Landscape archaeology, sustainability and the necessity of change

Sam Turner; Tim Kinnaird; Elif Koparal; Stelios Lekakis; Christopher Sevara

doi:10.1080/00438243.2021.1932565

Landscape archaeology, sustainability and the necessity of change

Sam Turner^*, Tim Kinnaird, Elif Koparal, Stelios Lekakis, Christopher Sevara

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Abstract

For future landscapes to be sustainable, significant changes in land-use and management practices will be needed. This article argues that landscape archaeology can make distinctive contributions to sustainability in two ways: firstly, by researching what were and were not sustainable ways of life in the past, and secondly by using this knowledge to explain how landscapes of the past differed to those in the present, and in doing so to disrupt the invented connections between past societies, tradition, heritage and conservation. The article draws on three case-studies in China, the Mediterranean and the UK to suggest that archaeological knowledge could be used to help stakeholders imagine future landscapes which are better and more sustainable than those of today. To succeed archaeologists will need to make deeper commitments to transdisciplinary work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	589-606
Number of pages	18
Journal	World Archaeology
Volume	52
Issue number	4
Early online date	18 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2021.1932565
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 2021

Keywords

Landscape
Sustainability
Agriculture
Transdisciplinary

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