Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece 1 (Hesperia Supplement 32)

The first in a two-volume series, Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece, this book presents the results of the Nikopolis Project (1991-1996), the first large-scale, systematic survey in the Epirus region of Greece. The project employed intensive archaeological survey and geological investigations to determine patterns of human activity and changes to the landscape, from earliest times through the medieval period. The volume contains an overview of the project, a discussion of the survey methodology employed, the results of a separate Palaeolithic survey and a spatial analysis of the finds at a remarkable Upper Palaeolithic site, and geomorphological studies of both the Ambracian Gulf and the lower Acheron River Valley. The results add to the growing body of survey data from Greece and show the utility of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the past. Hesperia. Supplement, Vol. 32, 2003......Page 0 Front Matter [pp. i - xiii]......Page 2 Preface and Acknowledgments [pp. xv - xvii]......Page 16 The Nikopolis Project: Concept, Aims, and Organization [pp. 1 - 22]......Page 19 The Archaeological Survey: Sampling Strategies and Field Methods [pp. 23 - 45]......Page 41 The Early Stone Age of the Nomos of Preveza: Landscape and Settlement [pp. 47 - 134]......Page 65 Early Upper Palaeolithic Spilaion: An Artifact-Rich Surface Site [pp. 135 - 156]......Page 153 The Coastal Evolution of the Ambracian Embayment and Its Relationship to Archaeological Settings [pp. 157 - 198]......Page 175 The Lower Acheron River Valley: Ancient Accounts and the Changing Landscape [pp. 199 - 263]......Page 217 Summary Observations [pp. 265 - 268]......Page 283 References [pp. 269 - 282]......Page 287 Back Matter [pp. 283 - 292]......Page 301 The first in an anticipated two-volume set presents the results of the Nikopolis Project that was conducted between 1991 and 1996; the first large-scale, systematic survey in this region of Greece. The project employed intensive archaeological survey and geological investigations to determine patterns of human activity and changes to the landscape, from earliest times through the medieval period. The volume contains an overview of the project, a discussion of the survey methodology employed, the results of a separate Palaeolithic survey and a spatial analysis of the finds at a remarkable Upper Palaeolithic site, and geomorphological studies of both the Ambracian Gulf and the lower Acheron River Valley. The results add to the growing body of survey data from Greece and show the utility of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the past. Hesperia. Supplement, Vol. 32, 2003 -1 Front Matter [pp. i - xiii] 2 Preface and Acknowledgments [pp. xv - xvii] 16 The Nikopolis Project: Concept, Aims, and Organization [pp. 1 - 22] 19 The Archaeological Survey: Sampling Strategies and Field Methods [pp. 23 - 45] 41 The Early Stone Age of the Nomos of Preveza: Landscape and Settlement [pp. 47 - 134] 65 Early Upper Palaeolithic Spilaion: An Artifact-Rich Surface Site [pp. 135 - 156] 153 The Coastal Evolution of the Ambracian Embayment and Its Relationship to Archaeological Settings [pp. 157 - 198] 175 The Lower Acheron River Valley: Ancient Accounts and the Changing Landscape [pp. 199 - 263] 217 Summary Observations [pp. 265 - 268] 283 References [pp. 269 - 282] 287 Back Matter [pp. 283 - 292] 301 Human societies at all times and in all parts of the world interact with the landscape they inhabit: it could not be otherwise, even if the interaction were somehow limited to the selective exploitation of natural resources. V. 1 presents summary observations; v. 2 will present the final conclusions of this study