Projects
In Sickness and in Health. Health and Quality of Life in Roman imperial to late Roman and middle Byzantine Sagalassos KU Leuven
Who was the healthiest, the Roman Imperial to Late Roman (1st- early 5th century AD) or Middle Byzantine (11th-13th century AD) population at Sagalassos (Pisidia, SW Anatolia)? That was the question this Ph.D. research started with. Yet, a second question was added – why is the one population healthier than the other? –, because it is more interesting to explain differences in health than to merely asses these. As it is not possible to ...
Quarry Workers, Stonemasons, and their Work Dynamics in Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Sagalassos (South-Western Anatolia), Technological, Chronological and Socio-Economic Aspects in the Context of the Eastern Mediterranean KU Leuven
Quarries, Stone Carving, and Stone Implementation in Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Sagalassos (South-Western Anatolia), Technological, Chronological and Socio-Economic Aspects in the Context of the Eastern Mediterranean
Frans Doperé
Synopsis of the Proposed Research Project
Scientific Basis
The registration and analysis of the stone carving techniques on different technical categories of building stones used ...
The long-term monetization of Sagalassos. Questioning monetary production, circulation and use from a regional perspective. KU Leuven
This PhD study focuses on the long-term monetization of the ancient city of Sagalassos (SW Turkey) from the late 5th century BC until the 7th century AD, and questions the mechanisms of coin production, circulation and use at the site from a regional perspective. The research is carried out within the framework of the project ‘Comparing regionality and sustainability in Pisidia, Boeotia, Picenum and northwestern Gaul between Iron and ...
Sabbatical Jeroen Poblome: Ancient Sagalassos. Archaeological understandings of its society, culture and ways of life KU Leuven
The intention is to write a monograph concerning the Roman Imperial Sagalassos and its territory. Naturally, based on the cumulative interdisciplinary insights generated by the Sagalassos Project, the applicant above all wishes to roll out a strong archaeological agenda. In a series of crucial debates in classical and Roman archaeology, deep case studies are needed. Sagalassos offers unique opportunities here. With the enormously rich ...
Approaching patterns of nature-society interactions in regional development. An interdisciplinary dialogue between past and present in the region of Sagalassos. KU Leuven
The project wishes to initiate an innovative dialogue between archaeology, ecology, geography and planning studies in the region of Sagalassos (SW Turkey). The purpose is to investigate diachronic co-evolution of society and nature and tie the Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project to a parcours of sustainable regional development.
In regards to the past, the applicants wish to contribute to debates in social and regional ...