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Changing Protagonists: Managing Economic Activities in Late Antique Lusitania.

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Title: Changing Protagonists: Managing Economic Activities in Late Antique Lusitania.
Authors: Carneiro, André
Source: Gerion: Revista de Historia Antigua; 2021, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p197-220, 24p
Subject Terms: ECONOMIC activity, LAND settlement patterns
Alternate Title: Cambio de protagonistas: la gestión de las actividades económicas en la Lusitania tardoantigua. (Spanish)
Geographic Terms: PORTUGAL
Abstract (English): The Roman province of Lusitania went through a sequence of processes from the end of the 4[sup th] century onwards that resulted in the end of the classical landscape. The Christian Church gradually replaced private entrepreneurship in the management of the main economic activities and the organization of the daily activities. This process is difficult to characterize, but some archaeological evidence, from specific sites and from the analysis of the rural settlement patterns, emerges. Some considerations will be presented here, trying to contextualize certain mechanisms of change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): La provincia romana de Lusitania atravesó, desde el final del s. IV d.C., una serie de procesos continuados que tuvieron como consecuencia el final del paisaje clásico. La iglesia cristiana reemplazó de manera progresiva a la iniciativa privada en la gestión de las principales actividades económicas y en la organización de las actividades cotidianas. El proceso es difícil de caracterizar, pero se cuenta con algunas evidencias arqueológicas, en yacimientos específicos y en el análisis de los patrones de asentamiento rural. Se presentarán aquí algunas consideraciones con la intención de contextualizar algunos de los mecanismos de cambio. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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ISSN: 02130181
DOI: 10.5209/geri.74788
Database: Complementary Index