Rocco Rante
Biographic Data
| ID | 145801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rocco Rante |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rocco |
| FAMILY NAME | Rante |
| SIGNATURE | RANTE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louvre |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0011-0392 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reverse Migration and Village Development in Iran from Late Safavid to Mid-Qajar
At the end of the Safavid dynasty from the late 17th century into the early 18th century, a “reverse migration” process from cities to villages began in Iran and the weakening of the Safavid dynasty saw the start of a decline in city populations. This situation continued through the Afshar and Zand periods and into mid-Qajar era in the 19th century. This article uses archaeological, architectural and historical data to identify and analyze the po…
Les Routes de la soie dans l'Asie centrale de l'antiquité et du Moyen Âge
Les itinéraires commerciaux en Asie centrale, empruntés depuis l’âge du Bronze, foisonnent durant l’antiquité. Ce commerce de longue distance entre l’Asie et l’Europe connaît son apogée au IIIe siècle. Les échanges et les migrations au fil de ces routes caravanières constituent le territoire mouvant de la « Route de la soie », creuset d’un riche mélange de cultures
A Religious and Economic Stopover in the Middle of Khorasan-e Razavi
Robat-e Sefid/Bazeh Hur is the name of two modern villages giving the name to a valley located in a strategic geographical point traversed by a main north-south caravan road. Archaeological evidence brought to light the meaning of this valley, in which religious and economic aspects show and testify to development of this region during the Sasanian and early Islamic epochs. They highlight its role as a stopover for caravans in the past as today
Economic Aspects of Settlement in the Oasis of Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This paper focuses on the new approach studying variations in city size and the impact that the Silk Road had on the structure of cities, demonstrated through the study of economic aspects of the Bukhara oasis. We use archaeological data, compare the ancient economy to modern ones, use modern economic theory and methods to understand ancient society, and use what we have learned about the ancient economy to understand modern economies better. In …
Iranian Cities
This article attempts a long-term perspective on cities and water from Late Antiquity to the early Islamic centuries (until ca. 1000 CE). It focuses on the question of how cities and their agricultural hinterland were supplied with water. The topography of the site, its geomorphological features, are shown to influence both the setup and subsequent history of the cities. The article uses two sets of examples, one chosen from the Iranian plateau w…
The Oasis of Bukhara, Volume 1
In The Oasis of Bukhara: Population, Depopulation and Settlement Evolution, Rocco Rante, archaeologist at the Louvre Museum, presents the results of a large-scale and ambitious regional archaeological investigation of the oasis of Bukhara, corresponding to the delta of the Zerafshan River, from the end of the 1st millennium BCE to the Timurid period. Rante reports the conclusions of several studies of the oasis, realised with the collaboration of…
Iranian Cities
This article attempts a long-term perspective on cities and water from Late Antiquity to the early Islamic centuries (until ca. 1000 CE ). It focuses on the question of how cities and their agricultural hinterland were supplied with water. The topography of the site, its geomorphological features, are shown to influence both the setup and subsequent history of the cities. The article uses two sets of examples, one chosen from the Iranian plateau …
Paléocours du delta du Zerafshan (oasis de Boukhara, Ouzbékistan)
Dynamics of human settlements ensuing from river transformation and changes in commercial behaviour
Rayy: from its Origins to the Mongol Invasion
This book offers a new history of the ancient city of Rayy. Based on the results of the latest excavations on the Citadel and the Shahrestan (the political and administrative nucleus of the city in all periods), the study of historical and geographical texts and on surveys carried out between 2005 and 2007 by the author and the Iranian archaeologist, Ghadir Afround, the complete occupation sequence of the city, from its foundation in the Iron Age…
Greater Khorasan
“Khorasan Proper” and “Greater Khorasan” within a politico-cultural framework
International audience
Nishapur Revisited
"Nishapur in eastern Iran was an important Silk Road city, its position providing links to central Asia and China, Afghanistan and India, the Persian Gulf and the west. Despite previous excavations there are many unresolved questions surrounding the site; when was the city founded? Is Nishapur a Sasanian city? Was it founded by the Sasanian king Shapur I or II? The question of chronology of occupation and the ceramic sequence is also problematic …
