Archaeological survey and the city / / edited by Paul Johnson and Martin Millett.
In the past 30 years archaeological field survey has become central to the practice of Classical Archaeology. During this time, approaches have developed from the systematic collection of artefacts to include the routine deployment of various geophysical and remote sensing techniques. The ability of archaeologists to reveal the topography of buried urban sites without excavation has now been demonstrated through a wide range of projects across the ancient world. Archaeological Survey and the City reviews the results of such projects and in particular discusses the ways in which the subject mig
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| Beteiligte Person(en) | , |
| Institution | University of Cambridge. |
| Ort, Verlag, Jahr |
Oxford
: Oxbow Books
, 2013
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| Umfang | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| ISBN | 1-78297-087-8 1-78297-089-4 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Zusatzinfo | This volume results from a three-day seminar organised at the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University from the 24-27 May 2010. |
| Zusatzinfo | List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptualising Townscapes: Perceptions of Urbanism and their Infl uence on Archaeological Survey Strategies; 3 Understanding Roman Towns in Italy: Refl ections on the Role of Geophysical Survey; 4 Rethinking the Spectrum - Th e Digital (R)Evolution in Archaeological Aerial Reconnaissance; 5 Collecting Cities: some Problems and Prospects; 6 Re-Evaluating a Forgotten Town using Intra-Site Surveys and the GIS Analysis of Surface Ceramics: Philosophianis-Sofi ana (Sicily) in the Longue Durée 7 Tinkering with Urban Survey Data: How Many Sagalassos-es do we Have?8 Amara West: Remote Ssensing at a Pharaonic Town in Northern Sudan; 9 Long-term Integrated Archaeological Prospection at the Roman Town of Carnuntum/Austria; 10 Integrating Aerial Photography, Historical Cartography, Archaeological Excavations and Geophysical Survey on the Roman Colony of Mariana (Corsica, France); 11 Fluxgate Gradiometer and GPR Survey to Locate and Characterize the Perimeter, Early Imperial Centre and Street Network of the Roman Town Mariana (Corsica); 12 Surveying the Townscape of Roman Trea (Picenum) 13 Geophysical Survey of the City of Gabii, Italy14 Challenges of Port Landscapes. Integrating Geophysics, Open Area Excavation and Computer Graphic Visualisation at Portus and the Isola Sacra |
| Zusatzinfo | English |
| Serie/Reihe | University of Cambridge Museum of Classical Archaeology monograph ; ; no. 2. |
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