Book review: Uplands of Ancient Sicily and Calabria : the archaeology of landscape revisited.

This book presents the methods and preliminary results of six Anglo-American-Sicilian archaeological landscape projects undertaken in the uplands of Sicily and Calabria: the Bova Marina Archaeological Project, the Gornalunga and Margi Valleys Survey, the Upper Simeto Valley Project, the Troina Project, fieldwork at Polizzello, and the Salemi Project. Highlights are Foxhall et al.’s clear summary of a thoughtfully conceived archaeological survey and excavation project combining the coastal lowlands and mountainous uplands of Southern Calabria; Ayala and Fitzjohn’s detailed evaluation of the methodology and results of the Troina Survey in terms of the preservation and visibility of upland archaeological sites and soils linked to particular (albeit undated) soil erosion processes; and Lucy Walker’s valuable synthesis of published literature on the political, ethnic and, to a lesser extent, economic history of Troina’s elite and their landownership, which complements some of the patterns identified by the related archaeological survey