Description: Few major Classical cities have disappeared so completely from view, over the centuries, as Thespiai in Central Greece. Only the technique of intensive field survey, carefully adapted to a large urban site and reinforced by historical investigation, has made it possible to recover from oblivion much of its life of seven millennia.
Brief description: John Bintliff was Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology at Universiteit Leiden NL, and is now Honorary Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh
Review Quotes: "This volume is a welcome addition to scholarship on Greek landscape archaeology, survey methodology, and legacy data--a clear example of why it is never too late to reopen those bankers' boxes and publish..."-- "American Journal of Archaeology"