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Modern Views – Ancient Lands: New work and thought on cultural landscapes
Emma Carver and Olivia Lelong
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This volume emerged from a conference held in Glasgow in October 2001, organised by Scottish Archaeological Forum. The study of cultural landscapes is growing increasingly more sophisticated in terms of technology and method, but also in terms of the conceptual approaches and theoretical frameworks applied to that study. At the same time, landscape as a modern construct is becoming ever more complex, even contentious: who owns and manages land, for what purposes and to whose benefit? what defines wild land, how 'wild' were our landscapes in antiquity and to what extent should this perceived wildness be preserved? In Scotland, in particular, issues of land reform have come to the fore in recent years, with crofters contesting the right to buy land and the recent establishment of the first national parks. Needs for economic sustainability are often at odds with the interests of heritage management and conservation. The 15 contributions to this volume are divided into four sections: Landscapes, Seascapes, The Management of Landscapes, and Approaches to Interpretation. The first two sections showcase particular studies of archaeological landscapes and seascapes from a variety of perspectives, although a number of common themes emerge from the diverse studies.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Modern Views - Ancient Lands: Editorial
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Bounded Lives: Later Prehistoric Landscapes in the Strath of Kildonan
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‘Gallant Country of Corn’: Making sense of a multi-period landscape on the Kyle of Durness, Sutherland
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An integrated approach to landscape investigation: Case studies in the Upper Clyde Valley
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Landscape Perception in Early Bronze Age Henge Construction at the Pict’s Knowe, Southern Scotland: A palaeoenvironmental perspective
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Butterbump Barrow Cemetery, Lincolnshire Marsh, east England: Issues of Investigation, Interpretation and Preservation in a Wetland Landscape
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Scotland’s First Settlers: The study of an archaeological seascape
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The Skerry of the Son of the King of Norway
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History ignored: the landscape of Scotland
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Archaeologists and the possibility of wilderness creation in Scotland
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Local? Authority? Archaeology? Heritage Conservation and Economic Development in the Scottish Highlands
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Is There a Future for Our Past in Scotland’s National Parks?
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Museum/Landscape: Landscape/Museum Exploring the Boundaries in Dunbeath
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Museums’ Presentations of Past Landscapes: Archaeology and the Contingencies of History
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Real, Hyperreal & Surreal: the impact of three-dimensional modelling on our understanding of early Medieval sculptured stones
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Straying slightly off the path: some observations of landscapes
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Published: 2004
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781841716558 (paperback)
- 9781407320205 (ebook)
BAR Number: B377