The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project is committed to disseminating its results to the wider academic community through publication and professional conferences, and its publications have appeared in major international journals.
publications
Murphy, Elizabeth A., McKenzie Bentley, Carlo Tronchetti. In Press. Innovative Approaches to Analyzing Fine Wares Recovered through Surface Collection by the Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project. In: M. Botto and G. Pietra (eds.), Atti del Convegno La Sardegna sud-occidentale tra la Preistoria e l’Età fenici-punica. Il caso di Pani Loriga a Santadi.
Rothenberg, Miriam, Thomas P. Leppard, Elic Weizel and Elizabeth A. Murphy. 2024. Settlement Organization and Distribution in Bronze Age Sardinia: Utilizing cumulative viewshed analysis and spatial statistics in the Sulcis Plain. Journal of Field Archaeology. [DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2024.2318682]
Roppa, Andrea, Thomas P. Leppard, and Elizabeth A. Murphy. 2020. Il Progetto Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia. Nuovi dati sul popolamento territoriale in età fenicia e punica nell'hinterland di Santadi. Byrsa. Scritti sull’antico Oriente mediterraneo (35/36) 35-56.
Thomas P. Leppard, Elizabeth A. Murphy, and Andrea Roppa. 2020. Sardinia “Lost between Europe and Africa”: Archaeology and archipelagic theory. In: M. Stephens and Y. Martínez-San Miguel (eds.), Archipelagic Thinking: Towards New Comparative Methodologies and Disciplinary Formations. London: Rowman and Littlefield, 307-325.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Thomas P. Leppard, Andrea Roppa, Emanuele Madrigali, and Carmen Esposito. 2019. The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project: New data and method from the insular Mediterranean. Journal of Field Archaeology 44(6) 367-382. [DOI:10.1080/00934690.2019.1625247]
Leppard, Thomas P., Elizabeth A. Murphy, Andrea Roppa, Emanuele Madrigali, and Carmen Esposito. 2019. Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project. PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society 92(2): 3-4. http://www.prehistoricsociety.org/files/PAST_92_final_for_web.pdf
Rothenberg, Miriam, Thomas P. Leppard, Elic Weizel and Elizabeth A. Murphy. 2024. Settlement Organization and Distribution in Bronze Age Sardinia: Utilizing cumulative viewshed analysis and spatial statistics in the Sulcis Plain. Journal of Field Archaeology. [DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2024.2318682]
Roppa, Andrea, Thomas P. Leppard, and Elizabeth A. Murphy. 2020. Il Progetto Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia. Nuovi dati sul popolamento territoriale in età fenicia e punica nell'hinterland di Santadi. Byrsa. Scritti sull’antico Oriente mediterraneo (35/36) 35-56.
Thomas P. Leppard, Elizabeth A. Murphy, and Andrea Roppa. 2020. Sardinia “Lost between Europe and Africa”: Archaeology and archipelagic theory. In: M. Stephens and Y. Martínez-San Miguel (eds.), Archipelagic Thinking: Towards New Comparative Methodologies and Disciplinary Formations. London: Rowman and Littlefield, 307-325.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Thomas P. Leppard, Andrea Roppa, Emanuele Madrigali, and Carmen Esposito. 2019. The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project: New data and method from the insular Mediterranean. Journal of Field Archaeology 44(6) 367-382. [DOI:10.1080/00934690.2019.1625247]
Leppard, Thomas P., Elizabeth A. Murphy, Andrea Roppa, Emanuele Madrigali, and Carmen Esposito. 2019. Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project. PAST: The Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society 92(2): 3-4. http://www.prehistoricsociety.org/files/PAST_92_final_for_web.pdf
conference and workshop presentations
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Miriam Rothenberg, Nicola Masini, Rosa Lasaponara, Nicodemo Abate. 2025. The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project: Regional Perspectives on Upland and Lowland Resources in the Sulcis. Approcci Multidisciplinari alla Conoscenza dei Paesaggi Storici, Santadi, Sardinia.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Miriam Rothenberg, Toby Wilkinson. 2025. The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project: Aims, Methods, and Preliminary Results. International Mediterranean Survey Workshop, Sevilla, Spain.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Miriam Rothenberg. 2024. Reconstructing Early Road Systems in the Sulcis. The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project, Incontri Sulcitani: Storia, Archeologia, e Paesaggio, Santadi, Sardinia.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Miriam Rothenberg. 2024. The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project: Tracing Land Transport Infrastructure through the Ages. Roman Transport Infrastructure, UrbNet, Aarhus University.
Garcia-Molsosa, Arnau, Héctor A. Orengo, Thomas P. Leppard, Andrea Roppa, Merkourios Georgiadis, Eurídice Kefalidou, Nikolas Dimakis and Konstantina Kallintzi. 2021. Towards a Practical Application of Automated Drone-Based Archaeological Survey, Landscape Archaeology Conference, Madrid. [Virtual]
Leppard, Thomas P., Elizabeth A. Murphy, Andrea Roppa, Hector Orengo, and Arnau García-Molsosa. 2022. Analyzing Dense Roman Rural Settlement with Integrated Pedestrian Survey and Systematic UAV-based Remote Sensing: The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project, Roman Archaeology Conference, Split, Croatia.
Leppard, Thomas P. and Andrea Roppa. 2020. Punic Settlement in the Interior of Sulcis: New data from the Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project. Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Thomas P. Leppard, and Andrea Roppa. 2018. Phoenician-Punic Settlement and Landscape Archaeology in Central Sulcis: The first two seasons of the Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia (LASS) Project. IX Congreso Internacional de Estudios Fenicios y Púnicos, Merida, Spain.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Miriam Rothenberg, Toby Wilkinson. 2025. The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project: Aims, Methods, and Preliminary Results. International Mediterranean Survey Workshop, Sevilla, Spain.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Miriam Rothenberg. 2024. Reconstructing Early Road Systems in the Sulcis. The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project, Incontri Sulcitani: Storia, Archeologia, e Paesaggio, Santadi, Sardinia.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Miriam Rothenberg. 2024. The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project: Tracing Land Transport Infrastructure through the Ages. Roman Transport Infrastructure, UrbNet, Aarhus University.
Garcia-Molsosa, Arnau, Héctor A. Orengo, Thomas P. Leppard, Andrea Roppa, Merkourios Georgiadis, Eurídice Kefalidou, Nikolas Dimakis and Konstantina Kallintzi. 2021. Towards a Practical Application of Automated Drone-Based Archaeological Survey, Landscape Archaeology Conference, Madrid. [Virtual]
Leppard, Thomas P., Elizabeth A. Murphy, Andrea Roppa, Hector Orengo, and Arnau García-Molsosa. 2022. Analyzing Dense Roman Rural Settlement with Integrated Pedestrian Survey and Systematic UAV-based Remote Sensing: The Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project, Roman Archaeology Conference, Split, Croatia.
Leppard, Thomas P. and Andrea Roppa. 2020. Punic Settlement in the Interior of Sulcis: New data from the Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia Project. Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Murphy, Elizabeth A., Thomas P. Leppard, and Andrea Roppa. 2018. Phoenician-Punic Settlement and Landscape Archaeology in Central Sulcis: The first two seasons of the Landscape Archaeology of Southwest Sardinia (LASS) Project. IX Congreso Internacional de Estudios Fenicios y Púnicos, Merida, Spain.
