Landscapes of clearance : archaeological and anthropological perspectives / edited by Angèle Smith and Amy Gazin-Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Angèle P. (Angèle Patricia), 1963-

Gazin-Schwartz, Amy, 1952-

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

One world archaeology ; 57.

One world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape archaeology.

Ethnoarchaeology.

Landscape changes.

Landscape assessment.

Cultural landscapes.

Geographical perception.

Physical Description:

221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2008]

Summary:

This volume examines landscapes that have been cleared of inhabitants-for economic, environmental, or socio-political reasons, by choice or by force-and the social impacts of clearance on their populations. Using cases from five continents, and ranging from prehistoric, through colonial and post-colonial times, the contributors show landscapes as meaningful points of contestation when populations abandon them or are exiled from them. Acts of resistance and revitalization are also explored, demonstrating the social and political meaning of specific landscapes to individuals, groups, and nations, and how they help shape cultural identity and ideology.

Contents:

Landscapes of clearance : archaeological and anthropological perspectives / Angèle Smith

Abandoned, avoided, expelled : the creation of 'empty' landscapes / Amy Gazin-Schwartz

Written off the map : cleared landscapes of medieval Ireland / Angèle Smith

The past is another country : archaeology in the Limpopo Province, South Africa / Kathryn Mathers and Neels Kruger

Driekopseiland rock engraving site, South Africa : a precolonial landscape lost and re-membered / David Morris

Constructing the wilderness and clearing the landscape : a legacy of colonialism in northern British Columbia / Brenda Guernsey

Ethnoarchaeological study of clearance in Palestine / Juliana Nairouz

The domestication of landscape through naming and symbolic protection among the Batswapong peoples of eastern Botswana : fullness and emptiness of landscapes in the eyes of the beholder / Phillip Segadika

Enclosing the spirit / Peter Read

New places for old : the reinhabitation of cleared landscapes in northern Scotland / Olivia Lelong

The Devonshires held this trench, they hold it still : cultural landscape of sacrifice and the problem of the sacred ground of the Great War 1914-1918 / Jon Price

Archaeological taxonomy, Native Americans, and scientific landscapes of clearance : a case study from northeastern Iowa / Larry J. Zimmerman and Dawn Makes Strong Move.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9781598742664

1598742663

OCLC:

227000218