Foregrounding the Landscape in Archaeology

The symposium presents listeners with a wide range of papers tied by the threads of landscape analysis. Speakers will address, ‘What questions are we asking in landscape archaeology?’ and ‘What methods work best or are problematical?’ for their specific studies. Some archaeologists are interested in the social negotiation of space and place while others focus on spatial analysis or landform dynamics. Others attempt to combine a number of approaches in their landscape research. This session demonstrates that you can investigate a broad variety of historical archaeological questions, theories, and methods using the concept of landscape. It offers a forum for scholars to compare and contrast their recent ideas about landscape at a diverse array of sites and regions.