The Analysis and Spatial Distribution of Roman Provincial Discus Lamps: The Case of Palestine and North Africa.

• Grant number: 12/09071-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): July 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Archeology
• Principal Investigator: Maria Isabel D'Agostino Fleming
• Grantee: Marcio Teixeira Bastos
• Host Institution: Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/23510-0 - The analysis and spatial distribution of Roman discus lamps: the case of Palestine and North Africa, BE.EP.DR 13/15779-3 - The analysis and spatial distribution of Roman provincial discus lamps: the case of Palestine and North Africa, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The project deal with the production and distribution of Roman lamps in circulation on the Orbis Romanorum through II and III centuries CE by means of thin-section analysis and comparative research, in order to identify workshops in the Levant. These will be compared with modes of production and distribution of Roman lamps of North African workshops, against their social and economical implications. The comparative research seeks to link relations of continuity, discontinuity and change of style and technology systems and data to foster the understanding of co-constitution of space and cultural identity of social groups that used these artifacts.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BASTOS, Marcio Teixeira. The analysis and Spatial distribution of roman provincial discus lamps: the case of Palestine and North Africa. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE) São Paulo.