The Iranian City of Rayy
The models of the fortified city changed during the centuries. It is with the penetration of Hellenism in Central Asia that one can remark a considerable change about urban and military features. The urban models remarked in Central Asia, with a citadel, most frequently situated at the north, a Shahrestan, often of rectangular or polygonal form enclosed the citadel itself, and a suburb, not always localisable, present many similarities with Rayy.…
The Topography of Rayy During the Early Islamic Period
All previous studies on the eity of Rayy are insufficient for understanding its complex history. This article shows the precarious present situation of the archaeological site and offers a new and more complete topographical analysis of two of the most ancient parts of the city, the Citadel and Shahrestan. It also discusses some comparisons with more recent plans from the nineteenth century drawn by Robert Ker Porter and Pascal Coste. That analys…
Parisa Damandan. Portrait Photographs from Isfahan. London, Saqi books, 2004, 263 p
L'A. offre un recueil de photos concernent un iter historique qui va de 1920 à 1950. Elle explique d’abord les raisons pour lesquelles elle a entrepris ce travail, mettant en évidence le changement intervenu entre l’époque post-révolutionnaire (où, pendant plusieurs années la photo, surtout celle des femmes, a été interdite) et l’époque à laquelle appartiennent les photos qu’elle présente. Elles expriment la recherche des belles images et du mome…
The Oasis of Bukhara, Volume 1
In The Oasis of Bukhara: Population, Depopulation and Settlement Evolution, Rocco Rante, archaeologist at the Louvre Museum, presents the results of a large-scale and ambitious regional archaeological investigation of the oasis of Bukhara, corresponding to the delta of the Zerafshan River, from the end of the 1st millennium BCE to the Timurid period. Rante reports the conclusions of several studies of the oasis, realised with the collaboration of…
Nishapur Revisited
"Nishapur in eastern Iran was an important Silk Road city, its position providing links to central Asia and China, Afghanistan and India, the Persian Gulf and the west. Despite previous excavations there are many unresolved questions surrounding the site; when was the city founded? Is Nishapur a Sasanian city? Was it founded by the Sasanian king Shapur I or II? The question of chronology of occupation and the ceramic sequence is also problematic …
Iranian Cities
This article attempts a long-term perspective on cities and water from Late Antiquity to the early Islamic centuries (until ca. 1000 CE ). It focuses on the question of how cities and their agricultural hinterland were supplied with water. The topography of the site, its geomorphological features, are shown to influence both the setup and subsequent history of the cities. The article uses two sets of examples, one chosen from the Iranian plateau …
Dynamics of human settlements ensuing from river transformation and changes in commercial behaviour
The Iranian City of Rayy
The models of the fortified city changed during the centuries. It is with the penetration of Hellenism in Central Asia that one can remark a considerable change about urban and military features. The urban models remarked in Central Asia, with a citadel, most frequently situated at the north, a Shahrestan, often of rectangular or polygonal form enclosed the citadel itself, and a suburb, not always localisable, present many similarities with Rayy.…
Parisa Damandan. Portrait Photographs from Isfahan. London, Saqi books, 2004, 263 p
L'A. offre un recueil de photos concernent un iter historique qui va de 1920 à 1950. Elle explique d’abord les raisons pour lesquelles elle a entrepris ce travail, mettant en évidence le changement intervenu entre l’époque post-révolutionnaire (où, pendant plusieurs années la photo, surtout celle des femmes, a été interdite) et l’époque à laquelle appartiennent les photos qu’elle présente. Elles expriment la recherche des belles images et du mome…
The Topography of Rayy During the Early Islamic Period
All previous studies on the eity of Rayy are insufficient for understanding its complex history. This article shows the precarious present situation of the archaeological site and offers a new and more complete topographical analysis of two of the most ancient parts of the city, the Citadel and Shahrestan. It also discusses some comparisons with more recent plans from the nineteenth century drawn by Robert Ker Porter and Pascal Coste. That analys…
The Iranian City of Rayy
The models of the fortified city changed during the centuries. It is with the penetration of Hellenism in Central Asia that one can remark a considerable change about urban and military features. The urban models remarked in Central Asia, with a citadel, most frequently situated at the north, a Shahrestan, often of rectangular or polygonal form enclosed the citadel itself, and a suburb, not always localisable, present many similarities with Rayy.…
