The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan has a long and impressive history of archaeological fieldwork activity in the Mediterranean, the Near East, and Egypt. Over the past 80 years, the Museum has helped sponsor nearly two dozen projects in Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Libya, Tunisia, Greece, and Armenia. Expedition! presents a well-illustrated and informative summary account, with accompanying bibliographies, of each of these significant projects.

In the Field: The Archaeological Expeditions of the Kelsey Museum (Kelsey Museum Publication)

History

Alcock, Susan

Talahay, L. E.

Alcock, S. E.

Talalay, L. E.

Ancient Civilizations

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Twenty years ago, John Cherry looked forward to the day when archaeological survey projects working around the Mediterranean region (the 'Frogs round the pond') would begin to compare and synthesize the information they had collected. He anticipated researchers tackling big questions of interregional scope in new and interesting ways, working at a geographical scale considerably larger than that of the individual survey. Was his optimism misplaced? Despite the extraordinary growth of interest in field survey projects and regional analysis, and despite the developments in survey methodology that have been discussed and implemented in the past two decades, few scholars have attempted to use survey data in a comparative mode and to answer the broad-scale questions confronting social historians. In this volume, which is the outcome of an advanced Workshop held at the University of Michigan in 2002, a number of prominent archaeologists return to the question of comparability. They discuss the potential benefits of working in a comparative format, with evidence from many different Mediterranean survey projects, and consider the practical problems that present roadblocks to achieving that objective. From mapping and manuring to human settlement and demography, environment and culture, each addresses different questions, often with quite different approaches; together they offer a range of perspectives on how to put surveys "side-by-side". Contributors include Susan E Alcock, John Cherry, Jack L Davis, Peter Attema, Martijn van Leusen, James C Wright, Robin Osborne, David Mattingly, T J Wilkinson, and Richard E Blanton. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Introduction (Susan E. Alcock and John F. Cherry) Methodological Issues 2. Mapping and manuring: can we compare sherd density figures? (Michael Given) 3. Are the landscpaes of Greek prehistory hidden? A comparative approach (Jack L. Davis) 4. Sample size matters! The paradox of global trends and local surveys (Nicola Terrenato) 5. Solving the puzzle of the archaeological labyrinth: time perspectivism in Mediterranean surface archaeology (LuAnn Wandsnider) Comparative studies in the Mediterranean 6. Side-by-side and back-to-front: exploring intra-regional latitudinal and longitudinal comparability in survey data. Three case studies from Metaponto, southern Italy (Stephen Thompson) 7. Intraregional and iterregional comparison of occupation histories in three Italian regions: the RPC project (Peter Attema and Martijn van Leusen) 8. Site by site: combining survey and excavationdata to chart patterns of socio-political change in Bronze Age Crete (Tim Cunnigham and Jan Driessen) 9. Comparative settlement patterns during the Bronze Age int he northeastern Peloponnesos (James C. Wright) 10. Problems and possibilities in comparative survey: a North African perspective (David L. Stone) Issues and implications 11. Accounting for ARS: fineware and sites in Sicily and Africa (Elizabeth Fentress, Sergio Fontana, Robert Bruce Hitchner and Philip Perkins) 12. Demography and survey (Robin Osborne) 13. Mapping the Roman world: the contribution of field survey data (David Mattingly and Rob Witcher) Wider Perspectives 14. From nucleation to dispersal: trends in settlement pattern in the northern fertile rescent (T.J.Wilkinson, Jason Ur and Jesse Casana) 15. A comparative perspective on settlement pattern and population change in Mesoamerican and Medierranean civilizations (Richard E. Blanton) Appendix 16. Internet resources for mediterranean regional survey projects: a preliminary listing (Jennifer Gates, Susan E. Alcock and John F. Cherry)

Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean World

CHERRY, John

Oxbow Books

Twenty years ago, John Cherry looked forward to the day when archaeological survey projects working around the Mediterranean region (the 'Frogs round the pond') would begin to compare and synthesize the information they had collected. He anticipated researchers tackling big questions of interregional scope in new and interesting ways, working at a geographical scale considerably larger than that of the individual survey. Was his optimism misplaced? Despite the extraordinary growth of interest in field survey projects and regional analysis, and despite the developments in survey methodology that have been discussed and implemented in the past two decades, few scholars have attempted to use survey data in a comparative mode and to answer the broad-scale questions confronting social historians. In this volume, which is the outcome of an advanced Workshop held at the University of Michigan in 2002, a number of prominent archaeologists return to the question of comparability. They discuss the potential benefits of working in a comparative format, with evidence from many different Mediterranean survey projects, and consider the practical problems that present roadblocks to achieving that objective. From mapping and manuring to human settlement and demography, environment and culture, each addresses different questions, often with quite different approaches; together they offer a range of perspectives on how to put surveys "side-by-side". Contributors include Susan E Alcock, John Cherry, Jack L Davis, Peter Attema, Martijn van Leusen, James C Wright, Robin Osborne, David Mattingly, T J Wilkinson, and Richard E Blanton.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Introduction (Susan E. Alcock and John F. Cherry)  Methodological Issues 2. Mapping and manuring: can we compare sherd density figures? (Michael Given) 3. Are the landscpaes of Greek prehistory hidden? A comparative approach (Jack L. Davis) 4. Sample size matters! The paradox of global trends and local surveys (Nicola Terrenato) 5. Solving the puzzle of the archaeological labyrinth: time perspectivism in Mediterranean surface archaeology (LuAnn Wandsnider)  Comparative studies in the Mediterranean 6. Side-by-side and back-to-front: exploring intra-regional latitudinal and longitudinal comparability in survey data. Three case studies from Metaponto, southern Italy (Stephen Thompson) 7. Intraregional and iterregional comparison of occupation histories in three Italian regions: the RPC project (Peter Attema and Martijn van Leusen) 8. Site by site: combining survey and excavationdata to chart patterns of socio-political change in Bronze Age Crete (Tim Cunnigham and Jan Driessen) 9. Comparative settlement patterns during the Bronze Age int he northeastern Peloponnesos (James C. Wright) 10. Problems and possibilities in comparative survey: a North African perspective (David L. Stone)  Issues and implications 11. Accounting for ARS: fineware and sites in Sicily and Africa (Elizabeth Fentress, Sergio Fontana, Robert Bruce Hitchner and Philip Perkins) 12. Demography and survey (Robin Osborne) 13. Mapping the Roman world: the contribution of field survey data (David Mattingly and Rob Witcher)  Wider Perspectives 14. From nucleation to dispersal: trends in settlement pattern in the northern fertile rescent (T.J.Wilkinson, Jason Ur and Jesse Casana) 15. A comparative perspective on settlement pattern and population change in Mesoamerican and Medierranean civilizations (Richard E. Blanton)  Appendix 16. Internet resources for mediterranean regional survey projects: a preliminary listing (Jennifer Gates, Susan E. Alcock and John F. Cherry)

A group of essays that trace the development of Roman influence in the eastern parts of the empire. Contents include: Urbanization ( Greg Woolf ); Roman colonies in the province of Achaia ( A Rizakis ); Syrian desert ( M Gawlikowski ); The Syrian countryside ( G Tate ); Jewish rural settlement ( Y Hirschfield ); Roman relations with the Persicus sinus ( D T Potts ); The Imperial image ( C B Rose ); The Black Sea region ( David Braund ); Funerary monuments in Asia Minor ( Sarah Cormack ); Tomb architecture at Palmyra ( A Schmidt-Colinet ); Pilgrimage, religion and visual culture in the East ( Jas Elsner ). Table of Contents Urbanization (Greg Woolf) Roman colonies in the province of Achaia (A Rizakis) Syrian desert (M Gawlikowski) The Syrian countryside (G Tate) Jewish rural settlement (Y Hirschfield) Roman relations with the Persicus sinus (D T Potts) The Imperial image (C B Rose) The Black Sea region (David Braund) Funerary monuments in Asia Minor (Sarah Cormack) Tomb architecture at Palmyra (A Schmidt-Colinet) Pilgrimage, religion and visual culture in the East (Jas Elsner)

The Early Roman Empire in the East (Oxbow Monograph, 95)

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In the Field: The Archaeological Expeditions of the Kelsey Museum (Kelsey Museum Publication)

Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean World

Side-by-Side Survey: Comparative Regional Studies in the Mediterranean World

The Early Roman Empire in the East (Oxbow Monograph, 95)