John Bryan Ward-Perkins, BSR Director 1945–74, and pioneer of field survey in Italy, was #BOTD in 1912. His library, archive & collection of over 40,000 images was left to the BSR and reflects the vast range of his scholarly interests. Explore online here: http://bit.ly/2MNBWlU 

This photo shows JBWP working on the South Etruria Survey: one of the most important archaeological surveys conducted in Italy and pivotal for our understanding of the archaeological landscape preceding the urban expansion of Rome. #BSRArchives #BSRAlumni #BSRDigitalCollections

A major restudy of the survey was central to the Tiber Valley Project, as explained in the 2020 publication 'The changing landscapes of Rome’s Northern Hinterland: the British School at Rome's Tiber Valley Project', available to read @Archaeopress http://bit.ly/2MRgCfm 

The BSR is currently collaborating with @ArcDurham and @durham_history on an AHRC-funded PhD project by
@PoppyFGrima on the South Etruria Survey. Read more about the project here: https://bsr.ac.uk/call-for-participants-south-etruria-survey-project