1st Edition

Landscapes of Clearance Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives

Edited By Angele Smith, Amy Gazin-Schwartz Copyright 2008
    222 Pages
    by Routledge

    222 Pages
    by Routledge

    This volume examines landscapes that have been cleared of inhabitants—for economic, environmental, or socio-political reasons, by choice or by force—and the social impacts of clearance on their populations. Using cases from five continents, and ranging from prehistoric, through colonial and post-colonial times, the contributors show landscapes as meaningful points of contestation when populations abandon them or are exiled from them. Acts of resistance and revitalization are also explored, demonstrating the social and political meaning of specific landscapes to individuals, groups, and nations, and how they help shape cultural identity and ideology.Sponsored by the World Archaeological Congress

    Biography

    Smith, Angele; Gazin-Schwartz, Amy