From the archaeology of settlement to the biography of landscapes: Polish archaeology and the contemporary prospects for research on the relationship between humans and the environment in the past

The paper contains a review of theoretical and methodological approaches to the issue of archaeological research on the relationship between humans and their environment in the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. In culture-historical and processual archaeology, settlement...

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Main Author: Zbigniew Kobyliński
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences 2019-11-01
Series:Przegląd Archeologiczny
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Online Access:https://journals.iaepan.pl/pa/article/view/1581
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description The paper contains a review of theoretical and methodological approaches to the issue of archaeological research on the relationship between humans and their environment in the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. In culture-historical and processual archaeology, settlement research plays an important role both in American New Archaeology and in Polish archaeology, emphasizing the ecological and economic determinants of spatial settlement patterns. Post-processual archaeology introduced an interest in the landscape, which is understood to be a result of the mutual interactions of humans and the environment, with an emphasis on intangible, symbolic aspects and mental imaging of the landscape. An attempt to synthesize these research orientations is what compels the writing of cultural biographies of landscapes, in which, apart from the results of scientific research, elements of folklore and social memory are also taken into account.
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spelling doaj.art-e36dba133e734f3aafcb5d90037640a82022-12-21T17:45:13ZdeuInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of SciencesPrzegląd Archeologiczny0079-71382657-40042019-11-016710.23858/PA67.2019.001From the archaeology of settlement to the biography of landscapes: Polish archaeology and the contemporary prospects for research on the relationship between humans and the environment in the pastZbigniew Kobyliński0Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego ul. Wóycickiego 1/3, bud. 23 01-938 WarszawaThe paper contains a review of theoretical and methodological approaches to the issue of archaeological research on the relationship between humans and their environment in the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. In culture-historical and processual archaeology, settlement research plays an important role both in American New Archaeology and in Polish archaeology, emphasizing the ecological and economic determinants of spatial settlement patterns. Post-processual archaeology introduced an interest in the landscape, which is understood to be a result of the mutual interactions of humans and the environment, with an emphasis on intangible, symbolic aspects and mental imaging of the landscape. An attempt to synthesize these research orientations is what compels the writing of cultural biographies of landscapes, in which, apart from the results of scientific research, elements of folklore and social memory are also taken into account.https://journals.iaepan.pl/pa/article/view/1581patial organization of culturesettlement patternscultural biography of landscapeheoretical orientations in archaeology
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From the archaeology of settlement to the biography of landscapes: Polish archaeology and the contemporary prospects for research on the relationship between humans and the environment in the past
Przegląd Archeologiczny
patial organization of culture
settlement patterns
cultural biography of landscape
heoretical orientations in archaeology
title From the archaeology of settlement to the biography of landscapes: Polish archaeology and the contemporary prospects for research on the relationship between humans and the environment in the past
title_full From the archaeology of settlement to the biography of landscapes: Polish archaeology and the contemporary prospects for research on the relationship between humans and the environment in the past
title_fullStr From the archaeology of settlement to the biography of landscapes: Polish archaeology and the contemporary prospects for research on the relationship between humans and the environment in the past
title_full_unstemmed From the archaeology of settlement to the biography of landscapes: Polish archaeology and the contemporary prospects for research on the relationship between humans and the environment in the past
title_short From the archaeology of settlement to the biography of landscapes: Polish archaeology and the contemporary prospects for research on the relationship between humans and the environment in the past
title_sort from the archaeology of settlement to the biography of landscapes polish archaeology and the contemporary prospects for research on the relationship between humans and the environment in the past
topic patial organization of culture
settlement patterns
cultural biography of landscape
heoretical orientations in archaeology
url https://journals.iaepan.pl/pa/article/view/1581
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