On the particularism of English landscape archaeology
Johnson, Matthew (2005) On the particularism of English landscape archaeology. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 9, (2), 111-122. (doi:10.1007/s10761-005-8142-7).
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The aim of this paper is to explore the question: why is the archaeology of English historic landscapes apparently so provincial? Inevitably the response must be that matters are more complex.
In this paper, I examine the work of W. G. Hoskins, the “father of English landscape history,” and draw attention to: the complex way in which landscape is embedded in nationalism; the relations between locale, province, and nation; and the way wider tensions, in particular of colonialism are embedded within Hoskins's own discourse.
In conclusion, I examine ways in which this problematic continues to structure enquiry into the English landscape today and to inhibit a genuinely international and comparative approach to historic landscapes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1092-7697 (print) |
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| Keywords: | hoskins, landscape, england, particularism |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > D History (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Item ID: | 40562 |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2012 10:31 |
| Contributors: | Johnson, Matthew (Author) |
| Date: | June 2005 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | m.h.johnson@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/40562 |
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