Archaeological Perspectives on Contested and Political Landscapes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herrera Malatesta, Eduardo.

Series:

Landscape and Heritage Studies

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This book focuses on alternative definitions of landscape in archaeology, particularly those that explicitly address landscapes’ political aspects. In doing so, this volume emphasizes the non-static, dialogic nature of landscape within a community and acknowledges how a community’s composition and its relationship with the landscape can lead to tensions and even violent conflicts with other groups. It highlights the relevance of considering movement, borders, and conflict as sources for understanding how people create their own landscapes and how they reshape them in times of political conflict. For example, in contexts of colonization and war, people are forced to adapt to new politics and hierarchies as they see their personal and communal understanding of the world deeply transformed, something visible even today as political tensions constantly reshape local and global landscapes. Understanding how landscapes were created and contested in the past is essential for understanding their political, economic, and cultural manifestations in the present in order to better organize ourselves for a truly integrative future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Introduction: Contested and Political Landscapes

1. On Contested Taskscapes

2. Archaeology in the Tripartito : Landscape and the Nation-state in the South-central Andes

3. The Dramatised Landscape of Juktas : A Topoanalytic Approach to a Minoan Peak Sanctuary in Crete

4. Lived Space of Displaced People : A Comparative Approach to Contested Spaces in Iron Age Northern Mesopotamia and Modern Berlin

5. The Landscape of Moving Tree Trunks and Other Unnatural Phenomenon : Contesting Archaeologies from the Global South

6. Landscapes of Power and Resilience : Aristocratic-Driven Landscapes in the Duero Basin

7. Changing Landscapes, Changing People in North-western New Mexico

8. Cruzando la Cerca: Indigenous Mounded Landscapes in Nicaragua

9. Pretoria, Drawing Board of the Apartheid Regime

10. Discussion: Reconsidering All That You See : Reassessing Landscapes in Archaeology

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-003-69095-5

1-04-079174-3

90-485-5944-8

9781003690955

OCLC:

1485535883