Testing the Hinterland : The Work of the Boeotia Survey (1989-1991) in the Southern Approaches to the City of Thespiai

by Bintliff, John; Howard, Phil; Snodgrass, Anthony; Dickinson, Oliver (CON); Gillings, Mark (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781902937373
• ISBN10: 1902937376
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-30
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

The Boeotia Survey in Greece is widely recognised 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 5th century BC and the 6th century AD, as well as providing an exemplar for Mediterranean landscape archaeology more generally.

Table of Contents

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Introduction to the Thespiai South/Leondari Southeast Area: a City and its Nearer Hinterland	p. 1
New Procedures and Objectives	p. 9
Principles of Analysis, i: Periodization	p. 13
Principles of Analysis, ii: Statistical Weighting	p. 15
Functional Analysis	p. 39
The Analysis of the Individual Sites	p. 43
The Soils and Agricultural Potential of the Thespiai Area	p. 95
Spatial Analysis of Boeotia Field-walking Survey Data	p. 111
The Sites in their Setting: Distribution, Chronology and Function	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 171
The Detailed Site-by-Site Analysis (continuing Chapter 6)	p. 183
Publications of the Boeotia Project to 2007	p. 313
Other References Cited	p. 317
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