R Vandam
Biographic Data
| ID | 4623168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Vandam |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Vandam |
| SIGNATURE | VANDAM R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9542-8477 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
New insights on the seascape and a possible lighthouse in Nea Paphos, Cyprus, during the Roman period
Small-Scale Copper Production in Late Roman Pyrga, Cyprus
Copper was central to the Late Roman Cypriot economy, represented by large-scale production sites. This study examines often-overlooked small-scale mining by focusing on Pyrga in the Pouzis Valley, Southeast Cyprus. Surveys by the Hala Sultan Tekke Hinterland Survey Project (2021–ongoing) revealed dispersed slag heaps near potential church remains. Metal slag analysis reveals a consistent manganese-rich composition and low residual copper, sugges…
Unveiling the Monti Lucretili terraced landscape
Terraces in Monti Lucretili reveal long-term land management strategies, Interdisciplinary approach needed to assess historical terraces' dating and usage
Revealing the Senne. Preliminary results
river reconstruction, landscape evolution, human-environment interactions
More Water at Moatra
While evidence of ancient place names is a crucial element for our understanding of the historical landscape, many of those toponyms, other than those of major urban centres, have often disappeared in the course of history. The traditional localization of one such ancient toponym, Moatra in the territory of Sagalassos, at the present-day village of Bereket in the central district of Burdur Province (SW Türkiye) has recently been questioned. Alleg…
Tracing adaptive cycles and resilience strategies within the Sagalassos settlement record, SW Türkiye
Three decades of interdisciplinary research within the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project has provided extensive archaeological, environmental and geoarchaeological datasets. This paper seeks to bring together these datasets to explore diachronic socio-ecological dynamics within the Sagalassos Study Area, SW Türkiye. For this, we will use the Adaptive Cycles and Resilience Theory framework to explore socio-cultural development during chan…
Changing with the times
Past land-use reconstructions are a key tool for studying long-term human ecodynamics and addressing pressing questions about the origins and evolutionary dynamics of the Anthropocene. In particular, agricultural landcover reconstructions are vital for understanding long-term human-environment dynamics. Most past agricultural land-use models, however, rely heavily on modelling assumptions, make limited use of known archaeological site locations t…
Deep-time patterns of sustainability and resilience in socio-ecological systems
As we stand on the precipice of unprecedented global challenges, understanding the deep-time patterns of sustainability and resilience is no longer just a scholarly endeavour but imperative for the future of our planet and its inhabitants. The collection of papers in this special issue brings together archaeologists, historians, and environmental scientists around four main topics: (1) social-ecological modelling, (2) long-term human-environment …
As Time Goes by
Contrary to the idiosyncratic “tell-type” urban settlements that epitomize Late Bronze Age societies in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East, a handful of major urban settlements on Cyprus, such as Hala Sultan Tekke and Maroni, embodied a completely different notion of urban engineering. Instead of dense urban city centers where numerous residents resided close to each other, these “atypical” settlements were apparently organized with broa…
Concluding the Neolithic
The second half of the seventh millennium BC saw the demise of the previously affluent and dynamic Neolithic way of life. The period is marked by significant social and economic transformations of local communities, as manifested in a new spatial organization, patterns of architecture, burial practices, and in chipped stone and pottery manufacture. This volume has three foci. The first concerns the character of these changes in different parts of…
Marginal” Landscapes
The western Taurus mountains, southwest Turkey, comprise a diverse set of landscape zones that are characterized by great altitude variations. This article focuses on the agricultural so-called marginal highlands within this mountainous region. Large parts of the uplands are labeled “marginal” nowadays as they are not regarded as highly productive in terms of agricultural output or permanent occupation. Three decades of interdisciplinary research…
Introduction
This special issue of JEMAHS originates from a session at the 2017 European Archaeology Association (EAA) conference in Maastricht, the Netherlands, that sought to reflect critically on the question of marginality across landscapes and to foster a more explicitly comparative and empirical approach to using case studies drawn from the Mediterranean Holocene. It was organized by Peter Tomkins (University of Sheffield) and myself, as we were both se…
Contextualizing Kuruçay Höyük
Kuruçay Höyük can be considered a key site for our understanding of Late Prehistory in southwest Turkey and above all, the poorly known Late Chalcolithic (4200–3100 b.c.). Until now, limited research has been conducted on the relationship between the excavated site and its surrounding. This article discusses the Late Chalcolithic results of an integrated survey in the vicinity of Kuruçay Höyük in the Burdur Plain. Drawing upon these results, this…
Subsistence economy and land use strategies in the Burdur province (SW Anatolia) from prehistory to the Byzantine period
Tracing adaptive cycles and resilience strategies within the Sagalassos settlement record, SW Türkiye
Three decades of interdisciplinary research within the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project has provided extensive archaeological, environmental and geoarchaeological datasets. This paper seeks to bring together these datasets to explore diachronic socio-ecological dynamics within the Sagalassos Study Area, SW Türkiye. For this, we will use the Adaptive Cycles and Resilience Theory framework to explore socio-cultural development during chan…
