Seeing The Unseen. Buried Archaeological Landscapes In Tuscany

The Department of Archaeology at Siena has been engaged for several decades in the testing of new methodologies, new approaches and new instruments for construction of the archaeological record. In relation to landscape archaeology and in particular with the South Tuscan landscapes the low level of visibility and heavy clay soils have directed us towards those techniques of remote sensing that leave a wide choice to the archaeologist in the periods for carrying out data capture. Source-integration now represents the prime focus of our research. In an area like that of South Tuscany without this approach we foresee little possibility of obtaining results which will have a real effect on our understanding of the development of the landscape across time.