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Late woodland landscapes of Wisconsin: ridged fields, effigy mounds and territoriality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William Gustav Gartner
William Gustav Gartner*
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Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 53706, USA
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Sauer (1925) saw the terrestrial scene as more than a natural arena for human action. He recognized the repeated human impact on a living earth which created an ever-changing stage of landscape. Geographical conceptions of landscape have changed in the intervening 75 years. Today, geographers acknowledge the historically contingent qualities of nature and society and their inter-relationships (Zimmerer 1994).

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ridged fieldseffigy moundsWisconsinLate Woodlandlandscape
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 281 , September 1999 , pp. 671 - 683
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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