Nishapur Revisited
"Nishapur in eastern Iran was an important Silk Road city, its position providing links to central Asia and China, Afghanistan and India, the Persian Gulf and the west. Despite previous excavations there are many unresolved questions surrounding the site; when was the city founded? Is Nishapur a Sasanian city? Was it founded by the Sasanian king Shapur I or II? The question of chronology of occupation and the ceramic sequence is also problematic …
Rayy: from its Origins to the Mongol Invasion
This book offers a new history of the ancient city of Rayy. Based on the results of the latest excavations on the Citadel and the Shahrestan (the political and administrative nucleus of the city in all periods), the study of historical and geographical texts and on surveys carried out between 2005 and 2007 by the author and the Iranian archaeologist, Ghadir Afround, the complete occupation sequence of the city, from its foundation in the Iron Age…
Greater Khorasan
“Khorasan Proper” and “Greater Khorasan” within a politico-cultural framework
International audience
Dynamics of human settlements ensuing from river transformation and changes in commercial behaviour
Paléocours du delta du Zerafshan (oasis de Boukhara, Ouzbékistan)
Iranian Cities
This article attempts a long-term perspective on cities and water from Late Antiquity to the early Islamic centuries (until ca. 1000 CE ). It focuses on the question of how cities and their agricultural hinterland were supplied with water. The topography of the site, its geomorphological features, are shown to influence both the setup and subsequent history of the cities. The article uses two sets of examples, one chosen from the Iranian plateau …
The Oasis of Bukhara, Volume 1
In The Oasis of Bukhara: Population, Depopulation and Settlement Evolution, Rocco Rante, archaeologist at the Louvre Museum, presents the results of a large-scale and ambitious regional archaeological investigation of the oasis of Bukhara, corresponding to the delta of the Zerafshan River, from the end of the 1st millennium BCE to the Timurid period. Rante reports the conclusions of several studies of the oasis, realised with the collaboration of…
Iranian Cities
This article attempts a long-term perspective on cities and water from Late Antiquity to the early Islamic centuries (until ca. 1000 CE). It focuses on the question of how cities and their agricultural hinterland were supplied with water. The topography of the site, its geomorphological features, are shown to influence both the setup and subsequent history of the cities. The article uses two sets of examples, one chosen from the Iranian plateau w…
A Religious and Economic Stopover in the Middle of Khorasan-e Razavi
Robat-e Sefid/Bazeh Hur is the name of two modern villages giving the name to a valley located in a strategic geographical point traversed by a main north-south caravan road. Archaeological evidence brought to light the meaning of this valley, in which religious and economic aspects show and testify to development of this region during the Sasanian and early Islamic epochs. They highlight its role as a stopover for caravans in the past as today
Economic Aspects of Settlement in the Oasis of Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This paper focuses on the new approach studying variations in city size and the impact that the Silk Road had on the structure of cities, demonstrated through the study of economic aspects of the Bukhara oasis. We use archaeological data, compare the ancient economy to modern ones, use modern economic theory and methods to understand ancient society, and use what we have learned about the ancient economy to understand modern economies better. In …
Les Routes de la soie dans l'Asie centrale de l'antiquité et du Moyen Âge
Les itinéraires commerciaux en Asie centrale, empruntés depuis l’âge du Bronze, foisonnent durant l’antiquité. Ce commerce de longue distance entre l’Asie et l’Europe connaît son apogée au IIIe siècle. Les échanges et les migrations au fil de ces routes caravanières constituent le territoire mouvant de la « Route de la soie », creuset d’un riche mélange de cultures
Reverse Migration and Village Development in Iran from Late Safavid to Mid-Qajar
At the end of the Safavid dynasty from the late 17th century into the early 18th century, a “reverse migration” process from cities to villages began in Iran and the weakening of the Safavid dynasty saw the start of a decline in city populations. This situation continued through the Afshar and Zand periods and into mid-Qajar era in the 19th century. This article uses archaeological, architectural and historical data to identify and analyze the po…
Geography (13 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (12 works) · Archaeology (11 works) · History (11 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · Art (8 works) · Islamic Studies and History (7 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works) · History (5 works) · Islam (5 works)