Envisioning Landscape: Situations and Standpoints in Archaeology and Heritage
2007
Dan Hicks, Laura McAtackney and Graham Fairclough (eds)
Left Coast Press (One World Archaeology 52) 300pp, 48 illustrations,
ISBN 978-1-59874-281-7
US$79.00 / £42.99 / CN$ 90.95
A primary characteristic of landscape archaeology is the diversity of its regional traditions, which
reveals a range of methods, field locations, disciplinary influences and contemporary voices.
Drawing together perspectives from New York to Northern Ireland, from west Africa to the
Mediterranean, and from central Europe to Zanzibar, this volume explores the many different ways
in which landscapes are envisaged in world archaeology and world heritage.
The volume demonstrates how landscape archaeologies can be used to highlight both the
different material situations and the alternative political standpoints from which archaeologists
work in the contemporary world.
"These rich and diverse papers examine landscape in archaeology from a variety of perspectives
and in many different parts of the world. They include both valuable reviews of the history of
landscape studies and thoughtful suggestions for directions for future research, especially
through connections between landscape and time, identity, and politics. Envisioning Landscape
will be of great interest to archaeologists, historians and geographers, and others concerned with
the changing relationships between humans and the world they live in – past, present, and future "
- Peter S. Wells, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota
"This new volume in the One World Archaeology series is a significant addition to the field of
landscape archaeology. Case studies and sites range from the icon (Historic Annapolis, the Tsodilo
Hills) to the new and challenging (the Maze Prison, Northern Island). Its signal contribution lies in
engaging with and interrogating formulations of landscape, even as it clears a space for exciting
new approaches. This should be considered an essential work for library collections and university
reading lists." - Nick Shepherd, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town
CONTENTS
Chapter 1-Introduction: Landscapes as Standpoints (Dan Hicks and Laura McAtackney)
Chapter 2-The Contemporary Politics of Landscape at the Long Kesh/Maze Prison Site, Northern
Ireland (Laura McAtackney)
Chapter 3-Facing Many Ways: Approaches to the Archaeological Landscapes of the East African
Coast (Sarah Croucher)
Chapter 4-Landscape Archaeology in Lower Manhattan: The Collect Pond as an Evolving Cultural
Landmark in Early New York City (Rebecca Yamin and Joseph Schuldenrein)
Chapter 5-Landscape, Communities and World Heritage: In Pursuit of the Local in the Tsodilo
Hills, Botswana (Susan O. Keitumetse, Geoffrey Matlapeng and Leseka Monamo)
Chapter 6-Common Culture: Time Depth and Landscape Character in European Archaeology (Sam
Turner and Graham Fairclough)
Chapter 7-Landscape Archaeology and ‘Community Areas’ in the Archaeology of Central Europe
(Martin Kuna and Dagmar Dreslerová)
Chapter 8-Historical Archaeologies of Landscape in Atlantic Africa (Kenneth G. Kelly and Neil
Norman)
Chapter 9-Landscape, Time, Topology: An Archaeological Account of the Southern Argolid, Greece
(Christopher L. Witmore)
Chapter 10-A Landscape of Ruins: Building Historic Annapolis (Christopher Matthews and Matthew
Palus)
Chapter 11-Colonialism and Landscape: Power, Materiality and Scales of Analysis in Caribbean
Historical Archaeology (Mark W.Hauser and Dan Hicks)
Index
Further details: http://www.lcoastpress.com/
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