Understanding geomorphodynamics in the Pergamon micro-region from a socio-ecological perspective

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ID12267397
AutoresFabian Becker (0000-0001-6981-7164, Department of Earth Sciences, Physical Geography, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, autor de correspondencia), Daniel Knitter (0000-0003-3014-4497, OEKO-LOG Field Research, Germany), Andreas Victor Walser (0000-0003-2804-3216, University of Zurich), Andreas Walser (University of Zurich), Bernhard Ludwig (0000-0003-0955-9823, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale), Murat Tozan (0000-0002-5709-9318, Ege University), Brigitta Schütt (0000-0001-5644-9104, Department of Earth Sciences, Physical Geography, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany), Felix Pirson (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale)
Año2024
Volumen34
Número10
Páginas1454-1465
Fecha de publicación2024-07-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Holocene (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/09596836241259772
OpenAlexW4401056858
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas41

A systematic interdisciplinary approach based on the socio-ecological model of the Vienna school has been adopted to achieve a more nuanced and multifaceted understanding of the ancient metropolis of Pergamon (western Anatolia) and its micro-region. The city of Pergamon ranks among the ‘guiding fossils’ of urban culture in antiquity. We describe how the socio-ecological model is subject to adaptation and discussion to fit the needs and circumstances of archaeology. In focussing on geomorphodynamics, we use several approaches to conceptualise and model selected aspects of human-environment interactions, integrating data from physical geography, archaeology, building archaeology (Bauforschung) and ancient history. The model includes several dimensions of the social metabolism of Pergamon, first and foremost the carrying capacity of the environment and demographics, comprising population increase and labour as an active investment in nature. Geomorphodynamics are regarded as major ‘events’ in the model, related to the social metabolism (e.g. increased erosion/deposition in the micro-region in relation to urban sprawl). With the social-ecological model, it is possible – and becomes imperative – to include the perception and representation of human-environment interactions manifested in, for example, administrative patterns and religious practices or architecture and built infrastructure (such as terraces, riverbank stabilisation, substraction terraces and substraction bridges). Geomorphodynamics also involve various aspects of the perception of the environment, though these are not recorded in ancient texts on Pergamon known to date. Concurrently, the importance of the model in organising, structuring, and communicating interdisciplinary collaboration and discourse is highlighted

Archaeology · Biological dispersal · Ecological psychology · Geography · Perception · Political science · Population · Representation (politics · Social ecological model · Sociology · Structuring · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Psychology · Architecture · Ecology