Ideas of Landscape
Seiten
2006
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-0160-8 (ISBN)
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-0160-8 (ISBN)
* The first historical assessment of a critical period in archaeology * Takes as its focus the so-called English landscape tradition -- the ideological underpinnings of which come from English Romanticism, via the influence of the "father of landscape history": W.G.
Ideas of Landscape discusses the current theory and practice of landscape archaeology and offers an alternative agenda for landscape archaeology that maps more closely onto the established empirical strengths of landscape study and has more contemporary relevance.
The first historical assessment of a critical period in archaeology
Takes as its focus the so-called English landscape tradition -- the ideological underpinnings of which come from English Romanticism, via the influence of the “father of landscape history”: W. G. Hoskins
Argues that the strengths and weaknesses of landscape archaeology can be traced back to the underlying theoretical discontents of Romanticism
Offers an alternative agenda for landscape archaeology that maps more closely onto the established empirical strengths of landscape study and has more contemporary relevance
Ideas of Landscape discusses the current theory and practice of landscape archaeology and offers an alternative agenda for landscape archaeology that maps more closely onto the established empirical strengths of landscape study and has more contemporary relevance.
The first historical assessment of a critical period in archaeology
Takes as its focus the so-called English landscape tradition -- the ideological underpinnings of which come from English Romanticism, via the influence of the “father of landscape history”: W. G. Hoskins
Argues that the strengths and weaknesses of landscape archaeology can be traced back to the underlying theoretical discontents of Romanticism
Offers an alternative agenda for landscape archaeology that maps more closely onto the established empirical strengths of landscape study and has more contemporary relevance
Matthew Johnson is Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton, and author of Behind the Castle Gate (2002), Archaeological Theory: An Introduction (Blackwell, 1999), An Archaeology of Capitalism (Blackwell, 1996), and Housing Culture (1993).
List of Figures viii
Acknowledgements x
The Argument xii
Preface: Thinking About Swaledale xiii
1. Introduction 1
2. Lonely as a Cloud 18
3. A Good Pair of Boots 34
4. The Loss of Innocence 70
5. Landscape Archaeology Today 119
6. The Politics of Landscape 162
7. Conclusion 193
Glossary 203
References 206
Index 233
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.8.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 390 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4051-0160-1 / 1405101601 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-0160-8 / 9781405101608 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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