04476nam 2200841 a 450 991081900290332120200520144314.01-134-52013-11-134-52014-X1-280-02246-90-203-42290-20-203-42533-210.4324/9780203422908(CKB)1000000000248665(EBL)172731(OCoLC)299569848(SSID)ssj0000291983(PQKBManifestationID)11261073(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291983(PQKBWorkID)10256396(PQKB)10324970(MiAaPQ)EBC172731(Au-PeEL)EBL172731(CaPaEBR)ebr10101085(CaONFJC)MIL2246(EXLCZ)99100000000024866520021106d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrColonization of unfamiliar landscapes the archaeology of adaptation /edited by Marcy Rockman and James SteeleLondon ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-25607-0 0-415-25606-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Editors' introduction; Dating abbreviations; Conceptual frameworks; Knowledge and learning in the archaeology of colonization; Human wayfinding and cognitive maps; Colonization of new land by hunter-gatherers: expectations and implications based on ethnographic data; Tracking the role of pathways in the evolution of a human landscape: the St Croix Riverway in ethnohistorical perspective; Mining rushes and landscape learning in the modern world; Case studiesLandscape learning and the earliest peopling of EuropeThe social context of landscape learning and the lateglacial early postglacial recolonization of the British Isles; ~Where do we go from here?~ Modelling the decision-making process during exploratory dispersal; Deerslayers, pathfinders, and icemen: origins of the European Neolithic as seen from the frontier; Entering uncharted waters: models of initial colonization in Polynesia; The weather is fine, wish you were here, because I'm the last one alive: ~learning~ the environment in the English New World coloniesAdvances in theory and methodColonizing new landscapes: archaeological detectability of the first phase; Lessons in landscape learning; IndexThe process of familiarization with and adaptation to unfamiliar landscapes has been integral to colonization and settlement throughout human history. This innovative and important volume presents the archaeological and anthropological foundations of the landscape learning process. Contributions apply the related fields of ethnography, cognitive psychology, and historical archaeology to the issues of individual exploration, development of trail systems, folk knowledge, social identity, and the role of the frontier in the growth of the modern world. A series of case studies examines the arcSocial archaeologyLandscape archaeologyLandscapesSocial aspectsHistoryLand settlementHistoryColonizationHistoryHuman beingsEffect of environment onHistoryAdaptation (Biology)HistoryAdaptability (Psychology)HistoryEthnoarchaeologyArchaeology and historySocial archaeology.Landscape archaeology.LandscapesSocial aspectsHistory.Land settlementHistory.ColonizationHistory.Human beingsEffect of environment onHistory.Adaptation (Biology)History.Adaptability (Psychology)History.Ethnoarchaeology.Archaeology and history.930.1Rockman Marcy1971-1195391Steele James1960-1661053MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819002903321Colonization of unfamiliar landscapes4016745UNINA