Civic community and public space in the ancient Near East. The case of Hittite Anatolia at the end of the Late Bronze Age (14th-13th centuries BCE).

Información del proyecto

COMPUS

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 703187

DOI

10.3030/703187

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 31 Marzo 2016

Fecha de inicio 11 Enero 2017

Fecha de finalización 10 Enero 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 180 277,20

Aportación de la UE

€ 180 277,20

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA
Italy

Objetivo

"This project proposes to study public space of the ancient Near Eastern cities as a material correlate of civic communities. Civic communities acted as a significant political factor throughout the history of the ancient Near East, both as institutions (e.g. assemblies) and as informal groups (the “town's crowd”). These forms of social aggregation were influential and often antagonistic alternatives to the monarchical and religious central powers. However, while the Temple and the Palace as architectonic materializations of dominant powers engaged entire generations of archaeologists, the traces left by civic communities in the urban texture of the ancient cities have received far less attention.
This project approaches the study of past communal political life by analyzing the planning and use of central streets and squares at Hattusha, the capital of the Hittite Empire. The study is based on a granted access to unpublished topographical data and integrates three lines of methodological inquiry: topological analysis, urban design analysis, and ta ""contextual analysis"". Both heuristics and time focus originate from my previous studies on Syro-Hittite urbanism in the early Iron Age (1200-900 BCE). I came to understand that Late Bronze Age (14th-13th centuries BCE) urban politics are the key to city structure and political discourses for centuries to come. As case-study, Hattusha offers an optimal balance of historical relevance and data accessibility.
The research aims at opening vistas on the interaction between built environment, informal civic habits, and communal institutions. It places itself across archaeology, anthropology, and urban studies. As a result, I expect an output of relevance not only for archaeologists, but for all scholars interested in comparative urban politics, ancient and modern. I also designed this research in collaboration with Ca' Foscari University to lay ground for future European-based research projects sharpen my career profile."

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias sociales › ciencias políticas › comunicación política
• humanidades › historia y arqueología › historia › historia antigua
• humanidades › historia y arqueología › arqueología
• ciencias sociales › geografía social y económica › estudios urbanos
• ciencias sociales › ciencias políticas › sistemas de gobierno

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Coordinador

UNIVERSITA CA' FOSCARI VENEZIA

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 180 277,20
• Dirección: DORSODURO 3246 ; 30123 VENEZIA ; Italia
• Región: Nord-Est › Veneto › Venezia
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 180 277,20