The Sikyon Survey Project

A Blueprint for Urban Survey?

Authors

  • Yannis A. Lolos University of Thessaly
  • Ben Gourley University of York
  • Daniel R. Stewart University College London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jmea.v20i2.267

Keywords:

Sikyon, Greece, urban landscape, intensive urban survey, urban archaeology

Abstract

The few examples of archaeological surface survey conducted in ancient urban centers in Greece and the Mediterranean have employed a variety of methods and yielded results of disproportionate breadth and resolution. The Sikyon Survey Project is a hyper-intensive survey that aims to set a standard for addressing the archaeology of a sizable Mediterranean town center. The efficacy of the proposed methodology is highlighted by preliminary results from the first three years of the survey (2004–2006).

Author Biographies

  • Yannis A. Lolos, University of Thessaly
    Yannis A. Lolos is a Lecturer in the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the University of Thessaly, and the director of the project. He has participated in a number of field projects in Greece and Italy, and his current interests lie in landscape archaeology, the Greek countryside, and Sikyon. His study of the Sikyonian countryside is forthcoming in the supplement series of Hesperia.
  • Ben Gourley, University of York
    Ben Gourley teaches fieldwork, survey and computing in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. Along with the other authors he is responsible for survey design, GIS, and fieldwork on the Sikyon survey Project. Research interests include archaeological method, geophysical survey, and computing applications in archaeology.
  • Daniel R. Stewart, University College London
    Daniel R. Stewart has just completed his PhD on survey archaeology and the rural Peloponnese at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, UK, and is currently a teaching fellow at University College London. He also serves as field director of the Sikyon Survey Project.

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Published

2007-11-24

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Lolos, Y. A., Gourley, B., & Stewart, D. R. (2007). The Sikyon Survey Project: A Blueprint for Urban Survey?. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, 20(2), 267-296. https://doi.org/10.1558/jmea.v20i2.267