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Title

The Archaeology of garden and field / edited by Naomi F. Miller and Kathryn L. Gleason.

Publication

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Miller, Naomi Frances.
• Gleason, Kathryn L.

Description

xv, 228 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

• Cultivation and land use practices the world over reflect many aspects of people's relationship to each other and to the natural world. The Archeology of Garden and Field explores the cultivations of land from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century through excavation, experimentation, and the study of modern cultural traditions.
• Individual chapters explain how excavation and experimental archaeology have enabled Andean people to recreate the highly productive raised field systems of their ancestors; discuss the recovery of eighteenth-century ornamental gardens in the mid-Atlantic states; and demonstrate that the living gardening tradition among people on Monserrat reflects the strategies used by their ancestors to achieve autonomy in the face of enslavement.
• Other topics include excavation strategies, sampling procedures for pollen and other environmental remains, soil phosphate analysis, remote sensing, and many other techniques.
• The Archaeology of Garden and Field contains a wealth of information distilled from the combined experiences of the editors and contributors to this volume. Whether one's interest is the Old World or the New, prehistory or the present, this book provides a starting point for anyone who has ever wondered how archaeologists find and interpret the ephemeral traces of ancient cultivation.
• The Archaeology of Garden and Field will be of interest to scholars and practitioners working in the areas of archaeology, historic preservation, landscape architecture, and geography.

Alternative Title

The Archeology of garden and field.

Subject

• Garden archaeology
• Landscape archaeology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. To Bound and to Cultivate: An Introduction to the Archaeology of Gardens and Fields / Kathryn L. Gleason -- 2. Fertilizer in the Identification and Analysis of Cultivated Soil / Naomi F. Miller and Kathryn L. Gleason -- 3. Archaeological Palynology of Gardens and Fields / Suzanne K. Fish -- 4. Remote Sensing of Gardens and Fields / Bruce Bevan -- 5. The Creation of Cultivable Land Through Terracing / John M. Treacy and William M. Denevan -- 6. Methodological Consideration in the Study of Ancient Andean Field Systems / Clark L. Erickson -- 7. The "Celtic" Field Systems on the Berkshire Downs, England / Stephen Ford, Mark Bowden, Vincent Gaffney and Geoffrey C. Mees -- 8. Techniques for Excavating and Analyzing Buried Eighteenth-Century Garden Landscapes / Anne E. Yentsch and Judson M. Kratzer -- 9. The Landscapes and Ideational Roles of Caribbean Slave Gardens / Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher.

ISBN

0812232445

LCCN

94001603

OCLC

• 29844365
• ocm29844365

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries