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Palaeoecology and the perception of prehistoric landscapes: some comments on visual approaches to phenomenology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Henry P. Chapman  and
Benjamin R. Gearey
Henry P. Chapman
Affiliation:
Centre for Wetland Archaeology, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, England h.p.chapman@geo.hull.ac.ukb.r.gearey@geo.hull.ac.uk
Benjamin R. Gearey
Affiliation:
Centre for Wetland Archaeology, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, England h.p.chapman@geo.hull.ac.ukb.r.gearey@geo.hull.ac.uk
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Abstract

Interpretation of archaeological landscapes has developed within two main disciplines. Social theory has provided a foundation for understanding cultural landscapes, and palaeoecology has provided techniques for understanding physical landscapes. Despite their potentially complementary nature, the two approaches remain polarized, and as described here, result in the incomplete studies of past landscapes.

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Landscapepalaeoecologyvisibility analysisLeskernick
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 284 , June 2000 , pp. 316 - 319
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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