The Architecture of Hunting

The Architecture of Hunting

Author: Ashley Lemke

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2022-08-24

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 1623499232

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As one of the most significant economic innovations in prehistory, hunting architecture radically altered life and society for hunter-gatherers. The development of these structures indicates that foragers designed their environments, had a deep knowledge of animal behavior, and interacted with each other in complex ways that reach beyond previous assumptions. Combining underwater archaeology, terrestrial archaeology, and ethnographic and historical research, The Architecture of Hunting investigates the creation and use of hunting architecture by hunter-gatherers. Hunting architecture—including blinds, drive lanes, and fishing weirs—is a global phenomenon found across a broad spectrum of cultures, time, geography, and environments. Relying on similar behaviors in species such as caribou, bison, guanacos, antelope, and gazelles, cultures as diverse as Sami reindeer herders, the Inka, and ancient bison hunters on the North American plains have employed such structures, combined with strategically situated landforms, to ensure adequate food supplies while maintaining a nomadic way of life. Using examples of hunting architecture from across the globe and how they influence forager mobility, territoriality, property, leadership, and labor aggregation, Ashley Lemke explores this architecture as a form of human niche construction and considers the myriad ways such built structures affect hunter-gatherer lifeways. Bringing together diverse sources under the single category of “hunting architecture,” The Architecture of Hunting serves as the new standard guide for anyone interested in hunter-gatherers and their built environment.


Gardens and the Picturesque

Gardens and the Picturesque

Author: John Dixon Hunt

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9780262581318

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A collection of Hunt's essays, many previously unpublished, dealing with the ways in which men and women have given meaning to gardens and landscapes, especially with the ways in which gardens have represented the world of nature "picturesquely".


The Afterlife of Gardens

The Afterlife of Gardens

Author: John Dixon Hunt

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Published: 2013-12-15

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1780231504

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Most books on the history of gardens describe the way that gardens have been created; by contrast, The Afterlife of Gardens examines the way that gardens have been experienced. Using examples from many sites around the world, John Dixon Hunt examines responses to gardens, from Renaissance sites to Baroque creations to modern motorway landscaping. Examining how a garden has been experienced extends its history beyond the physical into cultural terms, and the author describes how this ‘afterlife’ of gardens, as they are understood and experienced by many generations, is often ‘redesigned’ in visitors’ imaginative and cultural responses. The author looks at many aspects of the subject, including the enigmatic Hypnerotomachia Polifili of 1499; part fictional narrative and part scholarly treatise, this fascinating early narrative of garden reception paves the way for an exploration of subsequent landscapes and their reception in later periods. He also looks at Italian Renaissance gardens; the Picturesque; the architectural and inscriptional elements of gardens; the ways experiences of gardens have been recorded; and the different kinds of movement within gardens, from the strolling pedestrian to the motorway traveller who experiences landscapes at speed. In this ambitious new book the author shows how the complete history of a garden must extend beyond the moment of its design and the aims of the designer to record its subsequent reception. He raises questions about the preservation of historical sites, and provides lessons for the contemporary designer, who may perhaps be more attentive to the life of a work after its design and implementation. This book will interest all who have a professional interest in gardens, as well as the wide general audience for gardens and landscapes of past and present.


Richard Morris Hunt

Richard Morris Hunt

Author: Paul R. Baker

Publisher: MIT Press (MA)

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 9780262521093

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The definitive biography of the man who established architecture as a profession in the United States.


The Architecture of Parking

The Architecture of Parking

Author: Simon Henley

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780500342374

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A comprehensive international survey of one of the most neglected but most important building types of the modern era: the parking garage. This work includes an introduction which sets out the history and architectural significance of these buildings and their relevance.


Dry Creek

Dry Creek

Author: W. Roger Powers

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2017-05-31

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1623495393

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With cultural remains dated unequivocally to 13,000 calendar years ago, Dry Creek assumed major importance upon its excavation and study by W. Roger Powers. The site was the first to conclusively demonstrate a human presence that could be dated to the same time as the Bering Land Bridge. As Powers and his team studied the site, their work verified initial expectations. Unfortunately, the research was never fully published. Dry Creek: The Archaeology and Paleoecology of a Late Pleistocene Alaskan Hunting Camp is ready to take its rightful place in the ongoing research into the peopling of the Americas. Containing the original research, this book also updates and reconsiders Dry Creek in light of more recent discoveries and analysis.


Colour Hunting

Colour Hunting

Author: Jeanne Tan

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789077174272

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An international and interdisciplinary collection of work focusing on colour experiments and colour research.