Urban landscape survey in Italy and the Mediterranean / edited by Frank Vermeulen ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vermeulen, Frank.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns, Ancient--Italy.

Cities and towns, Ancient.

Cities and towns, Ancient--Mediterranean Region.

Land use surveys--Italy.

Land use surveys.

Land use surveys--Mediterranean Region.

Mediterranean Region.

Italy.

Physical Description:

x, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, [2012]

Language Note:

In English, with some chapters in Italian.

Summary:

For nearly 40 years, field survey techniques have contributed significantly to understanding of the ancient rural landscape around the Mediterranean, and is now being used for large towns, cities, and ports of the Classical Mediterranean. Archaeologists from across Europe sample recent research into pre-Roman site planning, towns in a transitional phase, the Roman approach to townscapes, and inter-urban relationships. Among the topics are approaching the Sabine-Roman town Amiternum and its territory in the Upper Aterno Valley, strategies and results of the urban survey in the upper city of Ephesus, geophysical prospection in the Vesuvian cities, the Ammaia project's integrated approach to studying Roman towns in Lusitania, and forms of urbanism in the Ager Faliscus. Six of the 23 studies are in Italian. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

184217486X

9781842174869

OCLC:

781939354

Publisher Number:

99951234038