Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools

Sixty-six new archaeological sites have been discovered thanks to the combined use of different remote sensing techniques and open access geospatial datasets (mainly aerial photography, satellite imagery, and airborne LiDAR). These sites enhance the footprint of the Roman military presence in the no...

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Autores: Menéndez Blanco, Andrés|||0000-0002-7190-5240, García Sánchez, Jesús, Costa García, José Manuel, Fonte, João, González Álvarez, David, Vicente García, Víctor
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositorio:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:digibuo.uniovi.es:10651/57205
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10651/57205
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10120485
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Palavra-chave:Roman military archaeology
Remote sensing
Geosciences
Archaeological survey
Satellite imagery
Aerial photography
Airborne LiDAR
Iberian Peninsula
Arqueología militar romana
Teledetección
Prospección arqueológica
LiDAR aéreo
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spelling Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial ToolsMenéndez Blanco, Andrés|||0000-0002-7190-5240García Sánchez, JesúsCosta García, José ManuelFonte, JoãoGonzález Álvarez, DavidVicente García, VíctorRoman military archaeologyRemote sensingGeosciencesArchaeological surveySatellite imageryAerial photographyAirborne LiDARIberian PeninsulaArqueología militar romanaTeledetecciónProspección arqueológicaLiDAR aéreoSixty-six new archaeological sites have been discovered thanks to the combined use of different remote sensing techniques and open access geospatial datasets (mainly aerial photography, satellite imagery, and airborne LiDAR). These sites enhance the footprint of the Roman military presence in the northern fringe of the River Duero basin (León, Palencia, Burgos and Cantabria provinces, Spain). This paper provides a detailed morphological description of 66 Roman military camps in northwestern Iberia that date to the late Republic or early Imperial eras. We discuss the different spatial datasets and GIS tools used for different geographic contexts of varied terrain and vegetation. Finally, it stresses out the relevance of these novel data to delve into the rationale behind the Roman army movements between the northern Duero valley and the southern foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains. We conclude that methodological approaches stimulated by open-access geospatial datasets and enriched by geoscientific techniques are fundamental to understand the expansion of the Roman state in northwestern Iberia during the 1st c. BC properly. This renewed context set up a challenging scenario to overcome traditional archaeological perspectives still influenced by the cultural-historical paradigm and the pre-eminence of classical written sources.The Warscapes project, focused on the archaeological exploration of Sasamón and Olmillos de Sasamón and managed by J. García Sánchez and José M. Costa-García, received funding from the Autonomous Government of Castile and León (Exp. B2020/003546), and the Provincial Council of Burgos (Exp. P037500G). J. García is a postdoctoral researcher from CSIC-Junta de Extremadura (TA18060); J. M. Costa-García is a postdoctoral I2C researcher of the Autonomous Government of Galicia (Grant Agreement ED481D 2019/006). J. Fonte is funded with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (Grant Agreement No 794048) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. D. González-Álvarez is a postdoctoral researcher at the Incipit-CSIC under the Juan de la Cierva-Formación programme, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science (Grant agreement FJCI-2017-33731).MDPI20202020-12-02journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10651/57205https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10120485reponame:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedoinstname:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digibuo.uniovi.es:10651/572052026-06-07T06:38:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools
title Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools
spellingShingle Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools
Menéndez Blanco, Andrés|||0000-0002-7190-5240
Roman military archaeology
Remote sensing
Geosciences
Archaeological survey
Satellite imagery
Aerial photography
Airborne LiDAR
Iberian Peninsula
Arqueología militar romana
Teledetección
Prospección arqueológica
LiDAR aéreo
title_short Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools
title_full Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools
title_fullStr Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools
title_full_unstemmed Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools
title_sort Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains and the Northern Plains of Castile and León (North of Spain): Archaeological Applications of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Tools
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Menéndez Blanco, Andrés|||0000-0002-7190-5240
García Sánchez, Jesús
Costa García, José Manuel
Fonte, João
González Álvarez, David
Vicente García, Víctor
author Menéndez Blanco, Andrés|||0000-0002-7190-5240
author_facet Menéndez Blanco, Andrés|||0000-0002-7190-5240
García Sánchez, Jesús
Costa García, José Manuel
Fonte, João
González Álvarez, David
Vicente García, Víctor
author_role author
author2 García Sánchez, Jesús
Costa García, José Manuel
Fonte, João
González Álvarez, David
Vicente García, Víctor
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Roman military archaeology
Remote sensing
Geosciences
Archaeological survey
Satellite imagery
Aerial photography
Airborne LiDAR
Iberian Peninsula
Arqueología militar romana
Teledetección
Prospección arqueológica
LiDAR aéreo
topic Roman military archaeology
Remote sensing
Geosciences
Archaeological survey
Satellite imagery
Aerial photography
Airborne LiDAR
Iberian Peninsula
Arqueología militar romana
Teledetección
Prospección arqueológica
LiDAR aéreo
description Sixty-six new archaeological sites have been discovered thanks to the combined use of different remote sensing techniques and open access geospatial datasets (mainly aerial photography, satellite imagery, and airborne LiDAR). These sites enhance the footprint of the Roman military presence in the northern fringe of the River Duero basin (León, Palencia, Burgos and Cantabria provinces, Spain). This paper provides a detailed morphological description of 66 Roman military camps in northwestern Iberia that date to the late Republic or early Imperial eras. We discuss the different spatial datasets and GIS tools used for different geographic contexts of varied terrain and vegetation. Finally, it stresses out the relevance of these novel data to delve into the rationale behind the Roman army movements between the northern Duero valley and the southern foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains. We conclude that methodological approaches stimulated by open-access geospatial datasets and enriched by geoscientific techniques are fundamental to understand the expansion of the Roman state in northwestern Iberia during the 1st c. BC properly. This renewed context set up a challenging scenario to overcome traditional archaeological perspectives still influenced by the cultural-historical paradigm and the pre-eminence of classical written sources.
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