Description du projet
Une approche interdisciplinaire historique pour comprendre la lagune de Venise
Le projet WaterScapes, financé par l’UE, est une étude géoarchéologique couvrant l’époque romaine à l’époque médiévale et examinant comment les changements environnementaux, les limites et les potentialités de la nature, ainsi que les activités humaines ont façonné la lagune de Venise, en Italie. WaterScapes adoptera une approche en trois volets. Premièrement, il combinera des études géographiques et de laboratoire dans un contexte historique tiré de sources littéraires. Deuxièmement, il étudiera l’impact de l’activité humaine et le comparera statistiquement avec les changements naturels en termes de qualité et de quantité. Enfin, il s’intéressera à l’impact social sur la qualité de la région dans le cadre d’une comparaison entre le passé et le présent, et accordera de l’importance au changement climatique et côtier. L’objectif est d’utiliser les connaissances acquises pour améliorer les politiques et la gestion des paysages aquatiques.
Objectif
WaterScapes is an interdisciplinary project that examines the relationship between environmental changes, natural constraints and potentialities and past societies settled in and around Venice Lagoon from the Roman to Medieval periods. WaterScapes has 3 core objectives. First, it will explore the high-resolution potential of paleo-archives, which have been undervalued by traditional archaeological research and text-based narratives. This will be achieved through geophysical surveys and coring missions in various sites (Venice, Torcello, Altinum, Lio Piccolo, Aquileia, Grado), laboratory research (geochemistry, bio-sedimentology, etc.) and contextual analysis of the settlements through literature reviews. Second, it will examine waterscapes as a human-made environment in Venice Lagoon in order to determine the historical roots and mechanisms responsible for the Holocene-Anthropocene transition. The research will be centred on multi-period waterscape archaeology to see how former cultures shaped themselves to the surrounding environments and developed different waterscapes through water management practices. WaterScapes will qualitatively and quantitatively analyse the degree and consequences of human interventions vs natural dynamics using multivariate statistical analysis based on bio-geoarchaeological proxies from the investigated sites. Third, WaterScapes will emphasise the social aspect of the materiality of the past, simultaneously measuring its legacy in the present. Establishing the relation between variations in past climatic conditions and coastal changes enables to contribute to the understanding and modelling of the ongoing processes, thereby providing tools for the policies of territory management. WaterScapes integrates perfectly in the principles of European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage, and in two areas of continued actions: a resilient Europe-safeguarding endangered heritage and an innovative Europe-mobilising knowledge and research.
Champ scientifique
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- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeochemistry
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorymedieval history
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyarchaeology
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinateur
30123 Venezia
Italie