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La construction sur l’Euphrate des barrages turcs et syriens a entraîné la disparition d’un tiers des sites hellénistiques, romains et byzantins de la vallée ; elle a modifié le rôle que le Moyen-Euphrate jouait depuis des millénaires comme axe principal de circulation et d’échanges entre la Méditerranée et la Mésopotamie. Cet essai de géographie historique se propose de poursuivre la synthèse que René Dussaud avait consacrée aux rives de l’Euphrate dans la Topographie historique de la Syrie antique et médiévale, publiée en 1927. En croisant différentes sources textuelles et documentaires, des écrits des géographes antiques aux images satellitaires, cette étude, accompagnée de nombreuses illustrations, met en valeur les dynamiques géographiques et historiques qui ont marqué l’occupation de la vallée depuis la fin du IVe s. av. J.-C. jusqu’au VIIe s. When Syrian and Turkish dams were built in the Middle Euphrates valley, a third of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine sites disappeared. The role of the river changed whereas it was the millennial axis of transportation between the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia. This historical geographic essay follows René Dussaud’s synthesis about Euphrates rivers in Historical topography of Antique and Medieval Syria (1927). It is based on various texts, antique geographers’ accounts and satellites pictures. This generously illustrated study highlights geographical and historical dynamics of valley occupation from late IVth century BC to VIIth AD. إنّ تنفيذ مشروع بناء السد السوري-التركي في وادي الفرات سيؤدي إلى اندثار ثلث المواقع المؤرخة على العصر الهلينستي والروماني والبيزنطي، كما أنه سيؤدي إلى تغيير الدور الذي لعبه الفرات الأوسط منذ آلاف السنين كمحور رئيسي للتنقل والتبادل التجاري بين البحر المتوسط وبلاد الرافدين. هذا الاختبار من الجغرافية التاريخية يقدم استمرارية للتحليل الذي كرّس من قبل رينيه دوسو René Dussaud لضفاف نهر الفرات ضمن مؤلفه التضاريس التاريخية لسورية خلال العصور القديمة والقرون الوسطى والمنشور عام 1927م. بالاعتماد على…

Geography --- History & Archaeology --- historical geography --- archaeology --- Hellenic foundations --- Limes --- fortification --- Antique urbanism --- funerary archaeology --- Parthian Empire --- Roman Empire --- territory --- antique navigation --- Empire romain --- territoire --- urbanisme antique --- archéologie funéraire --- navigation antique --- fondations helléniques

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Historical burial grounds are an enormous archaeological resource and have the potential to inform studies not only of demography or the history of disease and mortality, but also histories of the body, of religious and other beliefs about death, of changing social relationships, values and aspirations. In the last decades, the intensive urban development and a widespread legal requirement to undertake archaeological excavation of historical sites has led to a massive increase in the number of post-medieval graveyards and burial places that have been subjected to archaeological investigation. The archaeology of the more recent periods, which are comparatively well documented, is no less interesting and important an area of study than prehistoric periods. This volume offers a range of case studies and reflections on aspects of death and burial in post-medieval Europe. Looking at burial goods, the spatial aspects of cemetery organisation and the way that the living interact with the dead, contributors who have worked on sites from Central, North and West Europe present some of their evidence and ideas. The coherence of the volume is maintained by a substantial integrative introduction by the editor, Professor Sarah Tarlow. "This book is a 'first' and a necessary one. It is an exciting and far-ranging collection of studies on post-medieval burial practice across Europe that will most certainly be used extensively" Professor Howard Williams

Burial --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Funerals --- Mortuary ceremonies --- Obsequies --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Cremation --- Dead --- Mourning customs --- Burial customs --- Burying-grounds --- Graves --- Interment --- Archaeology --- Public health --- Coffins --- Grave digging --- Cryomation --- Archaeology, Post-medieval Europe, Burial Customs, Funeral Practices, Death and Burial, Cemeteries. --- Archaeothanatology --- Archaeology of death --- Death, Archaeology of --- Funerary archaeology --- Thanatology