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# deep-mapping sanctuaries

mapping experiences at festival hubs in the hellenistic world 

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## Posts

- [XR Hub: Story Maps and the Reality Theatre](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/xr-hub-story-maps-and-the-reality-theatre/) - In previous blogs we have discussed ways that we taught story maps in the classroom (Atelier Living Heritage). We have continued this in different editions of this course, creating new story maps each time. Hannah Jonkers joined the last round, helping students learn about story maps. Story Maps became a central teaching tool in the
- [Religious Temporalities and the Ancient City](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/religious-temporalities-and-the-ancient-city/) - On 15-16 May 2025 we organized the international workshop ‘Religious Temporalities and the Ancient City’ Time might arguably be conceived as an urban invention. At least the measurement of time, such as the division into years, months, weeks and hours, is geared towards a synchronicity aimed at coordinating collective actions and maintaining a healthy urban
- [Support grant from the Geodienst](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/support-grant-from-the-geodienst/) - I am thrilled to announce that this project has been selected as a winner for the highly competitive Spatial Data Call put out by the Geodienst from the University of Groningen. Their expertise in working with geographical data will give this project a significant boost and the support will be used in a pilot project:
- [Place-making in absentia?](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/place-making-in-absentia/) - Usually crammed with bicycles and students hanging out or darting across to the library, the Academieplein in the Broerstraat in front of the signature-building of the University of Groningen has never looked so barren as it does now - not even in summer. Although I will admit to enjoying the quiet, it is at the
- [Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/deep-mapping-the-asklepieion-of-pergamon/) - The current project focuses on the Asklepieion of Pergamon, and mapping the manifold stories through its sacred space. The Asklepieion is perhaps the richest of the three case studies in variety of data, and provides a good way to explore the different possibilities of creating a deep-map. Methodology Deep-mapping can take a variety of forms,
- [Fieldwork: Tracing walls at the Asklepieion - September 2021](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/tracing-walls-at-the-asklepieion-september-2021/) - From 25 September to 3 October 2021 I was able to go on a research trip to Bergama in order to examine the Asklepieion in closer detail. The aim of this visit was to identify on the ground the numerous walls and structures that predate the grand imperial shrine of the second century AD (Shown
- [Deep-mapping in Mainz and Uppsala - November 2021 and May 2022](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/deep-mapping-in-mainz-and-uppsala-november-2021-and-may-2022/) - The presentations of our approach have led to updated versions of our story map, in which we discuss our approach towards deep-mapping, and how we apply that to the sanctuary of Asklepios in Pergamon. On 29 November 2021, we were invited by Dr Matthias Grawehr to present the project at the Klassische Archäologie / Alte
- [Mapping inscriptions at the Asklepieion with help from Zürich](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/mapping-inscriptions-at-the-asklepieion-with-help-from-zurich/) - Good news! Since December of 2021 we are working together with the team from the Ancient History section of the Historisches Seminar at the University of Zürich. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Andreas Victor Walser, and with Dr Ursula Kunnert, this team is tracking the inscriptions of Pergamon in the context of their project
- ['Heroes in the Asklepieion' - workshop for MA class 'Atelier Living Heritage' - 25 March 2022](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/heroes-in-the-asklepieion-workshop-for-ma-class-atelier-living-heritage-25-march-2022/) - Another opportunity to share the project Deep-mapping the Asklepieion presented itself to us in March, when we were invited to give a lecture for the MA course 'Atelier Living Heritage', co-taught by by Dr Margriet Hoogvliet and Prof. Dr Rina Knoeff. Among others, the course deals with new ways of presenting historical research, including the
- ['Tales from the Asklepieion of Pergamon' at the Arts Festival - 17 September 2022](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/tales-from-the-asklepieion-of-pergamon-at-the-arts-festival-17-september-2022/) - Tales from the Asklepieion The Arts Festival, on Saturday, 17 September, presented us with a unique opportunity to transform a corner of the University of Groningen into the Asklepieion of Pergamon. The corner was in the Exhibition Hall of the Harmony Building, which houses the Faculty of Arts / Humanities. Ours was one of five
- [Discussing deep-mapping in Nijmegen - 7 November 2022](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/discussing-deep-mapping-in-nijmegen/) - We just had the honor of kicking off the brand new 'Radboud Ancient and Medieval (RAM) Lecture Series' at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, at the invitation of Dr Marleen Termeer. This is an exciting new series of lectures that highlights new and interdisciplinary approaches in studies of the pre-modern world. Especially good to note
- [Workshop in Uppsala - 8 December 2022 - Complexity of Sacred Spaces](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/workshop-in-uppsala-complexity-of-sacred-spaces/) - As part of my research fellowship in Uppsala, I am co-organizing, with Axel Frejman and Gunnel Ekroth, an informal afternoon workshop under the title More Than a Place of Worship: Complexity at Sacred Sites in the Ancient World. This will be held on 8 December 2022, in Uppsala, at the Department of Classical Archaeology and
- [Complexity at sacred sites - Uppsala workshop follow-up](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/complexity-at-sacred-sites-uppsala-workshop-follow-up/) - More than a place of worship: complexity at sacred sites in the ancient world8 December 2022 - Uppsala University In December 2022, a workshop on the complexities of sacred space was organized by Christina Williamson and Axel Frejman at Uppsala University, see previous blog. The aim was to approach the magnitude of meaning at sanctuaries
- [Story Maps in the Classroom](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/story-maps-in-the-classroom/) - Last Friday (17 March) we just gave another edition of our story map workshop for this year's MA course Atelier Living Heritage, taught by Professors Knoeff and Santing of the History Department at the University of Groningen. In this session I first discussed the spatial turn, how maps always tell stories, and what deep maps
- [Distant deities, central places - reconsidering the 'extra-urban' sanctuary - April 2023](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/distant-deities-central-places-reconsidering-the-extra-urban-sanctuary/) - Sanctuaries located at a distance from major centres of population in the ancient world are conveniently labelled by scholars as ‘extra-urban’. Most scholars have an idea as to what kind of sanctuary this indicates. But how accurate is this image? How has the designation of ‘extra-urban’ steered our thinking about these special places of cult?
- [Fieldwork: Looking at fragments - September 2023](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/looking-at-fragments-from-the-asklepieion/) - In September 2023, my investigations of the Asklepieion near Pergamon involved reviewing the material culture of the sanctuary. While the aim of the 2021 season was to identify on site and understand the 18 different architectural layers identified by the excavators (see the blog 'Tracing Walls'), it was now time to examine the material culture

