Introduction: The archaeology and preservation of north american gendered landscapes

Abstract

This volume expands the scope of landscape archaeology to analyze gender power dynamics on neglected landscapes of non-elite social groups in the United States. Most landscape archaeology has involved ungendered analyses of elite gardens, farms, and plantations. The Journal of Garden History focuses mainly on gardens owned and designed by elite men whether in the Classical, Medieval, or Post-Medieval world. In historical archaeology landscape research initially followed the pattern of classical archaeology by studying primarily elite men's gardens. © 2010 Springer-Verlag New York.