Landscapes of Movement : : Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective / / ed. by James E. Snead, J. Andrew Darling, Clark L. Erickson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection
• MitwirkendeR: Berlin, G. Lennis,; Darling, J. Andrew,; Darling, J.Andrew,; Earle, Timothy,; Erickson, Clark L.,; Ferguson, T. J.,; Fowler, Catherine S.,; Grinnell, Calvin,; Hollenback, Kacy,; Keller, Angela H.,; Kuwanwisiwma, Leigh J.,; Sheets, Payson,; Snead, James E.,; Ur, Jason,; Walker, John H.,; Zedeño, María Nieves,
• HerausgeberIn: Darling, J. Andrew,; Erickson, Clark L.,; Snead, James E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 79 illus.

Landscapes of Movement originates from the premise that trails, paths, and roads are the physical manifestation of human movement through the landscape and are central to an understanding of that movement. The study of these features connects with many intellectual domains, engaging history, geograp...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword
• Preface
• 1. Making Human Space: The Archaeology of Trails, Paths, and Roads
• 2. Kukhepya: Searching for Hopi Trails
• 3. Trails of Tradition: Movement, Meaning, and Place
• 4. O'odham Trails and the Archaeology of Space
• 5. Reconstructing Southern Paiute- Chemehuevi Trails in the Mojave Desert of Southern Nevada and California: Ethnographic Perspectives from the 1930s
• 6. From Path to Myth: Journeys and the Naturalization of Territorial Identity along the Missouri River
• 7. A Road by Any Other Name: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Maya Language and Thought
• 8. When the Construction of Meaning Preceded the Meaning of Construction: From Footpaths to Monumental Entrances in Ancient Costa Rica
• 9. Emergent Landscapes of Movement in Early Bronze Age Northern Mesopotamia
• 10. Agency, Causeways, Canals, and the Landscapes of Everyday Life in the Bolivian Amazon
• 11. Precolumbian Causeways and Canals as Landesque Capital
• 12. Routes through the Landscape: A Comparative Approach
• Appendix 1. Coding of the Cases of Paths, Trails, and Roads Discussed in the Conference "Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective"
• Appendix 2. Comparative Variables for Trails, Paths, and Roads
• References Cited
• Contributors