Abstract
The term cultural landscape has two interrelated meanings. It refers to the three-dimensional patterns that cultures imprint on the land, such as agricultural field systems, transportation networks, residential and commercial buildings, and urban forms. It also refers to an approach to studying those forms, an approach that uses interpretative strategies for understanding cultural meanings embedded in landscapes. This entry traces the historical development of these two meanings of cultural landscape, primarily as expressed in the discipline of geography, and concludes with discussions of the recent engagement of the concept with social, cultural, and political theories.
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