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Continuity of place: actions and narratives
A central point of departure in this study is the notion of places and land
are conceived of in terms of intention and use. The cultural organisation
of the landscape manifests a spatial organisation of established meanings,
norms and values:
The landscape is redolent with past actions, it plays a major role in constituting a
sense of history and the past, it is peopled by ancestral and spiritual entities, forms
relationship to resources (Tilley 1994:67
monds 1995, 1999; Cooney 1998). If certain places have been ascribed mean
ings that are persistent through time and if one can accept that the meanings
of places are manifested in material culture, then production sites like the
beach ridges discussed here may offer insights into past human thoughts
(Edmonds 1999).
The sites were attractive due to natural conditions, and the availability of
Fig. 11. The beach ridge at Östra
Photo by Anders Högberg.
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