Interpreting Landscapes: Geologies, Topographies, Identities; Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology...

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Christopher Tilley

Interpreting Landscapes

Geologies, Topographies, Identities; Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology 3

Christopher Tilley

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Left Coast Press Inc
15 June 2010

Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Archaeology; Archaeological methodology & techniques; Anthropology

This book takes a new approach to writing about the past. Instead of studying the prehistory of Britain from Mesolithic to Iron Age times in terms of periods or artifact classifications, Tilley examines it through the lens of their geology and landscapes, asserting the fundamental significance of the bones of the land in the process of human occupation over the long durée. Granite uplands, rolling chalk downlands, sandstone moorlands, and pebbled hilltops each create their own potentialities and symbolic resources for human settlement and require forms of social engagement. Taking his findings from years of phenomenological fieldwork experiencing different landscapes with all senses and from many angles, Tilley creates a saturated and historically imaginative account of the landscapes of southern England and the people who inhabited them. This work is also a key theoretical statement about the importance of landscapes for human settlement.

By: Christopher Tilley
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 839g
ISBN: 9781598743746
ISBN 10: 1598743740
Pages: 536
Publication Date: 15 June 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations, List of Tables, PREFACE, Part I: Interpreting Landscapes, Part II: Chalk Country, Part III: From Pebbles to Sandstone and Slate, Part IV: Granite, REFERENCES, INDEX, ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Christopher Tilley is Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at University College London. He is the author of numerous books relating anthropological theories to archaeology. Recent books include A Phenomenology of Landscape (1994), An Ethnography of the Neolithic (1996) and Metaphor and Material Culture (1999).