ABSTRACT In this paper environmental, topographic and geological data of the Classical till Roman Times thriving city of Ancient Thouria situated in Messenia, SW Peloponnese, Greece are presented in context to their archaeological interpretation of the study area’s landscape and usage. Using environmental and geographic factors in collaboration with soil characterization, a preliminary spatial analysis was conducted, aiming at the archaeological interpretation of parameters such as water availability, weather conditions, topography, settlement accessibility and land fertility, taking under account analytical data of soil samples retrieved from a section of an ongoing excavation. The study was conducted using a digital elevation model of the area that enabled the examination of the criteria of watershed, slope, aspect and visibility and assisted X-ray Fluorescence analysis of soil samples from the Asklepieion excavated area thus highlighting the contribution of spatial and in situ analysis to archaeology. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

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古代城市规划的环境方面：希腊伯罗奔尼撒半岛古代特霍里亚的初步研究

摘要在本文中，以考古学对研究区的景观和用途的考古解释为背景，介绍了位于希腊西南伯罗奔尼撒的梅塞尼亚地区直到古罗马时期兴旺的古特胡里亚古城的环境，地形和地质数据。利用环境和地理因素结合土壤特征，进行了初步的空间分析，目的是对考古学解释的参数进行分析，例如水的可利用性，天气条件，地形，住区可及性和土地肥力，同时考虑到所取土样的分析数据从正在进行的挖掘中 该研究使用该地区的数字高程模型进行，该模型可以检查流域，坡度，方面和能见度以及来自Asklepieion挖掘区的土壤样品的X射线辅助荧光分析，从而突出了空间和原位分析对考古学的贡献。图形概要