Screen LibraryLandscapes of movement : trails, paths, and roads in anthropological perspective /
The essays in this volume document trails, paths, and roads across different times and cultures, from those built by hunter-gatherers in the Great Basin of North America to causeway builders in the Bolivian Amazon to Bronze Age farms in the Near East, through aerial and satellite photography, surfac...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
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[2010] ©2010 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The essays in this volume document trails, paths, and roads across different times and cultures, from those built by hunter-gatherers in the Great Basin of North America to causeway builders in the Bolivian Amazon to Bronze Age farms in the Near East, through aerial and satellite photography, surface survey, historical records, and excavation. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781934536537 |
| Index Number: | GF3 |
| CLC: | K901 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Making Human Space: The Archaeology of Trails, Paths, and Roads / 2. Kukhepya: Searching for Hopi Trails / 3. Trails of Tradition: Movement, Meaning, and Place / 4. O odham Trails and the Archaeology of Space / 5. Reconstructing Southern Paiute Chemehuevi Trails in the Mojave Desert of Southern Nevada and California: Ethnographic Perspectives from the 1930s / 6. From Path to Myth: Journeys and the Naturalization of Territorial Identity along the Missouri River / 7. A Road by Any Other Name: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Maya Language and Thought / 8. When the Construction of Meaning Preceded the Meaning of Construction: From Footpaths to Monumental Entrances in Ancient Costa Rica / 9. Emergent Landscapes of Movement in Early Bronze Age Northern Mesopotamia / 10. Agency, Causeways, Canals, and the Landscapes of Everyday Life in the Bolivian Amazon / 11. Precolumbian Causeways and Canals as Landesque Capital / 12. Routes through the Landscape: A Comparative Approach / Appendix 1. Coding of the Cases of Paths, Trails, and Roads Discussed in the Conference "Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective" / Appendix 2. Comparative Variables for Trails, Paths, and Roads -- References Cited -- Contributors. |