Title: Lines of Landscape Organization: <scp>S</scp>kovbjerg <scp>M</scp>oraine (<scp>D</scp>enmark) in the First <scp>M</scp>illennium <scp>BC</scp>
Abstract: Summary This paper presents a comparative landscape perspective on the Late Bronze Age landscape boundaries in southern Britain, obtained from S kovbjerg M oraine, D enmark. Using Delaunay triangulation as well as classic distribution analyses, it demonstrates that some forms of landscape division articulated already established use‐patterns, while others intercepted the central lines of movement and conflicted with previous ways of organizing the landscape. This pattern is interpreted as a new form of large‐scale landholding in which livestock played a dominant role and boundaries were used to confiscate land in the zones bordering suitable pastures. This situation shows obvious parallels with southern B ritain centuries earlier. The paper discusses how the study of these physical boundaries provides new insights into the organization of pre‐Roman landscapes, not only demonstrating a continuing engagement with landscape lines, but also pointing to new concurrent and potentially competing social and economic strategies.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-07-14
Language: en
Type: article
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