Session VIII-1 of UISPP 2018 in Paris 'Mapping the Past' brought
together several contributions reflecting on the need to develop
sustainable and reliable approaches to mapping our landscape
heritage. The session was guided by the crucial concept termed the
'archaeological continuum'. This concept can be defined as a
proactive approach to landscape survey based on the summative
evidence detected (or detectable) within the area under
examination, reducing spatial and chronological gaps as far as
possible through the intensive and extensive application of a wide
variety of exploratory methods and analytical techniques. Research
work across Europe as well as contributions presented in this
session have demonstrated that it is now possible to explore the
whole landscape of carefully chosen areas and study them as an
archaeological continuum. Archaeological interpretations derived
from this kind of approach can be expected to reveal different
layers of information belonging to a variety of chronological
horizons, each displaying mutual physical (stratigraphic) and
conceptual relationships within that horizon. The raising of new
archaeological questions and also the development of alternative
conservation strategies directly stimulated by the radical ideas
inherent in the concept of the 'archaeological continuum' are among
the major outcomes of the session.
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