Contextualizing Kuruçay Höyük
Kuruçay Höyük can be considered a key site for our understanding of Late Prehistory in southwest Turkey and above all, the poorly known Late Chalcolithic (4200–3100 b.c.). Until now, limited research has been conducted on the relationship between the excavated site and its surrounding. This article discusses the Late Chalcolithic results of an integrated survey in the vicinity of Kuruçay Höyük in the Burdur Plain. Drawing upon these results, this…
Subsistence economy and land use strategies in the Burdur province (SW Anatolia) from prehistory to the Byzantine period
Concluding the Neolithic
The second half of the seventh millennium BC saw the demise of the previously affluent and dynamic Neolithic way of life. The period is marked by significant social and economic transformations of local communities, as manifested in a new spatial organization, patterns of architecture, burial practices, and in chipped stone and pottery manufacture. This volume has three foci. The first concerns the character of these changes in different parts of…
Marginal” Landscapes
The western Taurus mountains, southwest Turkey, comprise a diverse set of landscape zones that are characterized by great altitude variations. This article focuses on the agricultural so-called marginal highlands within this mountainous region. Large parts of the uplands are labeled “marginal” nowadays as they are not regarded as highly productive in terms of agricultural output or permanent occupation. Three decades of interdisciplinary research…
Introduction
This special issue of JEMAHS originates from a session at the 2017 European Archaeology Association (EAA) conference in Maastricht, the Netherlands, that sought to reflect critically on the question of marginality across landscapes and to foster a more explicitly comparative and empirical approach to using case studies drawn from the Mediterranean Holocene. It was organized by Peter Tomkins (University of Sheffield) and myself, as we were both se…
Contextualizing Kuruçay Höyük
Kuruçay Höyük can be considered a key site for our understanding of Late Prehistory in southwest Turkey and above all, the poorly known Late Chalcolithic (4200–3100 b.c.). Until now, limited research has been conducted on the relationship between the excavated site and its surrounding. This article discusses the Late Chalcolithic results of an integrated survey in the vicinity of Kuruçay Höyük in the Burdur Plain. Drawing upon these results, this…
More Water at Moatra
While evidence of ancient place names is a crucial element for our understanding of the historical landscape, many of those toponyms, other than those of major urban centres, have often disappeared in the course of history. The traditional localization of one such ancient toponym, Moatra in the territory of Sagalassos, at the present-day village of Bereket in the central district of Burdur Province (SW Türkiye) has recently been questioned. Alleg…
Tracing adaptive cycles and resilience strategies within the Sagalassos settlement record, SW Türkiye
Three decades of interdisciplinary research within the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project has provided extensive archaeological, environmental and geoarchaeological datasets. This paper seeks to bring together these datasets to explore diachronic socio-ecological dynamics within the Sagalassos Study Area, SW Türkiye. For this, we will use the Adaptive Cycles and Resilience Theory framework to explore socio-cultural development during chan…
Changing with the times
Past land-use reconstructions are a key tool for studying long-term human ecodynamics and addressing pressing questions about the origins and evolutionary dynamics of the Anthropocene. In particular, agricultural landcover reconstructions are vital for understanding long-term human-environment dynamics. Most past agricultural land-use models, however, rely heavily on modelling assumptions, make limited use of known archaeological site locations t…
Deep-time patterns of sustainability and resilience in socio-ecological systems
As we stand on the precipice of unprecedented global challenges, understanding the deep-time patterns of sustainability and resilience is no longer just a scholarly endeavour but imperative for the future of our planet and its inhabitants. The collection of papers in this special issue brings together archaeologists, historians, and environmental scientists around four main topics: (1) social-ecological modelling, (2) long-term human-environment …
As Time Goes by
Contrary to the idiosyncratic “tell-type” urban settlements that epitomize Late Bronze Age societies in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East, a handful of major urban settlements on Cyprus, such as Hala Sultan Tekke and Maroni, embodied a completely different notion of urban engineering. Instead of dense urban city centers where numerous residents resided close to each other, these “atypical” settlements were apparently organized with broa…
Small-Scale Copper Production in Late Roman Pyrga, Cyprus
Copper was central to the Late Roman Cypriot economy, represented by large-scale production sites. This study examines often-overlooked small-scale mining by focusing on Pyrga in the Pouzis Valley, Southeast Cyprus. Surveys by the Hala Sultan Tekke Hinterland Survey Project (2021–ongoing) revealed dispersed slag heaps near potential church remains. Metal slag analysis reveals a consistent manganese-rich composition and low residual copper, sugges…
Unveiling the Monti Lucretili terraced landscape
Terraces in Monti Lucretili reveal long-term land management strategies, Interdisciplinary approach needed to assess historical terraces' dating and usage
Revealing the Senne. Preliminary results
river reconstruction, landscape evolution, human-environment interactions
New insights on the seascape and a possible lighthouse in Nea Paphos, Cyprus, during the Roman period
Geography (9 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (7 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Ancient Near East History (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · History (3 works)