Introduction to the Sphakia Survey
by Simon Price, Oxford University
Original text © 2001 Lucia Nixon, Jennifer Moody, Simon Price, and Oliver Rackham - The Sphakia Survey: Internet Edition
Bee Keeping
I. Sites where the hives were kept
For a complete list of these sites for all epochs:
· In the frame at the right click on Sites Database. This database will then appear in the window at the top of your screen.
· Go to the field SITE FUNCTION.
· Pull down the menu at the right.
· Select “beehive site.”
· Click the button at the top “Begin Search.”
You will then get a complete list of our sites, which are classified, as “beehive sites.”
To find only Graeco-Roman beehive sites:
· Go back to the previous screen by clicking on your browser’s back arrow. Your previous selection of beehive site will still be there.
· Pull down the menu under Graeco-Roman phase
· Select “Graeco-Roman.”
· Click the “Begin Search” button.
The resulting list will now omit those beehive sites that have only a Byzantine-Modern phase.
To find out more about a particular site:
· Click on the site number in the left-hand column. For example, 6.25 will take you to the fuller record for a site in Region 6, with thumbnail photographs.
· To enlarge the thumbnails, click on one and you will see a full-size image, with a caption.
Possible questions to think about:
- Why do we have these specialized bee keeping sites, in particular periods and in particular places?
- How does their location relate to the eight environmental zones?
