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The conference series 'Landscape: a synthesis of diachronic elements' began in 2019, and this volume collects the proceedings of its fourth edition, titled Planning and the Ancient World: Between the Dogmas of the Past and Recent Interpretations, held in Lecce from May 25 to 26, 2023, with the support of the University of Salento and the Laboratory of Ancient Topography and Photogrammetry. The volume aims to provide a more accurate reconstruction of the ancient landscape through a comparison between the research of young scholars and that of more experienced figures, offering an overview of the current state of research and the methods applied in various archaeological contexts around the Mediterranean.