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Burgi in the Loess Plain of the Lower Rhine Region in Late Antiquity

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ID7175111
AuthorsJames Dodd (0000-0001-9313-3176, UCLouvain, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume27
Issue1
Pages47-66
Publication date2023-11-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/eaa.2023.38
OpenAlexW4388292639
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

Defensive infrastructure in the hinterland of the late Roman province of Germania Secunda hinged upon the widespread use of burgi . These defended settlements played a role in transforming villa estates, depopulated zones, and the expansion of the military footprint. They are common in the late third- and fourth-century landscape, spread throughout the loess belt of Belgium, Dutch Limburg, and the Rhineland, yet little has been done to quantify them. This article is dedicated to the chronology, morphology, and functional aspects of burgi , primarily in the loess plain of the Lower Rhine region. The author assembles data from a wide variety of burgi , to characterize them and reach meaningful conclusions about what they represent within the landscape, in the hope that it will act as a pilot project for future work in the field

Archaeology · Chronology · Footprint · Geography · Human settlement · Loess · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Geology · Paleontology

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year2
Citation span2025 - 2025 (1)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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