Landscape Archaeology and the Medieval Countryside: Settlement and Abandonment in the Nemea Region |
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Authors: | Effie F Athanassopoulos |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 810 Oldfather Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0368, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper examines the processes of settlement and abandonment of the medieval countryside as revealed by archaeological
surveys undertaken in southern Greece. The Nemea region, the focus of an intensive archaeological survey, serves as a case
study. Early archaeological surveys approached this time period primarily from a historical point of view. Political history
provided the textual frame while the archaeological data were expected to “fill in” the gaps of the historical record. In
contrast, in the last twenty-five years the second generation of surveys has taken an active interest in the archaeological
documentation of the medieval countryside. The settlement trends observed in Nemea are viewed as manifestations of a variety
of political, social, and economic processes. |
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