Recent Landscape Archaeology in South America

    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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