Mar 5
Rural Christianity in Context: Modeling Mobility in Late Antique Asia Minor by Elizabeth Davis '16, PhD candidate, Brown University
Please join the Archaeology Program as Elizabeth Davis '16, PhD candidate, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University, presents a talk titled Rural Christianity in Context: Modeling Mobility in Late Antique Asia Minor.
The lived experiences of rural early Christian communities have long been understudied compared to urban populations. In this presentation, archaeological, geospatial, and textual materials unite to examine questions of mobility and connectivity for rural Christians living in Asia Minor during Late Antiquity (4th-7th centuries CE). Using GIS-based Least Cost Analysis, a range of plausible routes and travel times are proposed between rural churches and urban centers at two sites in western Asia Minor. These results are used to situate rural Christian communities in their geographic and social contexts, exploring both their complex and often tense relationships to urban church leaders and the highly mobile nature of rural life.
Pizza and sparkling water will be provided by the Archaeology Program.
This event is only open to the Carleton Community. A OneCard is required to enter the LDC.
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