The Oxford Handbook of Mountain Archaeology
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (GB) |
| ISBN-13 | 9780197608005 |
| Total publications | 5 |
| Coverage period | 2024 - 2026 |
| Language | EN |
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Topographic Imaginaries
This chapter examines some of the historical contexts that have given rise and led to the propagation of what today are common mountain tropes and stereotypes. This requires a close look at the social and political motivations that propelled lowlanders—sometimes neighbours, sometimes distant outsiders—to (re-)produce in their literary works, philosophical treaties, encyclopaedias, and travelogues a series of mostly negative characterizations (oft…
The Oxford Handbook of Mountain Archaeology
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title w…
Before ‘Agro-pastoralism’? A Review of Early and Middle Holocene Human Settlement of the Western Himalaya-Hindu Kush and Pamir-Alay Ranges
Archaeological, botanical, and faunal data from across the Inner Asian Mountains have revealed a range of agricultural and pastoral adaptations to environments previously perceived as marginal zones, possibly dating as early as 5000 years BP. Less understood is the period between the beginning of the Holocene and the development of agro-pastoralism in the region. This chapter reviews the available archaeological data from the mountainous areas of…
The Earliest Peopling of the Rocky and Andes Mountains
The American Cordillera comprises a system of mountains stretching nearly 15,000 kilometres from the Alaska and Brooks Ranges in the north to the southernmost tip of South America at Tierra del Fuego. In a rather real way, the Cordillera constitutes a backbone for the Western Hemisphere. Within the American Cordillera, the North American Rocky Mountains and South American Andes contain some of the earliest widely accepted sites in the hemisphere …
The European Mesolithic in Mountain Landscapes
The use of mountain environments is a recurrent, although not universal, feature of the Mesolithic across Europe. However, synthesis of this material is rare. This means that it is difficult to assess whether regional variation in archaeological evidence is a product of different activities in the past, different research traditions, different post-depositional landscape histories, or—most likely—complex local combinations of all three. To help m…
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The Oxford Handbook of Mountain Archaeology
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title w…
Before ‘Agro-pastoralism’? A Review of Early and Middle Holocene Human Settlement of the Western Himalaya-Hindu Kush and Pamir-Alay Ranges
Archaeological, botanical, and faunal data from across the Inner Asian Mountains have revealed a range of agricultural and pastoral adaptations to environments previously perceived as marginal zones, possibly dating as early as 5000 years BP. Less understood is the period between the beginning of the Holocene and the development of agro-pastoralism in the region. This chapter reviews the available archaeological data from the mountainous areas of…
The Earliest Peopling of the Rocky and Andes Mountains
The American Cordillera comprises a system of mountains stretching nearly 15,000 kilometres from the Alaska and Brooks Ranges in the north to the southernmost tip of South America at Tierra del Fuego. In a rather real way, the Cordillera constitutes a backbone for the Western Hemisphere. Within the American Cordillera, the North American Rocky Mountains and South American Andes contain some of the earliest widely accepted sites in the hemisphere …
The European Mesolithic in Mountain Landscapes
The use of mountain environments is a recurrent, although not universal, feature of the Mesolithic across Europe. However, synthesis of this material is rare. This means that it is difficult to assess whether regional variation in archaeological evidence is a product of different activities in the past, different research traditions, different post-depositional landscape histories, or—most likely—complex local combinations of all three. To help m…
Topographic Imaginaries
This chapter examines some of the historical contexts that have given rise and led to the propagation of what today are common mountain tropes and stereotypes. This requires a close look at the social and political motivations that propelled lowlanders—sometimes neighbours, sometimes distant outsiders—to (re-)produce in their literary works, philosophical treaties, encyclopaedias, and travelogues a series of mostly negative characterizations (oft…