Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Investigating the Material Dimensions of Colonialism: The Impact of the Roman State in Southern Gaul

博士论文改进补助金：调查殖民主义的物质维度：罗马国家对高卢南部的影响

• 批准号: 0935847
• 负责人: Michael Dietler
• 金额: $ 1.44万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0935847&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Investigating

Under the supervision of Dr. Michael Dietler (University of Chicago), Benjamin Luley will investigate the changes in daily life that occurred for the Celtic-speaking peoples of what is today southern France at the archaeological sites of Lattes, Nages, Ambrussum, Nîmes, and Narbonne after the Roman conquest. The first four sites were indigenous, densely-settled fortified cities with populations of several thousand inhabitants, whereas the site of Narbonne was an old and very important Roman colony. The region of southern France came under Roman control after 121 B.C., and scholars have often assumed that the peoples of this region willingly and consciously adopted Roman practices and values in a process referred to as 'Romanization'. However, very few studies have investigated the ways in which daily life changed for the native populations of the conquered Roman provinces. As a result, archaeologists have been unable to address the specific ways in which the Roman state impacted indigenous life and the ways in which the indigenous peoples of the provinces became integrated into the Roman Empire and participated in imperial society. This research will involve a new synthesis of the results from excavations at the five sites combined with a residue analysis of sample ceramics, as well as participation in the ongoing excavations at Lattes. This approach breaks with more traditional attempts at investigating the Roman provinces that have largely ignored the daily, domestic aspects of life. In particular, no residue analysis has ever been performed on ceramics from this region, and this project will allow archaeologists to better understand what local peoples were consuming and how these practices changed over time.In a post-colonial world, the effects of modern colonialism are still emphatically present throughout the globe. However, there is a general lacuna in knowledge about the role of daily material life in the changes associated with colonialism. Furthermore, the majority of studies of colonialism have focused on the expansion of modern world powers since the growth of capitalism, primarily through the literary and ethnographic record. This research will therefore provide a needed material perspective for broader comparative studies on colonialism by using a notably rich and well-documented record of colonial interaction in southern France that spanned several centuries. Through a focus on the material dimensions of daily life, the research will address this notable lacuna and allow for an understanding of how the material world functions in colonial transformations. This project will foster interaction between French, Spanish, Catalonian, and American archaeologists at one of the most important international archaeological sites in Western Europe and contribute to deeper collaborative efforts between the French Centre national de la Recherche scientifique (CNRS) and the University of Chicago.

在迈克尔·迪特勒（Michael Dietler）博士（芝加哥大学）的监督下，本杰明·卢利（Benjamin Luley）将调查当今法国南部法国南部的人的日常生活变化，这是在罗马征服之后的武士，纳奇，安布鲁苏姆，尼姆斯和纳博纳的档案馆。前四个地点是土著，贫穷的强化城市，人口具有数千种影响，而Narbonne地点是一个古老而又非常重要的罗马殖民地。公元前121年，法国南部地区受到罗马的控制，学者们经常在被称为“罗马化”的过程中愿意和有意识地采用罗马的实践和价值观，以愿意和有意识地采用罗马的实践和价值观。但是，很少有研究调查了被征服的罗马省的本地人口的日常生活变化方式。结果，考古学家无法解决罗马国家影响土著生活的具体方式，以及各省土著人民融入罗马帝国并参与帝国社会的方式。这项研究将涉及从五个地点发掘的新综合，结合了对样品陶瓷的退休分析，并参与了拿铁咖啡的正在进行的发掘。这种方法破坏了更传统的尝试，以调查在很大程度上忽略生活中日常家庭方面的罗马省。特别是，从未对该地区的陶瓷进行任何退休分析，该项目将使考古学家能够更好地了解当地人的消费以及这些实践如何随着时间的流逝而发生变化。在后殖民世界中，现代古代族的影响仍然存在于全球范围内。但是，关于日常材料生活在与殖民主义相关的变化中的作用的知识中，有一个普遍的知识。此外，自资本主义增长以来，大多数殖民主义研究都集中在现代世界大国的扩张上，主要是通过文学和民族志记录。因此，这项研究将通过使用法国南部殖民地相互作用的众多记录，为殖民主义的更广泛的比较研究提供了必要的物质观点，该研究跨越了几个世纪。通过关注日常生活的材料维度，该研究将解决这一著名的空白，并允许了解物质世界如何在殖民变化中的作用。该项目将促进西欧最重要的国际考古遗址之一的法国，西班牙，加泰罗尼亚和美国考古学家之间的互动，并为法国中心国家德拉·雷·里切奇科学（CNRS）与芝加哥大学之间的更深入的合作努力做出了贡献。