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Document Details : Title: Places and Spaces in the Themistou Meris (Fayum/Graeco-Roman Egypt) Subtitle: Locating Settlements by Multidimensional Scaling of Papyri Author(s): MUELLER, Katja Journal: Ancient Society Volume: 33 Date: 2003 Pages: 103-125 DOI: 10.2143/AS.33.0.503597 Abstract : This article was initiated by the question where to locate the settlement of Alexandrou Nesos? How did this settlement fit into the settlement network of the region? Taking a wider perspective and given the uncertainty as to where to locate the majority of ancient Fayumic settlements, would it ever be possible to reconstruct the administrative geography in the Fayum? Preliminary attempts have already been made. But they have not reached yet, perhaps could not reach much beyond a mere listing of settlements which in the Ptolemaic period were considered as an administrative entity. This article seeks to introduce to papyrology a new/old method to the problem of locating settlements. |
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