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Wenzel, Stefan, Grünewald, Martin and Giljohann, Ricarda: Römische Landnutzung im antiken Industrierevier der Osteifel, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2021 (Monographien des RGZM, Volume 155). https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.768

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ISBN 978-3-96929-012-5 (PDF)

Published

02/04/2021

Authors

Stefan Wenzel, Martin Grünewald, Ricarda Giljohann

Römische Landnutzung im antiken Industrierevier der Osteifel

From the beginning of the Roman Imperial period, the area between Mayen on the edge of the Eifel and Andernach on the Rhine experienced an enormous increase in its economic activity. In a short time, an industrial area developed there, from which wide areas in the Roman north-western provinces were supplied with high-quality basalt lava millstones, light tuff and later also heat-resistant ceramics. Quarries were newly established, land and water routes were expanded, existing outlets were extended and others were still to be developed. Setbacks in the 3rd and 4th centuries were followed by further booms.

How could the numerous workers and their families be fed, and what consequences did the success of the stone and energy-intensive pottery industries have for the environment? In order to clarify this, two Roman villas on the northern edge of the Mayen millstone quarries were investigated with geophysical measurements, excavations, geoarchaeological and botanical studies, and their entire surroundings were explored. The results are presented in this book. The inhabitants of the villa Mendig, »Im Winkel« were themselves involved in the production of millstones. In late antiquity, a surface drainage system there probably kept a transhipment point for millstones on the Segbach dry, while a fortified storage building ensured the supply of the quarrymen. Quarry owners resided in the villa Mendig, »Lungenkärchen«. It turned out to be an axial courtyard with an impressive water basin. Inspections led to the discovery of the burial ground belonging to »Lungenkärchen« with monuments made of Lorraine limestone as well as the discovery of a previously unknown vicus »Im Terl«.

Media coverage

"Die Ergebnisse zeigen detailliert die Entwicklung der Siedlungslandschaft des Segbachtals in der Osteifel. Stefan Wenzel, Martin Grünewald und Ricarda Giljohann ist zu danken, dass die Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojektes relativ zügig und dabei umfassend vorgelegt worden sind."

Günther Moosbauer, in Bonner Jahrbücher 222, 2022, S. 476-480

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Table of Contents
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
V-VII
Angelika Hunold, Holger Schaaff
IX-XI
Ricarda Giljohann, Martin Grünewald
343-347
Ricarda Giljohann, Martin Grünewald
349-351
Markus Dotterweich, Stefan Wenzel, Rainer Schreg, Alexander Fülling, Max Engel, Jannis Joseph Sonnenschein, Christian Maus, Martina Stöck, Simone Klumpp, Christopher Müller, Martin Christ, Veronika Keller, Stephan Opitz
355-391
Stefan Wenzel, Martin Grünewald, Ricarda Giljohann
427-431
Bibliographie
433-454
Markus Dotterweich, Stefan Wenzel, Rainer Schreg, Alexander Fülling, Max Engel, Jannis Joseph Sonnenschein, Christian Maus, Martina Stöck, Simone Klumpp, Christopher Müller, Martin Christ, Veronika Keller, Stephan Opitz

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