Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Seland, Eivind Heldaas"
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Resilience and vulnerability in the Syrian Desert in the first millennium CE: The case of the oasis city Tadmor (Palmyra)
Raja, Rubina; Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Urban resilience in past societies is challenging to measure given the nature of our data, which, for the most part, gives insight into past processes only through their archaeological and historical outcomes. We, therefore, ... -
Scaling up and zooming in: global history and high-definition archaeology perspectives on the longue durée of urban–environmental relations in Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan)
Lichtenberger, Achim; Raja, Rubina; Seland, Eivind Heldaas; Simpson, Ian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Combining global perspectives with localized case studies and integrating scientific and material evidence of environmental change in historical narratives are amongst the main challenges for the field of global history ... -
Spaces, Places and Things. The Spatial Dimension of Early Indian Ocean Exchange
Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Chapter, 2022)Early exchange along the maritime Silk Road not only spanned immense distances, but was also subject to—among other things—seasonal weather systems, hazardous waters, arid and sparsely populated coastlines with few suitable ... -
Trade, Traders, and Religion in Gateway-Cities of the Roman East
Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Long distance merchants occupied socially liminal positions in pre-modern societies, operating across in-groups that were mostly defined by birth. This created a double need for social cohesion within the merchant collective ... -
Urban-Riverine Hinterland Synergies in Semi-Arid Environments: Millennial-Scale Change, Adaptations, and Environmental Responses at Gerasa/Jerash
Seland, Eivind Heldaas; Raja, Rubina; Lichtenberger, Achim; Simpson, Ian; Kinnaird, Timothy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-25)This interdisciplinary study addresses issues of urban-riverine hinterland relationships in semi-arid environments over millennia at Gerasa/Jerash in Jordan, presenting research that stimulates new lines of enquiry with ... -
Urbanization and Riverine Hinterlands: A Proposal for an Integrative High-Definition and Multi-Scalar Approach to Understanding Ancient Cities and their Dynamic Natural Resources
Brughmans, Tom; Kinnaird, Tim; Kristiansen, Søren M.; Lichtenberger, Achim; Raja, Rubina; Romanowska, Iza; Seland, Eivind Heldaas; Simpson, Ian; Stott, David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Rivers have always been a magnet for human settlement, providing resources, such as water, food, and energy, and communication and travel routes. Climate- and human-made changes to the environment can easily affect the ... -
Water, Communication, Sight, and the Location of Fortifications on the Strata Diocletiana (Syria) in Late Antiquity
Meyer, Jørgen Christian; Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The Strata Diocletiana was a military road in Late Roman Period Syria. It ran from Damascus to the Euphrates by way of Palmyra. The road was fortified and received its name during the reign of Diocletian (284–305 CE), ... -
Writ in water, lines in sand: Ancient trade routes, models and comparative evidence
Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-09)Historians and archaeologists often take connectivity for granted, and fail to address the problems of documenting patterns of movement. This article highlights the methodological challenges of reconstructing trade routes ...