A guide to good practice in Mediterranean surface survey projects

JOURNAL OF GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY, vol. 5, pp. 1–62

Abstract

This article deals with a relatively new form of archaeological research in the Mediterranean region – intensive surface survey, coverage of the landscape by teams walking in close order, recording patterns of human activity visible on the landsurface as scatters of pottery and lithics, or building remains. Since 2000, archaeologists from Dutch and Belgian universities working on Mediterranean survey projects have gathered annually to discuss methodological issues in workshops that gradually attracted landscape archaeologists from other European countries and Turkey. On the basis of these discussions, this paper, written by regular workshop contributors and other invited authors with wider Mediterranean experience, aims to evaluate the potential of various approaches to the archaeological surface record in the Mediterranean and provide guidelines for standards of good practice in Mediterranean survey.

Authors 16

1. Peter A. J. Attema

   University of Groningen

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   University of Groningen, The Netherlands

2. John L. Bintliff Aachen

   Leiden University

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   Leiden University, The Netherlands

3. Martijn van Leusen

   University of Groningen

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   University of Groningen, The Netherlands

4. Philip Bes
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   Independent Researcher, The Netherlands

5. Tymon de Haas Aachen

   Leiden University

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   Leiden University, The Netherlands

6. Damjan Donev Aachen

   Leiden University

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   Leiden University, The Netherlands

7. Wim Jongman

   University of Groningen

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   University of Groningen, The Netherlands

8. Eva Kaptijn
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   Erfgoed Gelderland, The Netherlands

9. Simonetta Menchelli

   University of Pisa

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   Pisa University, Italy

10. Marinella Pasquinucci

    University of Pisa

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    Pisa University, Italy

11. Steve Rosen

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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    University of the Negev, Israel

12. Jesús García Sánchez
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    Merida University, Spain

13. Luis Gutierrez Soler

    Universidad de Jaén

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    Jaen University, Spain

14. Gijs Willem Tol

    The University of Melbourne

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    Melbourne University, Australia

15. Frank Vermeulen

    Ghent University

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    University of Ghent, Belgium

16. Athanasios K. Vionis

    University of Cyprus

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    University of Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus