Relating scale and heterogeneity residuals, scale-adjusted metropolitan indicators, and Roman cities - or, How do we assess heterogeneity when cities are different sizes?
Although there has been increasing appreciation of the existence of non-linear relationships between aspects of the built environments of ancient settlements and their estimated populations, it is still often difficult to make meaningful comparisons between sites, given their wildly different sizes....
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of urban archaeology |
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| Format: | Online |
| Sprache: | eng |
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2023
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Although there has been increasing appreciation of the existence of non-linear relationships between aspects of the built environments of ancient settlements and their estimated populations, it is still often difficult to make meaningful comparisons between sites, given their wildly different sizes. Here, I begin by offering a detailed review of the evidence for scaling relationships within the Roman Empire, before showing how deviations from relationships can be used to create a unique fingerprint for each site, which reflects its individual social and economic circumstances, using four pilot case studies. I then conclude by briefly outlining the potential of these measures for future work, including identifying errors, improving estimates of the populations of sites, and revealing the extent to which ancient patrons and architects designed structures with future growth in mind. |
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| ISSN: | 2736-2434 |