ABSTRACT
Landscape is a useful concept for archaeological interpretation because it represents the complex link between the natural and physical environment and culturally defined conceptions of the human place in that world. It represents a means of conceptual ordering that stresses relations (Tilley 1994:34) and provides the places and temporality for narrative. Landscape includes identification and naming of features-or sites, landmarks and locales-and the shared understanding of their cultural significance as held by a community or cultural group. Archaeological evidence, oral and historical records in conjunction with physical sites, and the views of participants living on the land all serve as a basis for recognising and interpreting landscapes. Comprehensive, holistic landscape descriptions and analyses can be based on the intersecting perspectives of all three of these and represent an important archaeological integration.
