Boeotia Project: Volume II: The city of Thespiai, Survey at a complex urban site

by John Bintliff, Emeri Farinetti, Bozidar Slapsak, Anthony Snodgrass

Overview

Few major Classical cities have disappeared so completely from view, over the centuries, as Thespiai in Central Greece. Only the technique of intensive field survey, carefully adapted to a large urban site and reinforced by historical investigation, has made it possible to recover from oblivion much of its life of seven millennia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781902937816
Publisher:	McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Publication date:	12/05/2017
Series:	Boetia , #2
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Bintliff was Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology at Universiteit Leiden NL, and is now Honorary Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh

Emeri Farinetti is a Faculty Member of the Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università di Studi Roma Tre.

Božidar Slapšak is Professor in the Department of Archaeology, University of Ljubljana.

Anthony Snodgrass is Laurence Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology of the University of Cambridge.

Editorial Reviews

"The volume brings together an enormous amount of data and expertise to present a thorough account of the history and identity of an ancient city from its Neolithic origins through seven millennia of occupation. Using a methodology that has stood the test of time, the survey reveals that systematic analysis of an ancient city can provide an unexpected depth of understanding and represent amicrocosmof thewider history of the period."

Antiquity

"This volume is a welcome addition to scholarship on Greek landscape archaeology, survey methodology, and legacy data—a clear example of why it is never too late to reopen those bankers’ boxes and publish..."

American Journal of Archaeology