## Pages

- [Home](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/) - Deep Mapping Sanctuaries in the Hellenistic World Sanctuaries as festival hubs Much like music festivals today, religious festivals in antiquity were hugely popular and drew tremendous crowds from across the ancient world. Especially after Alexander the Great, they became central nodes in a network that connected cities across the Mediterranean, and well beyond. Besides religious
- [News and events](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/news-and-events/) - Upcoming events 10 December 2025 Book launch! The Cambridge Urban History of Europe, 3 vols. In Utrecht, details to follow Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon The current project Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon, has been presented at the events listed here (largely by invitation). 20 November 2025 - Lille - 'Extra-mural sanctuaries and urban placemaking
- [Deep-mapping the Asklepieion in Story Maps](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/deep-mapping-the-asklepieion-in-story-maps/) - One very good means of communicating spatial narratives to a larger audience is through ArcGIS Story Maps. We have used story maps to discover and communicate different aspects of the Asklepieion - some of these are presented here, with more to follow! The Asklepieion of PergamonA short site biographyGives a brief overview of the sanctuary,
- [Blog Feed](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/blog-feed/) - Read about the progress of the project, as well as interesting tidbits of (mostly) relevant information here, which I report on as time permits.
- [Deep Mapping](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/deep-mapping/) - What is a Deep Map? There is no strict definition of a deep map. But it has been called the “essential next step” following the spatial turn that reshaped the humanities by the turn of the century (Bodenhamer et al. 2015, 1). The aim behind this concept is ultimately to comprehend the many layers of memory,
- [The Case Studies](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/the-case-studies/) - For this program three case studies were originally selected, with the main criteria being: a comprehensive geopolitical scope, with the different scales represented - local, regional, global.enclosed spaces as I am also investigating the role of concentrated space on the festival experience and generation of common knowledgethe availability and accessibility of data. The selection has
- [About us](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/about/) - Christina Williamson - PI Associate professor at the University of Groningen Keywords: sanctuaries, networks, landscape, visuality, urbanization, deep-mapping, Hellenistic Asia Minor URL: www.rug.nl/staff/c.g.williamson/Academia: https://rug.academia.edu/ChristinaWilliamsonc.g.williamson@rug.nl See also cv sanctuaries and connectivity I am a researcher and lecturer at the University of Groningen, where I completed my PhD in 2012 on the subject of sanctuaries, landscape, and developing urban
- [The Asklepieion of Pergamon - primary case study](https://deepmappingsanctuaries.org/asklepieion-of-pergamon/) - The Deep-mapping Sanctuaries project is currently focused on the healing sanctuary of Asklepios in Pergamon, a shrine with a biography that extends across 600 years and more, encompassing thousands of generations of encounters and interactions and their narratives. Access to these narratives, however, is now only available through specialist reports and secondary publications. This project

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