Mapping Mistakes: The Cartographic Confusion of Ancient Kleitor

The ancient Greek city of Kleitor lies in a small valley in north central Arkadia. Although only recently the target of systematic excavations, the first plan of its remains was published almost 200 years ago. While this earliest plan is essentially correct in the details, it is also a simple schem...

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Autor principal:	Matthew P. Maher
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2015
Materias:	Kleitor Arkadia Greek fortifications history of archaeological research Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f67eb5be987f4a9ab465af19dc7348c32021-11-27T13:19:23ZMapping Mistakes: The Cartographic Confusion of Ancient Kleitor10.12797/SAAC.19.2015.19.051899-15482449-867Xhttps://doaj.org/article/f67eb5be987f4a9ab465af19dc7348c32015-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/3101https://doaj.org/toc/1899-1548https://doaj.org/toc/2449-867X The ancient Greek city of Kleitor lies in a small valley in north central Arkadia. Although only recently the target of systematic excavations, the first plan of its remains was published almost 200 years ago. While this earliest plan is essentially correct in the details, it is also a simple schematic representation with little topographical detail. When a revised plan of the site – comprising a much more skillful representation of the topography – was published in the late 19th century, it soon supplanted the original in the scholarship. Hidden behind its topographic accuracy and artistic flourishes, however, lies the fact that the mapping of the archaeological remains themselves was incorrect. Consequently, as this plan continued to be modified and reproduced throughout the following century, so too were its mistakes duplicated and exaggerated. Showing the cartographical evolution in the representation of ancient Kleitor and its reception by scholars, this paper demonstrates how scholars have constructed their interpretations of the remains around the unintentional predisposition to equate artistic quality with accuracy, and the consequences of this bias on the archaeological interpretations of the site. Matthew P. MaherKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleKleitorArkadiaGreek fortificationshistory of archaeological researchAncient historyD51-90History of the artsNX440-632ENFRStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, Vol 19 (2015)
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description	The ancient Greek city of Kleitor lies in a small valley in north central Arkadia. Although only recently the target of systematic excavations, the first plan of its remains was published almost 200 years ago. While this earliest plan is essentially correct in the details, it is also a simple schematic representation with little topographical detail. When a revised plan of the site – comprising a much more skillful representation of the topography – was published in the late 19th century, it soon supplanted the original in the scholarship. Hidden behind its topographic accuracy and artistic flourishes, however, lies the fact that the mapping of the archaeological remains themselves was incorrect. Consequently, as this plan continued to be modified and reproduced throughout the following century, so too were its mistakes duplicated and exaggerated. Showing the cartographical evolution in the representation of ancient Kleitor and its reception by scholars, this paper demonstrates how scholars have constructed their interpretations of the remains around the unintentional predisposition to equate artistic quality with accuracy, and the consequences of this bias on the archaeological interpretations of the site.
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Mapping Mistakes: The Cartographic Confusion of Ancient Kleitor

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