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Rediscovering the rural landscape of Carthage's hinterland: a reassessment of the Carthaginian Countryside survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2016

Rachael A. Sycamore  and
Brian G. Buchanan
Rachael A. Sycamore
Affiliation:
University of Leicester.
Brian G. Buchanan
Affiliation:
Durham University.
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Abstract

This article discusses a GIS analysis of the results of the Carthaginian Countryside survey conducted by Joseph Greene from 1979 to 1983. The 136 sites identified by the project constitute one of the largest datasets of site locations recorded in the hinterland of Carthage from multiple time periods. The results of this survey have not generally been integrated into modern studies of the region because the project was never fully published and has not been digitised. This paper discusses the challenges of working with legacy data and the importance of using GIS to both preserve and analyse the Carthaginian Countryside survey. The results presented here reveal new insights into the antiquity of the rural landscape around the city of Carthage and the importance of revisiting legacy datasets to contextualise current research.

تناقش هذه المقالة تحليل نظم المعلومات الجغرافية لنتائج مشروع الريف القرطاجي الذي قام به جوزيف غرين من عام 1979 حتى عام 1983. وتمثل المواقع التي يبلغ عددها 136 موقعاً والتي تم تحديدها في هذا المشروع واحدة من أكبر المجموعات البيانية للمواقع التي تم تسجيلها في مناطق قرطاجة النائية من عدة فترات زمنية. إن نتائج هذا المسح لم يتم شمولها، بشكل عام، في الدراسات الحديثة للمنطقة لأن المشروع لم يتم نشره بشكل كامل ولم يتم تحويله إلى بيانات رقمية. تناقش هذه الورقة تحديات العمل التي يتم مواجهتها عند العمل بإستخدام بيانات قديمة وأهمية استخدام نظم المعلومات الجغرافية وذلك من أجل الحفاظ على وتحليل مشروع الريف القرطاجي . إن النتائج التي ستقدم هنا تكشف عن رؤية جديدة لآثار الريف حول مدينة قرطاجة وأهمية إعادة دراسة مجموعة البيانات القديمة وذلك من أجل تأطير البحث الجاري حالياً.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 47 , November 2016 , pp. 117 - 127
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Copyright © The Society for Libyan Studies 2016 

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