The Roman Water Management of Arles as Read in Aqueduct Carbonate Archives

IF 1.4 3区 地球科学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
Gül Sürmelihindi, Cees Passchier, Andrew Wilson, Christoph Spötl
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This article reconstructs the complex history of modifications made to the Roman aqueduct of Arelate (Arles), by studying carbonate incrustations in its channels. These deposits, precipitated by flowing water, have preserved an archive of the aqueduct's life-cycle in their stratigraphy, fabric and stable isotope composition. Two tributaries, from Caparon and Eygalières, converged in a basin before an arcade bridge, from which a single channel continued to Arles. Originally, the Caparon branch alone supplied Arles with water from the south side of the Alpilles hills, the basin acting as a header basin before the arcade. Later, the Eygalières branch from the north side of the Alpilles was joined to the basin. The Caparon branch was then diverted to power water-mills at Barbegal, changing the basin's function from convergence back to a header basin. After some decades, the Eygalières branch was also used to supply the mills, changing the basin into a distribution structure. From Arles, lead pipes laid across the bed of the Rhône also supplied water to the Trinquetaille quarter. Major cleaning of the aqueduct in the early fourth century is also identified. Anthropogenic carbonates can therefore provide crucial information on the provenance of water and alterations to ancient aqueducts.

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《碳酸盐渡槽档案》中记载的罗马人对阿尔勒的水管理
本文通过研究阿雷雷特(阿尔勒)罗马渡槽沟槽沟槽内的碳酸盐结壳,重建了罗马渡槽改造的复杂历史。这些由流水沉淀的沉积物在地层、结构和稳定的同位素组成方面保存了渡槽生命周期的档案。从卡帕隆和埃加利尔的两条支流在拱桥前汇合在一个盆地里,从拱桥上有一条水道通到阿尔勒。最初,只有卡帕隆支流从阿尔皮勒山的南侧向阿尔勒供水,这个水盆在拱廊前充当了一个头水盆。后来,阿尔皮勒山脉北侧的eygali分支与盆地相连。Caparon分支随后被转移到Barbegal的水力磨坊,将盆地的功能从汇流变回集水盆地。几十年后,eygali分支也被用来供应磨坊,把盆地变成了一个分销结构。从阿尔勒,铺设在Rhône河床上的铅管也向Trinquetaille区供水。四世纪早期对渡槽的大规模清洗也被确认。因此,人为的碳酸盐可以提供关于水的来源和古代渡槽变化的重要信息。
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Geoarchaeology-An International Journal
Geoarchaeology-An International Journal 地学-地球科学综合
CiteScore
3.60
自引率
5.90%
发文量
51
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Geoarchaeology is an interdisciplinary journal published six times per year (in January, March, May, July, September and November). It presents the results of original research at the methodological and theoretical interface between archaeology and the geosciences and includes within its scope: interdisciplinary work focusing on understanding archaeological sites, their environmental context, and particularly site formation processes and how the analysis of sedimentary records can enhance our understanding of human activity in Quaternary environments. Manuscripts should examine the interrelationship between archaeology and the various disciplines within Quaternary science and the Earth Sciences more generally, including, for example: geology, geography, geomorphology, pedology, climatology, oceanography, geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics. We also welcome papers that deal with the biological record of past human activity through the analysis of faunal and botanical remains and palaeoecological reconstructions that shed light on past human-environment interactions. The journal also welcomes manuscripts concerning the examination and geological context of human fossil remains as well as papers that employ analytical techniques to advance understanding of the composition and origin or material culture such as, for example, ceramics, metals, lithics, building stones, plasters, and cements. Such composition and provenance studies should be strongly grounded in their geological context through, for example, the systematic analysis of potential source materials.
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