In recent decades, archaeology has witnessed an interesting process of methodological renewal related to the incorporation of numerous digital tools and resources. To the growing use of geographic information technologies (GIT) or geospatial data available in open access (aerial photography, satellite images, LiDAR), we must add the extension of new technical equipment -such as drones- and the remarkable progress experienced by the so-called archaeological sciences -geophysical methods, palaeoenvironmental analysis, dating systems, etc.-.
The Romanarmy collective has experienced these changes at the forefront of research, incorporating them into our methodology with the aim of better understanding the impact of the extension of the Roman state on the diverse archaeological landscapes of northwestern Iberia. The voluminous information obtained now allows us to overcome the old narratives about this phenomenon -excessively based on Greco-Latin sources- and to propose new interpretative models. This archaeology of the new millennium cannot focus solely on the study of the Roman army as an agent of change, but must also analyse the role played by the indigenous communities, which retained a certain decision-making capacity in the process.

Collection: Multimedia

Project: 6. Under a cloak of terror: violence and armed conflict in Europe.

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Scope: Secondary Education

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfABkO5d-GQ

Resource type: Video

Format: Multimedia

Owner: Arqueological National Museum of Spain (MAN) (Modernalia)

Abstract: In recent decades, archaeology has witnessed an interesting process of methodological renewal related to the incorporation of numerous digital tools and resources. To the growing use of geographic information technologies (GIT) or geospatial data available in open access (aerial photography, satellite images, LiDAR), we must add the extension of new technical equipment -such as drones- and the remarkable progress experienced by the so-called archaeological sciences -geophysical methods, palaeoenvironmental analysis, dating systems, etc.-. The Romanarmy collective has experienced these changes at the forefront of research, incorporating them into our methodology with the aim of better understanding the impact of the extension of the Roman state on the diverse archaeological landscapes of northwestern Iberia. The voluminous information obtained now allows us to overcome the old narratives about this phenomenon -excessively based on Greco-Latin sources- and to propose new interpretative models. This archaeology of the new millennium cannot focus solely on the study of the Roman army as an agent of change, but must also analyse the role played by the indigenous communities, which retained a certain decision-making capacity in the process.

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