Marking the Land

Hunter-Gatherer Creation of Meaning in their Environment

William A Lovis, Robert Whallon

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Routledge
15 March 2016

Prehistoric archaeology

Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

Marking the Land investigates how hunter-gatherers use physical landscape markers and environmental management to impose meaning on the spaces they occupy. The land is full of meaning for hunter-gatherers. Much of that meaning is inherent in natural phenomena, but some of it comes from modifications to the landscape that hunter-gatherers themselves make. Such alterations may be intentional or unintentional, temporary or permanent, and they can carry multiple layers of meaning, ranging from practical signs that provide guidance and information through to less direct indications of identity or abstract, highly symbolic signs of sacred or ceremonial significance. This volume investigates the conditions which determine the investment of time and effort in physical landscape marking by hunter-gatherers, and the factors which determine the extent to which these modifications are symbolically charged. Considering hunter-gatherer groups of varying sociocultural complexity and scale, Marking the Land provides a systematic consideration of this neglected aspect of hunter-gatherer adaptation and the varied environments within which they live.

Edited by: William A Lovis, Robert Whallon
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781138950993
ISBN 10: 1138950998
Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 March 2016
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Lovis, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Curator of Anthropology, MSU Museum, Michigan State University Robert Whallon, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Curator of Mediterranean Prehistory, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan

Reviews for Marking the Land: Hunter-Gatherer Creation of Meaning in their Environment

'This indispensable theoretical and empirical companion to editors Brian Codding and Karen Kramer's Why Forage? (CH, Jan'17, 54-2326) focuses on understanding the multidimensional bases for hunter-gatherer perceptions and constructions of environmental value and meaning. Thirteen essays are appropriately divided among specialists in archaeology, ethnography/ethnology, ethnoarchaeology, and anthropological linguistics. They convincingly demonstrate that the creation, marking, and maintenance of sacred places help to embed patterns of behavior and behavioral responses that articulate with environmental variability [both spatial and temporal] in an adaptive way. Excellent addition to the archaeological and ethnographic literature on hunting-gathering societies. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' - B. Tavakolian, Denison University, in CHOICE This volume should be in university libraries, and there are enough outstanding individual papers and enough topical variety and theoretical coherence overall to make this a useful addition to personal libraries. - Aubrey Cannon, McMaster University, Canada