Tingle, M. (2006). In darkest England:. Landscape Hist 28. Vol 28, pp. 53-62.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
In darkest England: | ||||
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Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
European exploration in Africa and its effects on 19th- and 20th-century perceptions of prehistoric Britain | ||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Landscape Hist 28 | ||||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Landscape History | ||||
Volume Volume number and part |
28 | ||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
53 - 62 | ||||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
The paper considers how, from the sixteenth century, antiquarians regarded the `savage' inhabitants of remote `uncivilised' countries as a model for the inhabitants and the landscape of ancient Britain. It is argued that, at the end of the nineteenth century, important figures in the newly emerging discipline of archaeology were influenced both by contemporary accounts of equatorial Africa and the tenets of Darwinism. This led them to propose that the apparent concentration of prehistoric monuments on chalk and limestone uplands resulted from the whole of prehistoric lowland Britain being covered by a dense, impenetrable and uninhabitable jungle, which remained in existence until it was cleared by the Anglo-Saxons. This model, although contested by some from the 1930s onwards, remained a central tenet of archaeological thought until the 1970s, by which time evidence from palaeobotany, aerial survey and surface collection rendered it untenable. | ||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2006 | ||||
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
17 Oct 2007 |
