Humanitas

A Granaries in North Africa During the Roman Period: Province of Numidia as a Case Study

2025-10-06T10:51:07+01:00

The granaries of Numidia during the Roman period represent significant yet underexplored aspect of archaeological and historical research within the context of Roman North Africa. Major cities in the province were equipped with granaries that played a crucial role in storing and distributing agricultural products, primarily grain, to Rome. Excavation reports consistently highlight the presence of these structures, underscoring Numidia's importance as a key supplier to the Roman capital. Latin inscriptions serve as vital evidence for tracing granaries' geographical distribution and operational scale across Numidian cities. Study aims to investigate the construction, functionality, and storage techniques of these granaries, thereby elucidating their role in the agricultural economy of the province and their significance in the provisioning of Rome. By focusing on the granaries of Numidia, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of the interplay between regional agricultural practices and imperial needs during the Roman era.

HAUG, Annette; HIELSCHER, Adrian y KRÜGER, Anna-Lena. Neighbourhoods and City Quarters in Antiquity: Design and Experience. Berlin, De Gruyter, 2023, 182 pp. ISBN: 978-3-11-123802-9

2025-09-25T15:45:21+01:00

From Cave to Cult Centers: The Emergence and Socialisation of Rituals – A Brief Evaluation (The Case of Gedikkaya Cave)

2025-09-11T09:16:57+01:00

This study explores the emergence and socialisation of ritual practices from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic, with a particular focus on the Epipalaeolithic site of Gedikkaya Cave in northwestern Türkiye. Ritual, as a universal yet elusive phenomenon, is examined through archaeological, cognitive, and symbolic frameworks. Early humans confronted natural and existential uncertainties by developing symbolic media—cave paintings, figurines, burials, and cultic structures—that mediated between the known and the unknowable. Drawing on psychological theories of memory, the paper emphasises how ritual objects structured identity and cultural continuity. Gedikkaya Cave provides critical evidence of ritualised engagement with natural formations, fertility symbolism, and the juxtaposition of male and female principles, linking it to wider traditions of phallic imagery and “Venus” figurines. These practices resonate with later Neolithic cultic centres such as Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe, where monumental architecture and symbolic repertoires demonstrate the persistence of shared cognitive frameworks and cultural memory. The study argues that ritual was not a peripheral activity but a central mediator in human attempts to interpret natural phenomena, negotiate life–death transitions, and construct enduring forms of social and cultural identity.

Keywords: Ritual practices, Epipalaeolithic, Cultural memory, Phallic cult, Gedikkaya Cave

[Review of] BARBOSA, Manuel J. S., Prédio Rústico de Jacques Vanière: poema didático neolatino do século XVIII sobre a vida no campo

2025-09-10T11:09:52+01:00

Intervención social en contextos humanitarios: desafíos y estrategias en la mitigación de riesgos de VBG en el Tapón del Darién

2025-08-29T14:50:49+01:00

El presente artículo da cuenta de una experiencia de asistencia humanitaria en el Tapón del Darién desde una perspectiva del Trabajo Social; desde allí se da cuenta de estrategias de mitigación de Violencias Basadas en Género a las mujeres de diversas nacionalidades que cruzan esta ruta migratoria. El artículo por lo tanto, expone las concepciones de asistencia humanitaria, para ubicar allí las particularidades de estas acciones, las causas por las cuales el Tapón del Darién se ha convertido en paso migratorio privilegiado para muchos en los últimos años y las afectaciones que los campamentos de asistencia humanitaria acompañan, para hablar desde este contexto de acciones de intervención basadas en el cuidado, en la recuperación de las dimensiones de este y su importancia en el restablecimiento de la autopercepción, la dignidad humana y la condición de sujeto en medio de un escenario de pérdida y sufrimiento.

El texto se sitúa desde la experiencia profesional y vivencia en el campamento humanitario ubicado en el Tapón del Darién por un período de dos años, por lo tanto, recrea reflexiones que desde la atención continua de mujeres ha suscitado la propia experiencia y desde allí las argumentaciones que dieron vida a estrategias de mitigación del riesgo de VBG realizada en este contexto.