Industry and Empire : administration of the Roman and Byzantine Faynan
The aim of this thesis is to gain a greater understanding of metalla, the imperially owned mining and quarrying districts of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. These extraction industries, and their products, were vital for the State to supply the army and to provide metals for coinage and marble for imperial building projects. To meet the largescale production needs of the State, the administration of these regions had to manage, supply and organise the industry. This thesis argues that the administration of metalla profoundly impacted the regional landscape and studying these landscapes can reveal the management strategies employed. To explore these issues the Faynan, a copper mining district located in southern Jordan, is used as a case study. This region has been the focus of intensive survey and presents an exceptional opportunity for studying an industrial landscape. By examining the landscape, and comparing the Faynan case study to other metalla, the specific mechanisms of management used by the administration are revealed. Some methods involved the creation of infrastructure (roads, aqueducts and administrative buildings) to facilitate production. Certain activities and resources were centralised to
Friedman, Hannah Ariel
Metalla Roman Byzantine Faynan copper mines
Industry and Empire : administration of the Roman and Byzantine Faynan. The aim of this thesis is to gain a greater understanding of metalla, the imperially owned mining and quarrying districts of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. These extraction industries, and their products, were vital for the State to supply the army and to provide metals for coinage and marble for imperial building projects. To meet the largescale production needs of the State, the administration of these regions had to manage, supply and organise the industry. This thesis argues that the administration of metalla profoundly impacted the regional landscape and studying these landscapes can reveal the management strategies employed. To explore these issues the Faynan, a copper mining district located in southern Jordan, is used as a case study. This region has been the focus of intensive survey and presents an exceptional opportunity for studying an industrial landscape. By examining the landscape, and comparing the Faynan case study to other metalla, the specific mechanisms of management used by the administration are revealed. Some methods involved the creation of infrastructure (roads, aqueducts and administrative buildings) to facilitate production. Certain activities and resources were centralised to
industry empire administration roman byzantine aim_gain great own mine quarry district roman byzantine empires extraction industry product vital state supply army provide metal coinage marble imperial building project meet largescale production need state administration region manage supply organise industry argues administration profoundly impact regional_landscape study landscape reveal management_strategy employ explore issue copper mining district locate southern_jordan use case_study region focus intensive survey present exceptional opportunity_study industrial landscape examine landscape compare case_study specific mechanisms management use administration reveal method_involve creation infrastructure road aqueduct administrative building facilitate production certain activity resource centralise