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This volume has been produced by European Association of Archaeologist (EAA) as a result of the contributions presented by different authors during the sessions held under the general heading “Architectural Archaeology” in Lisbon (Portugal) in 2000, and in Esslingen (Germany) in 2001, both of which were coordinated by the editors of this volume. Archaeotecture: Archaeology of Architecture is a compilation of the majority of the papers presented during these sessions, organised according to their subjects or the chronological periods they cover. All of them share a common factor: the study of constructions and architectonic spaces, analysed from an from an archaeological perspective
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