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SUMMARY:Seeing the unseen: some current challenges in the archaeology of R
 oman Italy  - Alessandro Launaro
DTSTART:20130430T121000Z
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CONTACT:Xinyi Liu
DESCRIPTION:Archaeological field survey has changed our perception of anci
 ent landscapes. As such it is based on the systematic mapping\, collection
  and analysis of surface concentrations of potsherds and tile-fragments in
 terpreted as evidence of past human occupation and activities. For a long 
 time there has been a tendency to focus on those classes of pottery whose 
 easily recognisable features and well-established chronologies have made t
 hem very popular among surveyors\, that is finewares and amphorae. However
 \, it is coarseware potsherds that feature a crucial informative potential
 . This can be easily appreciated by contrasting and comparing two views of
  the same landscape as made possible by recent fieldwork in the Lower Liri
  Valley (Southern Lazio\, Italy): a) one based on the recovery of fineware
 s and main amphorae types only\; b) the other including coarsewares too.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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