Corinth Publication: Athanassopoulos, International Journal of Historical 14:2... 2010
Collection:   Corinth
Name:   Athanassopoulos, International Journal of Historical 14:2... 2010
Title:   Landscape Archaeology and the Medieval Countryside: Settlement and Abandonment in the Nemea Region
Author:   Athanassopoulos, Effie
Series Title:   International Journal of Historical Archaeology
Volume:   14:2
Month:   June
Date:   2010
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.
Page:   255-270
URL:   http://www.springerlink.com/content/w47320467mhj3815/abstract/