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.
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.