Fables of the Past

Landscape (Re-)constructions and the Bias in the Data

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18989176
AutoresMarcelle Kempf (0000-0002-9474-4670), Michael Kempf (0000-0002-4657-3694, University of Freiburg, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen47
Páginas476-492
Fecha de publicación2020-12-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDocumenta Praehistorica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1408-967X • E-ISSN: 1854-2492
EditorialUniversity of Ljubljana (PUBLISHER • SI)
DOI10.4312/dp.47.27
OpenAlexW3110308351
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas20

Prehistoric landscape reconstructions are still considered an unsolved methodological issue in archaeological research, and this includes the perception and transformation of an individual landscape in relation to situational and local ecosystem performances. Which parts of the landscape offered the potential for land-use and which areas were rather unsuitable due to a variety of environmental preconditions? The modern perception of the archaeological record that is distributed in the modern landscape does not necessarily represent a realistic dispersal of past human activity, but rather reflects the current state of archaeological research and modern land-use strategies. This contribution provides a critical assessment of spatial analyses of large and unstructured archaeological datasets and the non-reconstructibility of past, individually perceived palaeolandscapes

Archaeological record · Archaeology · Biological dispersal · Environmental resource management · Epistemology · Geography · Landscape archaeology · Landscape design · Landscape history · Perception · Prehistory · Situational ethics · Sociology · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · History · Artificial Intelligence