Over the past three decades, “landscape” has become an umbrella term to describe many different strands of archaeology. From the processualist study of settlement patterns to the phenomenologist’s experience of the natural world, from human impact on past environments to the environment’s impact on human thought, action, and interaction, the term has been used. In this volume, for the first time, over 80 archaeologists from three continents attempt a comprehensive definition of the ideas and practices of landscape archaeology, covering the theoretical and the practical, the research and conservation, and encasing the term in a global framework. As a basic reference volume for landscape archaeology, this volume will be the benchmark for decades to come.
All royalties on this Handbook are donated to the World Archaeological Congress.
Edited by:
Bruno David,
Julian Thomas
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 60mm
Weight: 1.383kg
ISBN: 9781598742947
ISBN 10: 1598742949
Pages: 720
Publication Date: 15 December 2008
Audience:
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Children's (6-12)
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part I: Historical perspectives* Landscape archaeology: introductionBruno David and Julian Thomas * Place in landscape archaeology: a philosophical preludeEdward S. Casey* Pathways to a panoramic past: a brief history of European landscape archaeology Timothy Darvill* A brief history of landscape archaeology in the AmericasThomas Patterson* Thinking of landscape archaeology in Africa's later prehistoryRod McIntoshPart II: Encountering humans: mapping place* Non-human primate approaches to landscapesRussell Hill* Pre-Homo sapiens place-worldsAndrew Chamberlain* Evolutioary psychology and archaeological landscapesHerbert D.G. Maschner and Ben C. MarlerPart III: Thinking through landscapes* Uncommon ground: landscapes as social geographyVeronica Strang* Island biogeography: implications and applications for archaeologyJohn Edward Terrell* Reading between the lands: towards an amphibious archaeological settlement model for maritime migrationsJoe Crouch* Sentient sea: seascapes as spiritscapesIan McNiven* Living landscapes of the dead: archaeology of the afterworld among the Rumu of Papua New GuineaBruno David, Max Pivoru, William Pivoru, B. Barker, James F. Weiner, D. Simala, J. Sepe, T. Kokents, L. Araho and J. Dop* Visions of the cosmos: ceremonial landscapes and civic plansWendy Ashmore* Quarried away: thinking about landscapes of megalithic construction on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)Sue Hamilton and Colin Richards* Object fragmentation in past landscapesJohn Chapman* Boundaries and the archaeology of frontier zonesMike McCarthy* The social construction of waterVeronica Strang* The archaeology of territory and territorialityMaria Nieves Zedeno* Marks of possession: the archaeology of territory in Australia and southern AfricaPaul Tacon* From physical to social landscapes: multidimensional approaches to the archaeology of social place in the European Upper PalaeolithicJean-Michel Geneste, Jean-Christophe Casel and Jean-Pierre Chadelle* The use of ethnography in landscape archaeologyPaul J. Lane Part IV: Living landscapes: the body and the experience of place* Gender in landscape archaeologyAmanda Kearney* Hidden landscapes of the bodyClive Gamble* The body and the sensesPaul Rainbird* Phenomenological approaches to landscape archaeologyChris Tilley * Memory, place, and the memorialization of landscapesRuth M. Van Dyke* Virtual reality, visual envelopes and characterising landscapeVicki Cummings* Landscape and personhoodChris Fowler* Archaeology, landscape and dwellingJulian Thomas* Building and architecture as landscape practiceLesley McFadyen * Implications of farming and herding on human landscapes in Southwestern AsiaOfer Bar-Yosef* Domesticated landscapesJohn Edward Terrell and John Hart* Punctuated landscapes: creating cultural places in volcanically active environments Robin TorrencePart V: Characterising landscapes* Dating in landscape archaeologyRichard G. Roberts and Zenobia Jacobs* Stratigraphy, depositional environments and palaeolandscape reconstruction in landscape archaeologyNicola Stern * Geographical scale in understanding behavioural landscapesLesley Head* Landscape and climate changeMike Rowland * Human behavioral ecology and the use of ancient landscapesDouglas W. Bird and Brian Codding * Desert landscapes in archaeology: a case study from the NegevSteven A. Rosen* Landscapes of fire: origins, politics and questionsChristian Kull* Microbotanical remains in landscape archaeologyCassandra Rowe and Peter Kershaw* Beyond economy: seed analysis in landscape archaeologyAndrew Stephen Fairbairn* The use of charcoal in landscape archaeologyNic Dolby * Terrestrial invertebrates in landscape archaeologyNick Porch* Environmental archaeology: interpreting practices in the landscape through geoarchaeologyTim Denham* The archaeology of wetland landscapes: Method and theory at the beginning of the 21st centuryRobert Van de Noort* Lithics and landscape archaeologyChris Clarkson * The use of human skeletal remains in landscape archaeologyDonald Pate * Using DNA in landscape archaeologyLisa Matisoo-Smith * Sourcing techniques in landscape archaeologyGlenn Summerhayes* Tracking ancient routes across Polynesian seascapesMarshall Weisler * The uses of archaeological faunal remains in landscape archaeologyIngrid Mainland * Survey strategies in landscape archaeologyThomas Richards* Non-invasive sub-surface mapping techniques, satellite and aerial imagery in landscape archaeologyPaul Cheetham* Geographical Information SystemsJames Conolly* Ploughzone Archaeology in Historical ArchaeologyAlasdair Brooks* Landscape formation processesMichael Heilen, Michael B. Schiffe
Bruno David is the QEII Fellow and Co-Director of the Programme for Australian Indigenous Archaeology at Monash University in Melbourne. Julian Thomas has been the Chair of Archaeology at Manchester University since 2000.
