haʊˈɛvɚɹ ɪt wʌzðə sˈaʊθ ɪtɹˈʊɹɹiə sˈɜːveɪ, dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd baɪ dʒˈɑːn wˈɔːɹd pˈɜːkɪnz ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z tə sˈɛvənti z, wˌɪtʃ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd ɐ mˈaɪlstoʊn ɪn ɪtˈæliən ænd mˌɛdɪɾɪɹˈeɪniən lˈændskeɪp ˌɑːɹkiːˈɑːlədʒi ænd stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪɾᵻd ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv fˈiːld sˈɜːveɪz ænd ˌɛkskəvˈeɪʃənz baɪ bɹˈɪɾɪʃ ænd, ɪn pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚ, ɪtˈæliən ˌɑːɹkiːˈɑːlədʒˌɪsts ɪn ðɪs ˈɛɹiə.
However it was the South Etruria survey, directed by John Ward Perkins’ in the 1950s to 70s, which represented a milestone in Italian and Mediterranean landscape archaeology and stimulated a series of field surveys and excavations by British and, in particular, Italian archaeologists in this area.