Abstract
Since the final years of the 19th century, geographers and other scientists have investigated the historic landscape. In the course of time, six traditions have beendeveloped that all left their marks on present research. The traditions were: [1]historic-genetic settlement studies, that started in Germany (August Meitzen) and was characterized by archival studies into the structures of settlements and fieldpatterns; [2] regional surveys following French geographers (Paul Vidal de laBlache) that also contained research into the historic landscapes; [3] deserted settlement studies, developed in Germany as well as on the British Isles; [4]interdisciplinary studies in landscape history and archaeology in the Englishtradition shaped by William Hoskins and others; [5] the new cultural geography, with Denis Cosgrove as the main initiator, that brought landscape back into themainstream of human geography, and, lastly [6] new interdisciplinary landscaperesearch. Between the first three traditions, individual scientists can be traced asintermediaries. The three more recent traditions were mainly English-languagebased and found an international audience.
Original language | German |
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Pages (from-to) | 215-231 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Berichte. Geographie und Landeskunde |
Volume | 87 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |