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First Name
María del Carmen
Last Name
Moreno Escobar
Affiliation
Visiting researcher, University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
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Keywords
Roman history, Roman archaeology, Mediterranean Sea, landscape archaeology, Spain, Italy, France, geographic information systems, Roman Empire, Roman republic, Iron Age, navigation, territory, settlement patterns
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About Me

I am a researcher specialised in the Archaeology of Roman landscapes and in computing applications in Archaeology. Over the years, I have developed a very diverse background where I combine ancient history, archaeology, and computing science for achieving deeper and richer insights of past societies and how these developed through time and adapted to their new historical and environmental circumstances. Amongst the areas where I have worked are southern Spain, Italy, southern France, Germany, and southern Portugal, where I have explored the structure and organisation of landscapes and territories and interpreted them in terms of the historical and cultural developments of the people who inhabited them across history. It’s a fascinating and innovative approach to Classical Archaeology, and I am happy to share my expertise with anyone interested on it, so… all welcome!

Recent Publications

Aranda Jiménez, G., García Sanjuán, L., Mora Molina, C., Moreno Escobar, M. C., Riquelme Cantal, J. A., Robles Carrasco, S. & Vázquez Paz, J. (2015) Evidencias de asentamiento y prácticas funerarias en los dólmenes de Menga y Viera en la Antigüedad: la intervención de 1988. Menga. Revista de Prehistoria de Andalucía 6, 253-289.
Buzón Alarcón, M., Carrillo Díaz-Pinés, J. R., Fábrega García, T., Mendoza Álvarez, D., Moreno Escobar, M. C., Sánchez Romero, M., Vargas Vázquez, S. & Hidalgo Prieto, R. (2016) Apéndice. La base de datos “Villas romanas de la Bética”. In R. Hidalgo Prieto (ed.) Las villas romanas de la Bética. 781-796. Sevilla, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Sevilla.
García Sanjuán, L., Moreno Escobar, M. C., Márquez Pérez, J. & Wheatley, D. (2016) The Copper Age in the Lands of Antequera (Málaga): Introduction to the Settlement Patterns and Social Dynamics. Zephyrus 78, 35-65.
Moreno Escobar, M. C. (2011b) Cambios y permanencias en la Depresión de Antequera (Málaga, España): Una mirada a la romanización a través de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica. Estrat Crític. Revista d’Arqueologia 5, 134-143.
Moreno Escobar, M. C. (2012) The occupation of the Antequera Depression (Malaga, Spain) through the 1st millenium BC: A geographical and archaeologícal perspective into Romanisation. In S. J. Kluiving & E. B. Guttmann-Bond (eds.) Landscape Archaeology between Art and Science – From a multi- to an interdisciplinary approach. 319-352. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press.
Moreno Escobar, M. C. (2013) ARCA: Creating and integrating archaeological databases. In G. Earl, T. Sly, A. Chysanthi, P. Murrieta Flores, C. Papadopuolos, I. Romanowska & D. Wheatley (eds.) Archaeology in the Digital Era (Volumen II): e-papers from the 40th Conference in Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Southampton, 26-30 March 2012. 444-456. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press.
Moreno Escobar, M. C. (2015) Patrones de asentamiento en la Bética romana: un estudio del proceso de romanización desde el análisis arqueológico espacial. Tesis doctoral, Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
Moreno Escobar, M. C. (2016a) Landschaftsarchäologie in einer hispanischen Montanregion: Zur Frage der Romanisierung der westlichen Sierra Morena. In F. Teichner (ed.) Aktuelle Forschungen zur Provinzialrömischen Archäologie in Hispanien: Beiträge des DAAD-Kolloquiums im Mai 2015 in Sevilla. 107-112. Marburg, Vorgeschichtliches Seminar der Philipps-Universität Marburg.
Moreno Escobar, M. C. & García Sanjuán, L. (2013) Sistematización e informatización del inventario de yacimientos arqueológicos de Tierras de Antequera: la base de datos ARCA. Menga. Revista de Prehistoria de Andalucía 4, 217-234.
Moreno Escobar, M. C. & Wheatley, D. (2016) De columnas, necrópolis y puntos: Análisis espacial de las villas romanas y asentamientos rurales de Andalucía. In R. Hidalgo Prieto (ed.) Las villas romanas de la Bética. 39-67. Sevilla, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Sevilla.
Moreno Escobar, M. D. C. (2009) Settlement patterns in ancient Antequera (Malaga, Spain): An archaeogeographic approach to the concept of romanisation. MSc Archaeological Computing (Spatial Technologies in Archaeology), University of Southampton.
Moreno Escobar, M. D. C. (2011a) Romanización, paisaje y territorio en las tierras de Antequera (Málaga, España): estudio del cambio cultural a través del análisis arqueológico espacial. Romvla 10, 43-69.
Seetah, K., Balbo, A., Calaon, D., Caval, S., Farr, H., Pluskowski, A., Appleby, J., Durand, C., Lightfoot, E., Morales, J. & Moreno Escobar, M. D. C. (2011) The Mauritian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Project: exploring the impact of colonialism and colonisation in the Indian Ocean. Antiquity 85, 330.

Media Coverage
Country Focus
Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany
Expertise by Geography
Mediterranean, Spain, Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
Ancient
Expertise by Topic
Colonialism, Computational, Higher Ed, Indigenous Peoples, Local & Regional, Rural & Agrarian History, Technology