TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bintliff,J.L.
AU  - Howard,Phil
AU  - Snodgrass,Anthony M.
AU  - Dickinson,O.T.P.K.
TI  - Testing the hinterland: the work of the Boeotia Survey (1989-1991) in the southern approaches to the city of Thespiai 
T2  - McDonald Institute monographs
SN  - 9781902937373
AV  - DF261.B5 .B56 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge, England
PB  - McDonald Institute of Archeological Research
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Greece
KW  - Voiōtia
KW  - Voiōtia (Greece)
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - CD-ROMs
N1  - "In association with the British School at Athens"; Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-320); Ch. 1; Introduction to the Thespiai South/Leondari Southeast Area: a City and its Nearer Hinterland --; Ch. 2; New Procedures and Objectives --; Ch. 3; Principles of Analysis, i: Periodization --; Ch. 4; Principles of Analysis, ii: Statistical Weighting --; Ch. 5; Functional Analysis --; Ch. 6; The Analysis of the Individual Sites --; Ch. 7; The Soils and Agricultural Potential of the Thespiai Area; Robert Shiel and Andrew Stewart --; Ch. 8; Spatial Analysis of Boeotia Field-walking Survey Data; Phil Howard --; Ch. 9; The Sites in their Setting: Distribution, Chronology and Function --; Ch. 10; Conclusion --; App. A; The Detailed Site-by-Site Analysis (continuing Chapter 6) --; References A; Publications of the Boeotia Project to 2007 --; References B; Other References Cited
N2  - "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
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