Meaning and identity in a Greek landscape : [electronic resource] an archaeological ethnography / Hamish Forbes.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2007]

©2007

1 online resource (xxii, 438 pages) : illustrations, maps

In this interdisciplinary study, Hamish Forbes explores how Greek villagers have understood and reacted to their landscapes over the centuries, from the late medieval period to the present. Analyzing how they have seen themselves belonging to their local communities and within both local and wider landscapes, Forbes examines how these aspects of belonging have informed each other. Forbes also illuminates cross-disciplinary interests in memory and the importance of monuments. Based on data gathered over twenty-five years, Forbes' study combines the rich detail of ethnographic fieldwork with historical and archaeological time depth, showing how landscapes have important meaning beyond the religious sphere in terms of kinship and ideas about the past and in their role as productive assets.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-432) and index.

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