Mobile Landscapes and Their Enduring Places

This Element explores how people in the past interacted with their physical surroundings to create their lived environments, reviewing scales and temporalities and using transdisciplinary approaches to archaeomorphologically map anthropic constructions in caves and their contemporary environments.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 110 pages
Publication date: 04 April 2024
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

This Element explores cutting-edge concepts and analytical tools in landscape archaeology, encompassing three major sections preceded by an Introduction and Conclusion. It delves into current and emerging ideas and methodologies for understanding how people in the past interacted with each other and their physical surroundings, ultimately shaping their lived environments across the landscape. The Element critically examines the scales and temporalities that underpin the study of human movements within and between places. By adopting transdisciplinary approaches, archaeologists integrate their methods with those of other specialists to gain a deeper understanding of human interactions at individual sites and across vast territories.

The Element introduces these innovative concepts through a wealth of new research and diverse case studies from around the world. It culminates in a comprehensive exploration of how archaeomorphological mapping can be used to document and interpret anthropic constructions in caves and their contemporary environments. Through this comprehensive approach, the Element provides valuable insights into the complex processes of human-landscape interaction and sheds light on the rich tapestry of past societies.

ISBN-13: 9781009181587