Comparative Issues in the Archaeology of the Roman Rural Landscape: Site Classification Between Survey, Excavation and Historical Categories

by Peter Attema (Editor), Gunther Schorner (Editor)

This book treats theoretical and methodological implications of the classification of archaeological sites of the Roman period in regional survey and archaeology, and the potential of classifications for making intra- and interregional comparisons and interpretations. Overall the papers testify to the importance of surface survey as an autonomous form of archaeological investigation with well-developed methodologies and analytical frameworks able to generate data that is just as complex as that derived from excavation, and with a similarly wide interpretative potential.

135 pages, Hardcover

First published May 3, 2012

Reviews

[Ruby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good, especially the first and last chapters by Robert Witcher and Alessandro Launaro respectively, but if you are a publisher who publishes books on shiny paper, just know that I hate you