Whether implicit in terms such as environment or territory, or more explicitly articulated, an active concern with landscape lies at the heart of all archaeological enquiry. Past individuals and social groups lived out their lives "somewhere," and it has long been realized by archaeologists that a detailed understanding of the character of their lived worlds is integral to any attempt to write histories of the deep past. Indeed, an active concern with the ways in which past activities and settlements were arranged across the surface of the earth has characterized over a century of research...
Whether implicit in terms such as environment or territory, or more explicitly articulated, an active concern with landscape lies at the heart of a...