Forms of Dwelling : 20 Years of Taskscapes in Archaeology

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. 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 : Characterising Late Republican And Imperial Landscapes / Ulla Rajala And Philip Mills -- The Roofscapes Of Petra : The Use Of Ceramic Roof Tiles And A Nabataean-roman Urban Context / Pirjo Hamari -- Taskscapes In A Cityscape - The Relocation Of Secular And Religious Activities In Late Antique Athens / Arja Karivieri -- Materialised 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 -- Sámi Sacred Places In Ritual Taskscapes / Tiina Äikäs -- 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. Edited By Ulla Rajala And Philip Mills. Includes Bibliographical References. 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 -- Sámi sacred places in ritual taskscapes / Tiina Äikäs -- The secret taskscape: implications for the study of Cold War activities / Bob Clarke -- Excavating a taskscape, .owscape and ceramiscene in the black country / Matt Edgeworth -- Concluding remarks: landscape, taskscape, life / Julian Thomas Contributors 6 1. Introduction: from taskscape to ceramiscene and beyond 8 2. Taking taskscape to task 23 3. Landscape archaeology and the re-humanisation project 35 4. Approaching the Mesolithic through taskscapes: a case study from western Ireland 48 5. Interpreting a ceramiscene: characterising Late Republican and Imperial landscapes 69 6. The roofscapes of Petra: the use of ceramic roof tiles in a Nabataean-Roman urban context 92 7. Taskscapes in a cityscape – the relocation of secular and religious activities in Late Antique Athens 121 8. Materialised taskscapes? Mesolithic lithic procurement in Southern Norway 132 9. Stone and social circles: taskscape and landscape survey at Yadlee Stone Circle 158 10. Diachronic powerscapes: a case study from Odda, Norway 178 11. Temporality in a Maori landscape: the progression of inter-related activities over 400 years in the Hauraki Plain, New Zealand 197 12. Sámi sacred places in ritual taskscapes 222 13. The secret taskscape: implications for the study of Cold War activities 243 14. Excavating a taskscape, fl owscape and ceramiscene in the Black Country 259 15. Concluding remarks: landscape, taskscape, life 275 This important collection of theoretical and case study papers assesses the continuing significance and value of the taskscapes approach in archaeological research, 20 years after its conception. Contrasting international approaches, papers range from the study of Mesolithic to contemporary archaeology.