دانلود کتاب Facing the Enemy?: A GIS Study of 1st Century Roman Fortifications in the Scottish Landscape

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Archaeology of Roman Britain Subseries
Titles in the Archaeology of Roman Britain Subseries
Of Related Interest
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Editorial Note
Abbreviations
Abstract
1. Introduction
1.1. Aims and Objectives
1.2. Method and Approach
1.3. Research Limitations and Implications
1.4. Summary
2. Romans and Scottish Landscapes
2.1. An Early Frontier Zone?
2.2. Historical Background
2.3. Interpretation Influences
2.3.1. Tacitus
2.3.2. Richard of Cirencester
2.4. Native and Roman Interaction
2.5. Roman Military Infrastructure
2.5.1. Other Structures
2.5.2. Legionary Fortress
2.5.3. Camps
2.5.4. Forts
2.5.5. Fortlets
2.5.6. Towers
2.5.7. Coastal Sites
2.5.8. Road Networks
2.5.9. Coastal and River Networks
2.6. Interpretation Challenges
2.6.1. Fortification Sequencing
2.6.2. Fortification Dating
2.7. Natural Environment
2.7.1. Water
2.8. Summary
3. Data and Methods
3.1. Data Collection and Sources
3.1.1. Roman Literary Texts
3.1.2. Legacy and Site Data
3.1.3. Mapping Data
3.2. Analytical Methods
3.2.1. Positioning: Defensive and Elevation
3.2.2. Intervisbility: Viewpoints, Binary Viewsheds and Lines-Of-Sight
3.2.3. Orientation
3.2.4. Interconnectivity
4. Location and Positioning
4.1. Classical Texts: Positioning
4.2. Positioning: Spatial Analysis
4.3. Analysis: Defensive Topography
4.4. Analysis: Site Elevation
4.5. Analysis: Binary Viewsheds
4.6. Summary
5. Intervisibility
5.1. Roman Signalling
5.2. Analysis: Line-Of-Sight (Signalling)
5.2.1. Towers on the Gask Ridge
5.2.2. Towers in Southern Scotland
5.3. Summary
6. Orientation
6.1. Classical Texts: Orientation
6.2. Orientation: Recent Studies
6.3. Analysis: Fortification Orientation
6.4. Analysis: Directions that Fortifications Face
6.5. Summary
7. Interconnectivity
7.1. Road Networks
7.2. River Networks
7.3. Classical Texts: Waterways
7.4. The Antiquarian Account
7.5. Analysis: Fortifications and Roads
7.6. Analysis: Coastal and River Networks
7.7. Analysis: River Crossings
7.8. Scotland’s River Networks
7.8.1. River Tweed
7.8.2. Firth of Forth
7.8.3. Firth of Tay
7.8.4. Northeast and Moray Firth
7.8.5. Firth of Clyde
7.8.6. Southwest and Solway Firth
7.9. Summary
8. Discussion
8.1. Roman Control of Scottish Landscapes
8.2. Role of ‘Temporary Encampments’
8.3. Intervisibility And Signalling: Testing a Methodology
8.4. Profiling Fortification Sites
8.5. Roman Military Strategies in Scotland
8.6. Profiling Fortifications Beyond Flavian Scotland
8.7. Research Opportunities
8.7.1. Fortifications Dating and Sequencing
8.7.2. The Indigenous Population
8.7.3. Signalling
8.7.4. Road Network
8.7.5. Water Levels
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix One: Flavian Sites
Appendix Two: Site Data
Index of Main Sites
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