The Colonization of Unfamiliar Landscapes: The Archaeology of Adaptation - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0415256062 ISBN 13: 9780415256063

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2003

Riassunto

This innovative and important volume presents the archaeological and anthropological foundations of the landscape learning process. Contributions apply the related fields of ethnography, cognitive psychology, and historical archaeology to the issues of individual exploration, development of trail systems, folk knowledge, social identity, and the role of the frontier in the growth of the modern world.

A series of case studies examines the archaeological evidence for and interpretations of landscape learning from the movement of the first pre-modern humans into Europe, peoplings of the Old and New World at the end of the Ice Age, and colonization of the Pacific, to the English colonists at Jamestown.

The final chapters summarize the implications of the landscape learning idea for our understanding of human history and set out a framework for future research.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

'Excellent ... Marcy Rockman and James Steele have done a good job.' - Landscape History

"...this book makes important contributions to the continuing study of landscape, and the bridging interdisiplinary gaps between archaeology and anthropology." Joost Fontein, University of Edinburgh

L'autore:

Marcy Rockman is a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, Tucson. James Steele is a Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Southampton University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415256062
• ISBN 13: 9780415256063
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Redattore: Rockman Marcy, Steele James