Author Description

The 2002 Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology brought together a number of postgraduate students researching a broad range of topics on the archaeology of the Mediterranean area from prehistory to the modern period. This volume presents twenty contributions from the workshop which was held at Glasgow University. Papers include: An approach to the archaeology of transitions in palaeolithic Iberia; Chapels and navigation in medieval Gozo; Constructing the meaning of the Persian Wars in Athens; Nationalism and archaeology in Cyprus; Cycladic idols on the Greek mainland; Modelling the Post-Roman landscape in Lazio; Rethinking Roman sculptures.