Testing the Hinterland
Subtitle: The Work of the Boeotia Survey (1989-1991) in the Southern Approaches to the City of Thespiai
Contributors: John Bintliff (Editor); Phil Howard (Editor); Anthony Snodgrass (Editor)
Publisher: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Researc; McDonald Institute of Archeological Research
Published: January 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781902937373
Subjects: Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; Archaeology; Social Science; Sociology
Description: "The Boeotia Survey in Greece is widely recognized as a milestone in Mediterranean landscape archaeology in the sophistication and rigour of its methodologies, and in the scale of the 25-Year investigation. This first volume of the project's publication deals with the landscape that formed part of the territory of the ancient city of Thespiai. This landscape acted as the laboratory in which the project refined its methodology: the entire territory was traversed systematically by survey teams, and artefacts were collected not only from every archaeological site located but also as 'off-site' material indicative of land-use practices such as manuring. The methodology made possible the construction of detailed period and density maps of rural activity, throwing unprecedented light on the interaction of the city with its hinterland particularly in its period of maximum size between the fifth century B.C. and the sixth century A.D., as well as providing an exemplar for Mediterranean landscape archaeology more generally."--Jacket.