The volume contains fifteen papers. Ten of them record the genesis and
the development of archaeological survey in Cyprus; they also discuss
the reasons why the twentieth century ended with serious set-backs in
the protection of cultural landscapes, despite the fact that in Cyprus
survey was conducted in the name of archaeological resource management
as early as 1955. The credit for this accomplishment goes to Hector
Catling, who had envisioned the island-wide Cyprus Survey Project, and
was instrumental in establishing the Survey Branch in the Cyprus
Department of Antiquities. The 'biographies' of eight very different
projects offer a representative sample of survey archaeology in Cyprus
in the last quarter of the 20th century. The inclusion of four
geographically and methodologically diverse projects from Israel, Libya,
Italy and Greece provide a trans-Mediterranean perspective against which
survey archaeology in Cyprus can be measured. The keynote paper (John
Cherry) brings the Mediterranean and the local projects closer together
and gives substance to a multifaceted dialogue, which extends from
visibility and the degree of isomorphism between surface and sub-surface
remains, to the links between regional survey projects and cultural
heritage management.