Date of Award
Spring 2020
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
School
Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Committee Chair
George T Raber
Committee Chair School
Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Committee Member 2
David M. Cochran, Jr.
Committee Member 2 School
Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Committee Member 3
David H. Holt
Committee Member 3 School
Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Committee Member 4
Amy Slagle
Committee Member 4 School
Humanities
Abstract
This study models malaria risks for travelers on ancient Roman roads with the goal of providing a tool for historical assessment of travel accounts from antiquity. The project includes: identification of malaria risk factors and associated spatial datasets, malaria risk model construction, verification and validation against available pre-eradication data, overlay of ancient Roman road data, and an initial case-study application to the journeys of the Apostle Paul, as narrated in the New Testament book, Acts of the Apostles (Acts). The project is intentionally cross-disciplinary in bringing the technical capabilities of GIS to the task of evaluating nuanced textual sources for historical reconstruction.
Copyright
Browning, 2020
Recommended Citation
Browning Jr, Daniel C., "Malaria Risk on Ancient Roman Roads: A Study and Application to Assessing Travel Decisions in Asia Minor by the Apostle Paul" (2020). Master's Theses. 728.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/728
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Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity Commons, Biblical Studies Commons, Digital Humanities Commons, Disease Modeling Commons, Geographic Information Sciences Commons, Parasitic Diseases Commons