Browsing Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR by Author "Raja, Rubina"
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Food security in Roman Palmyra (Syria) in light of paleoclimatological evidence and its historical implications
Campmany Jiménez, Joan; Romanowska, Iza; Raja, Rubina; Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Food security in ancient urban centers is often discussed but rarely formally modelled. Despite its location in an inhospitable desert where food production is a constant challenge ancient Palmyra grew from a small oasis ... -
A kinship network analysis of Palmyrene genealogies
Brughmans, Tom; Bobou, Olympia; Kristensen, Nathalia B.; Thomsen, Rikke R.; Jensen, Jesper V.; Seland, Eivind Heldaas; Raja, Rubina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this proof-of-concept study we investigate the potential and chal-lenges of a formal network approach for the examination of 1st to 3rd century CE kinship networks in ancient Palmyra (in present-day Syria). The recent ... -
Modelling an Urban Hinterland. The Case of Roman Palmyra
Campmany Jiménez, Joan; Romanowska, Iza; Raja, Rubina; Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Studies in Palmyrene Archaeology and History;8, Chapter, 2023) -
Palmyra: At the Crossroads of the Ancient World
Raja, Rubina; Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The Syrian oasis city Tadmor, better known as Palmyra, has received by far the most attention within scholarship on the Roman Near East over recent decades. New evidence and recent research allow us to better understand ... -
The Paradox of Palmyra: An Ancient anomalopolis in the Desert
Raja, Rubina; Seland, Eivind Heldaas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Palmyra, the UNESCO world heritage site that tragically made headlines following ISIS’s destruction of several of its key monuments in 2015, was once a thriving city in the heart of the Syrian Desert. Settled from Neolithic ... -
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 ... -
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 ...