Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece I
- ISBN-10
- 0876615329
- ISBN-13
- 9780876615324
- Category
- Archaeological geology
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- ASCSA
- Authors
- James Wiseman, Kōnstantinos L. Zachos
Description
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.
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