Colonization of unfamiliar landscapes : the archaeology of adaptation / / edited by Marcy Rockman and James Steele

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Social archaeology; Landscape archaeology; Landscapes - Social aspects - History; Land settlement - History; Colonization - History; Human beings - Effect of environment on - History; Adaptation (Biology) - History; Adaptability (Psychology) - History; Ethnoarchaeology; Archaeology and history
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RockmanMarcy <1971-> SteeleJames <1960->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 studies ; Landscape 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 colonies ; Advances in theory and methodColonizing new landscapes: archaeological detectability of the first phase; Lessons in landscape learning; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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 arc
• Titolo autorizzato: Colonization of unfamiliar landscapes
• ISBN: 1-134-52014-X; 1-280-02246-9; 0-203-42290-2; 0-203-42533-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450528803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II