This volume contains thirteen papers which demonstrate the usefulness of 2D and 3D digital modelling in archaeology, which as the title states goes well beyond simply producing illustrative site maps, but can be used as a creative form of experimental archaeology. The authors also argue that this vizualization has been tragcally underused in archaeology and aim to promote its greater use. Case studies include a model of the voyage of Wulfstan to Truso, several on how the 3D reconstruction of landscapes can help identify archaeological sites, the use of 3D modelling to reinterpret the stratigraphy from a 35 year old excavation of a site in Greece, a recreation of two Inca monuments in relation to the sun at the winter solstice, and the use of 3D modelling in profiling ceramics.

Oxbow says: There is no doubting that this is an important collection of studies by some of the foremost scholars in Aegean and Mediterranean archaeology and classical studies. The thirty papers were presented to O.T.P.K. Dickinson at the Institute of Classical Studies in London in 2005, to mark his retirement from his post at the University of Durham. They cover a wide range of topics including four papers on survey and settlement from the likes of John Bintliff and Todd Whitelaw, three on the environment and landscape, four on the Mycenaeans including papers by John Bennet and Elizabeth French, two on architecture, three on administration and the economy, four on iconography and symbolism including a paper by Sue Sherratt, three on ritual and cult and four on the subject of contacts and exchange. Three appreciations to Dickinson by Hector Catling, Anthony Snodgrass, and N Claire Loader and Stuart Dunn open the volume.