Pylos Regional Archaeological Project, Part III

Sir William Gell's Itinerary in the Pylia and Regional Landscapes in the Morea in the Second Ottoman Period

Bibliographic Data

ID9858442
AuthorsJohn Bennet (corresponding author), J Davis (0000-0003-1705-1798), Jack L Davis, Fariba Zarinebaf-Shahr, Fariba Zarinebaf‐Shahr
Year2000
Volume69
Issue3
Pages343
Publication date2000-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-098X • E-ISSN: 1553-5622
PublisherAmerican School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/148401
OpenAlexW2028356748
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This article previews the study of the Second Ottoman period (1715-1821) by members of the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project. By closely comparing Sir William Gell's apparently dispassionate descriptions of the Navarino Bay area with other documentary and archaeological data, we suggest that reconstruction of settlement and land use relying solely on Gell's descriptions can result in misrepresentation. This conclusion has implications for modern Greek social and economic history, since the image that Gell sketches appears to support a commonly held belief that settlement during Ottoman occupation was concentrated in more mountainous areas, while the lowlands were largely devoid of permanent habitation

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Period (music · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · History

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