Forms of dwelling : 20 years of taskscapes in archaeology / edited by Ulla Rajala and Philip Mills.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rajala, Ulla, editor, author.

Mills, Philip, editor, author.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape archaeology.

Land settlement patterns.

Cultural landscapes.

Physical Description:

iv, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2017.

Summary:

The concept of a socially constructed space of human activity in areas of everyday actions, as initially proposed in the field of anthropology by Tim Ingold, has actually been much more applied in archaeology. In this wide-ranging collection of 13 papers, including a re-assessment by Ingold himself, contributors show why it has been so influential, with papers ranging from the study of Mesolithic to historic and contemporary archaeology, revisiting different research themes, such as Ingold's own Lapland study, and the development of landscape archaeology. A series of case studies demonstrates the value and strength of the taskscape concept applied to a variety of contexts and scales across wide geographical and temporal situations. While exploring new frontiers, the papers contrast British, Nordic and Mediterranean archaeologies to showcase the study of material culture and landscape and conclude with an assessment of the concept of taskcape and its further developments.

Contents:

Introduction: from taskscape to ceramiscene and beyond / Ulla Rajala and Philip Mills

Taking taskscape to task / Tim Ingold

Landscape archaeology and the re-humanisation project / Andrew Fleming

Approaching the Mesolithic through taskscapes: a case study from western Ireland / Killian Driscoll

Interpreting a ceramiscene: characterizing late republican and imperial landscapes / Ulla Rajala and Philip Mills

The roofscapes of Petra: the use of ceramic roof tiles in a Nabataean-Roman urban context / Pirjo Hamari

Taskscapes in a cityscape: the relocation of secular and religious activities in late antique Athens / Arja Karivieri

Materialized taskscapes? Mesolithic lithic procurement in southern Norway / Astrid J. Nyland

Stone and social circles: taskscape and landscape survey at Yadlee Stone Circle / Tom Gardner, Alexander Westra, Alexander Wood and Colton Vogelaar

Diachronic powerscapes: a case study from Odda, Norway / Anne Drageset

Temporality in a Maori landscape: the progression of inter-related activities over 400 years in the Hauraki Plain, New Zealand / Caroline Phillips

Sï¿1/2ami sacred places in ritual taskscapes / Tiina ï¿1/2Aikï¿1/2as

The secret taskscape: implications for the study of Cold War activities / Bob Clarke

Excavating a taskscape, .owscape and ceramiscene in the black country / Matt Edgeworth

Concluding remarks: landscape, taskscape, life / Julian Thomas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Forms of dwelling

ISBN:

9781785703775

1785703773

OCLC:

978250391

Publisher Number:

99972578446