Hunter-Gatherers, Landscapes, and Histories
Hunter-Gatherers, Landscapes, and Histories
Hunter-gatherer landscape use is most often interpreted as a response to independent variables such as climate change or demographic variation. Chapter 2 critiques this position and enunciates the alternative theoretical framework of landscape inhabitation as history. Based in practice theory, inhabitation theory understands landscape use as the primary means through which hunter-gatherers experience the world and construct histories. Randall particularly emphasizes the ways ancient communities were reproduced through experiencing and modifying past places in their depositional practices, practices. He similarly argues that these practices provide the basis for creating social memories that can potentially integrate socially diverse persons. Chapter 2 concludes with a methodology for reconstructing social histories from depositional practices.
Keywords: depositional practice, deposition, climate change, demographic, inhabitation, landscape, social history, practice theory, memory, community, hunter-gatherers
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