Handbook of Landscape Archaeology [Paperback]

Over the past three decades, landscape has become an umbrella term to describe many different strands of archaeology. From the processualist study of settlement patterns to the phenomenologists experience of the natural world, from human impact on past environments to the environments impact on human thought, action, and interaction, the term has been used. In this volume, for the first time, over 80 archaeologists from three continents attempt a comprehensive definition of the ideas and practices of landscape archaeology, covering the theoretical and the practical, the research and conservation, and encasing the term in a global framework. As a basic reference volume for landscape archaeology, this volume will be the benchmark for decades to come. All royalties on this Handbook are donated to the World Archaeological Congress.Over 80 archaeologists from four continents create a benchmark volume of the ideas and practices of landscape archaeology, covering the theoretical and the practical, the research and conservation, and encasing the term in a global framework.Preface Part I. Historical Perspectives 1. Landscape Archaeology: Introduction 2. Place in Landscape Archaeology: A Western Philosophical Prelude 3. Uncommon Ground: Landscapes as Social Geography 4. Pathways to a Panoramic Past: A Brief History of European Landscape Archaeology 5. A Brief History of Landscape Archaeology in the Americas 6. Thinking of Landscape Archaeology in Africas Later Prehistory: Always Something New Part II. Encountering Humans: Mapping Place 7. Nonhuman Primate Approaches to Landscapes 8. Pre-Homo sapiens Place-Worlds 9. Evolutionary Psychology and Archaeological Landscapes Part III. Thinking through Landscapes 10. The Social Construction of Water 11. Reading between the Lands: Toward an Amphibious Archaeological Settlement Model for Maritime Migrations 12. Island Biogeography: Implications and Applications for Archaeology 13. Sentient Sea: Seascapes as Spiritscapes 14. Livinl‹