Waters: Conference Proceedings for "Waters as a Resource" of the SFB 1070 ResourceCultures and DEGUWA (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchologie e.V.)

112 Pages·2020·3.758 MB·English

by  Sandra Teuber, Anke K. Scholz, Thomas Scholten, Martin Bartelheim (eds.)

RESSOURCENKULTUREN 11
WATERS
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS FOR 'WATERS AS A RESOURCE'
OF THE SFB 1070 RESOURCECULTURES AND DEGUWA
(DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER UNTER-
WASSERARCHÄOLOGIE E.V.)
Editors:
Sandra Teuber,
Anke K. Scholz,
Thomas Scholten &
Martin Bartelheim

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Martin Bartelheim and Thomas Scholten
Sandra Teuber,
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Thomas Scholten &
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WATERS
Conference Proceedings for 'Waters as a Resource' of the
SFB 1070 ResourceCultures and DEGUWA (Deutsche
Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie e.V.)
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Content
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sandra Teuber and Beat Schweizer
Resources Rede(cid:564) ned. Resources and ResourceComplexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Jeanne Féaux de la Croix and Martin Bartelheim
Conceiving Water Bodies and their Uses across Disciplines.
How to Grasp Riparian Relations with the Guadalquivir and Syr Darya Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Laura Dierksmeier
Historical Water Scarcity on the Canary Islands, 1500–1800 AD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Frerich Schön
Isolation as a Resource for an Island Community in the Strait of Sicily.
The Case of Linosa Island (Italy) in Late Antiquity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Christina Vossler-Wolf
Aqua Viva and the Monk in the Pond. Multi-Dimensional Water Use in
Medieval Monasteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Valerie Elena Palmowski
Waters, an Omnipresent and Constantly Used Food Resource in the Viking Age?
A Review of Studies Regarding Dietary Preferences from the 9th to the 11th Centuries AD . . . . . . . . 77
Veronika Sossau
From Axeinos to Euxeinos. Pontic Waters as a Resource in the Context of the
‘Great Greek Colonisation’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Preface
The SFB 1070 RESOURCECULTURES organised a confer- third contribution ‘Historical Water Scarcity on the
ence on the topic of ‘Waters as Resource’ in co- Canary Islands, 1500–1800 AD’ addresses cultural
operation with DEGUWA (Deutsche Gesellschaft aspects connected to water(s) on islands by inves-
zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie e.V.), tigating the water management and its in(cid:565) uences
which took place in Tübingen from March 15th to on the identity of the islanders. The fourth chapter
18th 2018. The different contributions of the con- ‘Isolation as a Resource for an Island Communi-
ference focused on the various resources provid- ty in the Strait of Sicily: The Case of Linosa Island
ed by waters in different spatial and temporal (Italy) in Late Antiquity’ also focuses on islands and
contexts. shows how seclusion on islands can be an impor-
The term resource is often used to refer to tant resource for Island Communities in the Strait
natural raw materials, which neglects the socio- of Sicily. ‘Aqua Viva and the Monk in the Pond:
cultural dynamics connected to resource use. Multi-Dimensional Water Use in Medieval Monas-
Therefore, the SFB 1070 RESOURCECULTURES works teries’ investigates waters as means for identity
on an extended de(cid:564) nition of resources. It de(cid:564) nes formation and includes an analysis of build struc-
resources as the tangible and intangible means by tures. The sixth chapter ‘Waters, an Omnipresent
which social relations, units, or identities are cre- and Constantly Used Food Resource in the Viking
ated, sustained, or altered (Bartelheim et al. 2015, Age? A Review of Studies Regarding Dietary Pref-
39; Hardenberg et al. 2017, 14). Further, with- erences from the 9th to the 11th Centuries AD’ fo-
in the SFB 1070, it is acknowledged and stressed cusses on the impact of maritime food sources on
that resources are subjected to cultural construc- Viking Life. Finally, the last study ‘From Axeinos to
tion and valuation (Bartelheim et al. 2015, 39 f.; Euxeinos: Pontic Waters as a Resource in the Con-
Harden berg et al. 2017, 14–20), and that resources text of the ‘Great Greek Colonisation’ ’ analyses
are part of ResourceComplexes (Hardenberg et al. Greek settlements in the Black Sea, and address-
2017, 15). This term is used to refer to a combina- es diverse waters, such as rivers and the sea. All
tion of things or objects, individuals, knowledge, contributions illustrate how a new perspective on
and practices (Hardenberg et al. 2017, 15; Bartel- resources opens up additional possibilities for in-
heim et al. 2015, 40). terpretation. The seven chapters further show that
The present conference proceedings focus scientists from different disciplines can use the re-
on different resources provided by waters or on source concept developed within the SFB 1070 for
the ResourceComplexes connected to speci(cid:564) c re- their respective research questions.
sources. The chapter ‘Resources Rede(cid:564) ned – Re-
sources and ResourceComplexes’ provides a brief Sandra Teuber, Anke K. Scholz, Thomas Scholten
background on the theories and methods used and Martin Bartelheim, Tübingen im Juni 2020.
within the SFB 1070 and elaborates the concept of
ResourceComplexes. It is followed by ‘Conceiving
Water Bodies and their Uses across Disciplines:
How to Grasp Riparian Relations with the Gua-
dalquivir and Syr Darya Rivers’ which compares
conceptions of water bodies using perspectives
from cultural anthropology and archaeology. The
8 Sandra Teuber, Anke K. Scholz, Thomas Scholten and Martin Bartelheim
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