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Boeotian Landscapes: A GIS-based study for the reconstruction and interpretation of the archaeological datasets of ancient Boeotia
Emeri Farinetti
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The aim of this research is to illustrate a possible way of dealing with a regional landscape and its long-term settlement history based on the integration of archaeological data applying a GIS based approach to the social dimension of the landscape. Thelarge province area (ca 2,500 sqkm) of Boeotia (Central Greece) is examined by means of GIS (Geographical Information System), processing data from different archaeological, historical and environmental sources. The methodology established, dealing jointly with material culture and the environment, follows a critical comparative regional approach and opts for both region and micro-regions as the analytical unit. It aims mainly to assess landscape characters and the interface between human and social actions and landscape by critically assessing, first of all, the available archaeological record constituted by diverse, variegate and often incoherent data sets. The main periods of interest are the historical periods from Archaic to Late Roman, while earlier (Neolithic to Geometric) and later periods are taken into account for the analysis and understanding of diachronical processes which took place at the microregional and regional levels.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Table of Contents
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LIST of FIGURES
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LIST of TABLES
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PREFACE and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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I.1 Regional approaches to landscape studies
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I.2 The GIS datasets: collection, recording and management
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II.1 The Boeotian Landscape: Topography and Environment
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II.2 The Boeotian landscape: state of archaeological research
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II.3 The chorai of Boeotia
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II.4 Exploring the socio-political and cultural landscapes of ancient Boeotia
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CONCLUDING REMARKS
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APPENDIX I THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD
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Appendix I.1 Central Helicon: Koroneiake
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Appendix I.2 Northern Helicon: Levadeia
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Appendix I.3 Chaironeia valley: Chaironeiake
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Appendix I.4 The Copais area: Orchomenos
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Appendix I.5 The Northern mountains of the Copaïs: HYETTIA
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Appendix I.6 The Copais area: Copai and the North-East bay
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Appendix I.7 The Eastern Copais area: Akraiphiai
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Appendix I.8 The Copais area: Haliartia
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Appendix I.9 Eastern Helikon: Thespike
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Appendix I.10 Three small chorai to the Gulf of Corinth: Siphai, Thisbe, Chorseiai
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Appendix I.11 The upper Asopos basin: Parasopia and Plataea
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Appendix I.12 The Theban plain and the area of the lakes: Thebais
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Appendix I.13 The Boeotian coastal area facing the Euboean sea N of Chalkis: ANTHEDONIA and SKROPONERI bay
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Appendix I.14 The Tanagra plain and Eastern Boeotia
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Published: 2011
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407337449 (ebook)
- 9781407307503 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2195