Battlefield Archaeology adopts a methodology that is specific to the study of military sites. Concerning ancient battlefields, the distinction between great military events, narrated in written sources, and minor events, which are not recorded, must also be taken into account while setting the research. One of the problems of this discipline is the difficulty of applying to ancient battlefields the method born in the Eighties to study modern ones. Recently, some sites have offered the opportunity to experiment with the construction of a more suitable method for ancient battlefields: this paper analyzes two Roman sites, Pedrosillo and Baecula, chosen for their similarity and for having originated respectively from a small and a great event. The methodologies adopted and results obtained are then compared. The aim is to understand to what extent the distinction between great and small events affects the approach to research and to what extent, in turn, this impacts the nature of the results.

La Battlefield Archaeology adotta una metodologia specifica per lo studio dei siti di scontri militari: nell’impostazione della ricerca va considerata, per i battlefield antichi, anche la distinzione tra siti di grandi eventi militari, narrati dalle fonti scritte, ed eventi minori che le fonti non menzionano. Una delle problematiche di questa disciplina consiste nella difficoltà di applicare ai battlefield antichi il metodo nato negli anni Ottanta per indagare quelli moderni, ma in anni recenti alcuni siti hanno offerto l’occasione per sperimentare la costruzione di un metodo più adeguato per i campi di battaglia antichi: per il presente contributo sono stati scelti due siti di epoca romana, Pedrosillo e Baecula, affini ma l’uno frutto di un “piccolo”, l’altro di un “grande evento” militare, di cui vengono confrontati le metodologie adottate e i risultati ottenuti. L’obiettivo è stabilire quanto la distinzione tra grande e piccolo evento influisca sulle scelte strategiche della ricerca e quanto, a sua volta, la diversa impostazione delle indagini incida sulla natura dei risultati.

Great and small military events in Roman archaeology: two case studies of Battlefield Archaeology in comparison ; Grandi e piccoli eventi militari nell’archeologia romana: due casi studio di Battlefield Archaeology a confronto

Turconi, Letizia
2023-01-01

Abstract

Battlefield Archaeology adopts a methodology that is specific to the study of military sites. Concerning ancient battlefields, the distinction between great military events, narrated in written sources, and minor events, which are not recorded, must also be taken into account while setting the research. One of the problems of this discipline is the difficulty of applying to ancient battlefields the method born in the Eighties to study modern ones. Recently, some sites have offered the opportunity to experiment with the construction of a more suitable method for ancient battlefields: this paper analyzes two Roman sites, Pedrosillo and Baecula, chosen for their similarity and for having originated respectively from a small and a great event. The methodologies adopted and results obtained are then compared. The aim is to understand to what extent the distinction between great and small events affects the approach to research and to what extent, in turn, this impacts the nature of the results.
2023
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