent to... more
Archaeological evidence, particularly that deriving from systematic regional surveys, offers great potential for understanding social and demographic change in Anatolia between 300 and 1200 CE. We first consider major factors inherent to regional archaeological data sets that complicate simple synthesis and generalization between projects. We then provide a synthesis focused on longue durée questions relevant to cross-disciplinary examination of the relationship between environmental and societal change and examine potential connections between major changes in settlement patterns observed in the seventh- and eighth- century archaeological data and larger questions of systemic collapse and resilience in the face of climate change. To conclude, we assess current archaeological evidence for the processes of agricultural adaptation at the transition associated with the end of the ancient economy.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Byzantine Archaeology, and 15 moreHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea region, Historical Ecology, Climate Change Impacts, Ancient economy, Ancient Anatolia, Archaeological survey, Archaeological field survey, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Climate history, History and Archaeology of Asia Minor, Economics of Climate Change, Ancient Climate Change, Ancient Economy, and Climate of Ancient Near East
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Between the foundation of Constantinople as capital of the eastern half of the Roman Empire in 330 CE and its sack by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 CE, the Byzantine Empire underwent a full cycle from political-economic stability, through... more
Between the foundation of Constantinople as capital of the eastern half of the Roman Empire in 330 CE and its sack by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 CE, the Byzantine Empire underwent a full cycle from political-economic stability, through rural insecurity and agrarian decline, and back to renewed prosperity. These stages plausibly correspond to the phases of over-extension (K), subsequent release (Ω) and recovery (α) of the Adaptive Cycle in Socio-Ecological Systems. Here we track and partly quantify the consequences of those changes in different regions of Anatolia, firstly for rural settlement (via regional archaeological surveys) and secondly for land cover (via pollen analysis). We also examine the impact of climate changes on the agrarian system. While individual histories vary, the archaeological record shows a major demographic decline between ca .650 and ca. 900 CE in central and southwestern Anatolia, which was then a frontier zone between Byzantine and Arab armies. In these r...
Research Interests: Human Ecology, Environmental Science, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Environmental History, Anatolian Archaeology, and 14 moreLate Antique Archaeology, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Black Sea region, Black Sea Studies, Ancient economy, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, Medieval Environmental History, Ancient Climate Change, Ancient Economy, Black Sea Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Roman and Byzantine Social and Economic History
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ABSTRACT Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cincinnati, 1996. Bibliography: leaves 50-54. Includes abstract.
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Research Interests: Anatolian Studies, Landscape Archaeology, Digital Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Byzantine Studies, and 10 moreArchaeological GIS, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Archaeological Informatics, Spatial analysis (Archaeology), Anatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological survey, and Archaeological field survey
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In this brief paper, we consider and apply the concept of Panarchy and the Adaptive Cycle to a case study from the ancient world, specifically the Mycenaeans at the end of the second millennium BCE. We suggest that the collapse of elite... more
In this brief paper, we consider and apply the concept of Panarchy and the Adaptive Cycle to a case study from the ancient world, specifically the Mycenaeans at the end of the second millennium BCE. We suggest that the collapse of elite Mycenaean society can be conceptualized as a result of its over-reliance on a hypernetworked international system, whose disintegration brought about a cascading event upon the Aegean World. It may be useful to view the events in this area in terms of regional adaptive cycles and their engagement within and upon broader interconnected systems (Panarchy).