Handbook of Landscape Archaeology
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: David, Bruno / Thomas, Julian, PUBLISHER: Left Coast Press, Over ong>ong>theong>ong> past three decades, "landscape" has become an umbrella term to describe many different strands of archaeology. From ong>ong>theong>ong> processualist study of settlement patterns to ong>ong>theong>ong> phenomenologist's experience of ong>ong>theong>ong> natural world, from human ong>impactong> on past environments to ong>ong>theong>ong> environment's ong>impactong> on human thought, action, and interaction, ong>ong>theong>ong> term has been used. In this volume, for ong>ong>theong>ong> first time, over 80 archaeologists from three continents attempt a comprehensive definition of ong>ong>theong>ong> ideas and practices of landscape archaeology, covering ong>ong>theong>ong> ong>ong>theong>ong>oretical and ong>ong>theong>ong> practical, ong>ong>theong>ong> research and conservation, and encasing ong>ong>theong>ong> term in a global framework. As a basic reference volume for landscape archaeology, this volume will be ong>ong>theong>ong> benchmark for decades to come. All royalties on this Handbook are donated to ong>ong>theong>ong> World Archaeological Congress.