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A Phenomenology of Landscape - Places, Paths and Monuments (Hardcover, First)
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A Phenomenology of Landscape - Places, Paths and Monuments (Hardcover, First)
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Offers a new approach to landscape perception.This book is an
extended photographic essay about topographic features of the
landscape. It integrates philosophical approaches to landscape
perception with anthropological studies of the significance of the
landscape in small-scale societies. This perspective is used to
examine the relationship between prehistoric sites and their
topographic settings. The author argues that the architecture of
Neolithic stone tombs acts as a kind of camera lens focussing
attention on landscape features such as rock outcrops, river
valleys, mountain spurs in their immediate surroundings. These
monuments played an active role in socializing the landscape and
creating meaning in it.A Phenomenology of Landscape is unusual in
that it links two types of publishing which have remained distinct
in archaeology: books with atmospheric photographs of monuments
with a minimum of text and no interpretation; and the academic text
in which words provide a substitute for visual imagery.
Attractively illustrated with many photographs and diagrams, it
will appeal to anyone interested in prehistoric monuments and
landscape as well as students and specialists in archaeology,
anthropology and human geography. 'Reception, perception and
interpretation are key to understanding landscapes. This book
provides a useful starting point for comprehension of these
topics.'Dr. Stuart Prior, University of Bristol
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