ISBN:
9781934536537
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 364 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Penn Museum international research conferences 1
DDC:
304.2/3
Keywords:
Weg
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Sozialgeografie
;
Vor- und Frühgeschichte
;
Migration
;
Anthropologie
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Roads, Prehistoric Congresses
;
Indian roads Congresses History
;
Roads Congresses History
;
Human beings Congresses Migrations
;
Human geography Congresses
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Philadelphia 〈Pa., 2006〉
;
Konferenzschrift Pa., 2006
;
Kongress
Abstract:
Landscapes of Movement originates from the premise that trails, paths, and roads are the physical manifestation of human movement through the landscape and are central to an understanding of that movement. The study of these features connects with many intellectual domains, engaging history, geography, environmental studies, and, in particular, anthropology and archaeology. These diverse fields together provide not only a better understanding of infrastructure but also of social, political, and economic organization, cultural expressions of patterned movement, and the ways in which trails, paths, and roads reflect a culture's traditional knowledge, worldview, memory, and identity. ...
Note:
Proceedings of "Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective", Philadelphia, May 29-June 2, 2006
URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhjb3
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