Abstract

In the manner of an experienced oracular consultant, Scott immediately reflects on the likely response that will greet his enterprise: "A reader picking up this book might well think 'not another book on Delphi and Olympia'!". As he remarks, however, "the majority of English-language books about Delphi focus on its oracle and about Olympia on its games..., relying heavily on literary evidence" to the neglect of their sanctuaries and the archaeological evidence. In what follows, Scott articulates a program for "developing a new level of spatial analysis, which better links archaeological discussions of small-scale spatial development with historical discussions of large-scale place in the wider landscape".