Tracing the Empire’s Territorial Remnants and Infrastructural Systems in Pannonia: Roman Infrastructure Mapping - RIM (IP-2025-02-1060)
The RIM project is an interdisciplinary initiative to explore and reconstruct eastern Croatia's provincial Roman rural landscape (today Slavonia/ Panonnia in the Roman period). By employing advanced technologies such as remote sensing, GIS, and aerial photography, the project seeks to create a detailed understanding of the spatial organisation and infrastructure systems of Roman rural settlements. A key aspect of the project involves georeferencing existing data on Roman rural sites in Eastern Slavonia. This effort aims to develop a comprehensive, spatially accurate database that maps the locations and distribution of Roman settlements, providing new insights into their spatial organisation and interconnections across the region. The project also incorporates a carefully selected case study focusing on two Roman rural settlements near Apševci. This case study provides valuable insights into the specific characteristics of Roman rural settlements in Eastern Slavonia and their role within the broader Roman landscape through detailed analysis of their architectural features, layout, and material culture. The project emphasises the analysis of small materials and pottery recovered from these settlements and field surveys. By examining these artefacts, the research aims to uncover aspects of daily life, trade networks, and social dynamics that shaped Roman rural communities. Pottery, in particular, offers crucial evidence for understanding the region's economic and cultural patterns. By combining innovative research methods with targeted field studies, the RIM project offers a comprehensive perspective on the Roman Empire's influence in Eastern Slavonia, enriching our understanding of its rural landscapes and infrastructure.
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Project duration: December 5th, 2025 – December 4th, 2028
PI: Ivana Ožanić Roguljić (Institute of Archaeology)
Members of the research group: Jere Drpić (Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb), Dominik Hagmann (University of Vienna, Austria), Anita Rapan Papeša (Vinkovci City Museum), Angelina Raičković Savić (Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia), Kristina Jelinčić Vučković (Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb), Maja Janežič (Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia), Kaja Stemberger Flegar (PJP d.o.o., Slovenia), Nikolina Ostović (Vinkovci City Museum), Hrvoje Vulić (Vinkovci City Museum).
