Förflutna landskap idag
en diskussion om begreppet landskap
LandscapeThe European Landscape ConventionCultural environmentSwedish National Heritage BoardCounty Administrativ BoardThe fossilized agricultural landscapeContemporary landscape
The first part of this essay focuses on how we relate to the landscape at the international and the national level today. The landscape convention is presented and compared to actual current Swedish policies. Different definitions of landscape are discussed. The second part renders the landscape in different archaeological contexts. The central theme is the attempt to investigate if and how we can approach prehistoric man by looking at the landscape as a socially constructed concept. How we should relate to thelandscape from a prehistoric standpoint today is the topic of the third and final part of the study.