This book takes a new approach to writing about the past. Instead of studying the prehistory of Britain from Mesolithic to Iron Age times in terms of periods or artifact classifications, Tilley examines it through the lens of their geology and landscapes, asserting the fundamental significance of the bones of the land in the process of human occupation over the long duree. Granite uplands, rolling chalk downlands, sandstone moorlands, and pebbled hilltops each create their own potentialities and symbolic resources for human settlement and require forms of social engagement. Taking his findings from years of phenomenological fieldwork experiencing different landscapes with all senses and from many angles, Tilley creates a saturated and historically imaginative account of the landscapes of southern England and the people who inhabited them. This work is also a key theoretical statement about the importance of landscapes for human settlement.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Left Coast Press INC International Concepts
ISBN-13
9781598743753
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114398532
Product Key Features
Author
Christopher Tilley
Publication Name
Interpreting Landscapes: Geologies, Topographies, Identities; Explorations in Landscape Phenomenology 3
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Archaeology, Anthropology
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
536 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
726g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Christopher Tilley
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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