Overview

The concept of a socially constructed space of human activity in areas of everyday actions, as initially proposed in the field of anthropology by Tim Ingold, has actually been much more applied in archaeology. In this wide-ranging collection of 13 papers, including a re-assessment by Ingold himself, contributors show why it has been so influential, with papers ranging from the study of Mesolithic to historic and contemporary archaeology, revisiting different research themes, such as Ingold's own Lapland study, and the development of landscape archaeology. A series of case studies demonstrates the value and strength of the taskscape concept applied to a variety of contexts and scales across wide geographical and temporal situations. While exploring new frontiers, the papers contrast British, Nordic and Mediterranean archaeologies to showcase the study of material culture and landscape and conclude with an assessment of the concept of taskcape and its further developments.

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Author:   Ulla Rajala ,  Philip Mills
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781785703775

ISBN 10:   1785703773
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   13 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: from taskscape to ceramiscene and beyond Ulla Rajala and Philip Mills Taking taskscape to task Tim Ingold Landscape archaeology and the re-humanisation project Andrew Fleming Approaching the Mesolithic through taskscapes: a case study from western Ireland Killian Driscoll Interpreting a ceramiscene: characterizing Late Republican and Imperial landscapes Ulla Rajala and Philip Mills The roofscapes of Petra. The use of ceramic roof tiles in a Nabataean-Roman urban context Pirjo Hamari Taskscapes in a cityscape - the relocation of secular and religious activities in Late antique Athens Arja Karivieri Materialized taskscapes? Mesolithic lithic procurement in Southern Norway Astrid J. Nyland Stone and social circles: taskscape and landscape survey at Yadlee Stone Circle Tom Gardner, Alexander Westra, Alexander Wood and Colton Vogelaar Diachronic powerscapes: A case study from Odda, Norway Anne Drageset Temporality in a Maori landscape: The progression of inter-related activities over 400 years in the Hauraki Plain, New Zealand Caroline Phillips Sami sacred places in ritual taskscapes Tiina AEikas The secret taskscape: Implications for the study of Cold War activities Bob Clarke Excavating a taskscape, flowscape and ceramiscene in the Black Country Matt Edgeworth Concluding remarks Julian Thomas

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Ulla Rajala is currently a researcher at Stockholm University. She was the field director of the Nepi survey in central Italy in 1999 and 2000 and ran the Cisterna Grande excavations at Crustumerium , outs of Rome in 2004-2008. She is currently the co-ordinator of the Stockholm Volterra Project . She developed the ceamiscene framework on the basis of 'taskscapes ' together with Dr Mills.

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