THE URBAN SCHEME OF PLATAIAI IN BOIOTIA: Report on the Geophysical Survey, 2005–2009

Konecny, Andreas; Boyd, Michael J.; Marchese, Ronald T.; Aravantinos, Vassilis

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“…In Greece, geophysics has played a prominent role in documenting the spatial parameters of ancient urban contexts. Extensive surveys have been carried out at Plataiai and Tanagra in Boeotia (Konecny et al 2012;Bintliff et al 2013), Sikyon in the Peloponnese (Lolos and Gourley 2011), and Philippi in Macedonia (Provost and Boyd 2002). On a broad platform, the Ancient Cities of Boeotia Project has applied geophysics to study the spatial parameters of urban sites in support of its regional survey (Bintliff et al 2013).…”

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A regional approach to ancient urban studies in Greece through multi-settlement geophysical survey

Donati¹,

Sarris²,

Papadopoulos³

et al. 2021

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The systematic exploration of large archaeological sites in the Mediterranean has evolved considerably since the “big dig” excavations. Pedestrian field surveying and remote sensing applications, including satellite and airborne image analysis, are now practical and relatively cost-efficient methods of characterizing large and diachronically diverse landscapes on regional scales. However, the use of geophysical techniques as a means for exploring manifold archaeological contexts is still in its infancy. In this paper, we highlight the advantages of archaeological geophysics to conduct regional surveys in the Mediterranean. Through a multi-site geophysical fieldwork campaign to investigate the patterns and dynamics of ancient cities in Greece, we show how geophysics offer new opportunities for characterizing the spatial attributes and regional dynamics of urban landscapes, and, in doing so, we make an argument for its wider adoption on regional survey projects.

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A regional approach to ancient urban studies in Greece through multi-settlement geophysical survey

Donati¹,

Sarris²,

Papadopoulos³

et al. 2021

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Constructing the ‘Urban Profile’ of an Ancient Greek City: Evidence From the Olynthos Project

Nevett

Tsigarida

Archibald

et al. 2020

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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This article argues that a holistic approach to documenting and understanding the physical evidence for individual cities would enhance our ability to address major questions about urbanisation, urbanism, cultural identities and economic processes. At the same time we suggest that providing more comprehensive data-sets concerning Greek cities would represent an important contribution to cross-cultural studies of urban development and urbanism, which have often overlooked relevant evidence from Classical Greece. As an example of the approach we are advocating, we offer detailed discussion of data from the Archaic and Classical city of Olynthos, in the Halkidiki. Six seasons of fieldwork here by the Olynthos Project, together with legacy data from earlier projects by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and by the Greek Archaeological Service, combine to make this one of the best-documented urban centres surviving from the Greek world. We suggest that the material from the site offers the potential to build up a detailed ‘urban profile’, consisting of an overview of the early development of the community as well as an in-depth picture of the organisation of the Classical settlement. Some aspects of the urban infrastructure can also be quantified, allowing a new assessment of (for example) its demography. This article offers a sample of the kinds of data available and the sorts of questions that can be addressed in constructing such a profile, based on a brief summary of the interim results of fieldwork and data analysis carried out by the Olynthos Project, with a focus on research undertaken during the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons.

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Evidence for Two Planned Greek Settlements in the Peloponnese from Satellite Remote Sensing

Donati

Sarris

2016

American Journal of Archaeology

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THE URBAN SCHEME OF PLATAIAI IN BOIOTIA: Report on the Geophysical Survey, 2005–2009

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

A regional approach to ancient urban studies in Greece through multi-settlement geophysical survey

A regional approach to ancient urban studies in Greece through multi-settlement geophysical survey

Constructing the ‘Urban Profile’ of an Ancient Greek City: Evidence From the Olynthos Project

Evidence for Two Planned Greek Settlements in the Peloponnese from Satellite Remote Sensing

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