Title

Recent Landscape Archaeology in South America

Authors

Authors

J. H. Walker

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Archaeol. Res.

Keywords

Landscape; South America; Built environment; Settlement patterns; Anthropology; Archaeology

Abstract

South American archaeologists use the term landscape to analyze a broad range of relationships. Examples include intensive agriculture and political power, myth and place, and climate change and cultural development. Landscape archaeology is necessarily spatial analysis, but scholars work at different scales and use different methods. This essay highlights the influence of geography, anthropology, and new methodologies on four definitions of landscape: ecological habitat, built environment, a stage for performance, and integrating subsistence and settlement. In a number of cases, landscape archaeologists, stakeholders, and researchers from different traditions work at different scales to meaningfully share information, clarify their differences, and compare their analyses and conclusions.

Journal Title

Journal of Archaeological Research

Volume

20

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

309

Last Page

355

WOS Identifier

WOS:000209038600001

ISSN

1059-0161

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