IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1250: The Use of Water and Wetlands at the End of the Early Middle Ages, III: Water and Mobility
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Marco Panato, Department of History, University of Nottingham Lukas Werther, Institut für Orientalistik, Indogermanistik und Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Ross Balzaretti, Institute for Medieval Research, University of Nottingham |
| Paper 1250-a | Naves per caetera flumina: Considerations on the Transport Systems in the Po and Rhône Valleys, 8th-9th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Economics - Trade, Maritime and Naval Studies |
| Paper 1250-b | Roman Rivers, Roman Roofs, and the Origins of Papal Forest Conservation (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Archaeology - General, Economics - General |
| Paper 1250-c | The Use of French Rivers in Stone Distribution as an Insight in Economic and Social Organisation (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Economics - Trade, Geography and Settlement Studies |
| Abstract | This multisession panel is aimed to provide a multidisciplinary approach - combining written sources, archaeological evidence and proxy data - on the use of water and wetlands at the end of the Early Middle Ages (8th-10th century). Water has always been considered as a valuable resource for past societies, but its proximity did also constitute a serious danger. In the Early Middle Ages, many regions have been dominated by water and wetlands. This session focuses on inland navigation and the mobility of people and goods, considering fluvial transports, interaction with land routes and problems resulting from fluvial dynamics. |