Dissertation reloaded
27 01 2008After some mods on the general research assessment and timeplane, I thought to re-write the dissertation plan.
SE Anatolia Settement Patterns and Mindscape between 2.000 BC and 1.000 AD
Introduction and Objectives
1. A Way through the Hills
The Context, a look to historical, geographical and social complexity
A description of the landscape context as well as history, geography and society describe it
The Past Researches
A brief but exhaustive excursus on the relevant research done on the social assessment of the landscape, a interesting starting point for the research
The Local Territorial Systems, looking to the micro-regional assessment
The LTS is a landscape agents permits the research prospective to change, not high-low but low-high ranks, on the social entities and networks, this chapter outline the concept, ground its use and the bibliography connected
The Chronological Landscape
After the introduction of the LTS, diachronic assessment is drawn to enhance the perception of them through the landscape history
The Palimpsest
A description of the whole landscape in its components (Topographic Units, Resources, Communication Networks, Cognitive Feature) with GIS maps and layers
The MARKER, a socio-territorial analyzing tool
To analyze the LTS avoiding the not homogenous distribution of data an analytical tool is outlined and applied; it use archeological, ethnographical and historical sets of variables on a geographical context
The LTS analyzed, a catalogue
A catalogue of the LTS outlined through the analysis with consideration about each one and related history
The LTS patterns and the Social Network
An analysis of the values and data out the LTS maps, several hypotheses about the social assessment of the highlands
The Cultural Landscape
An analysis of the specific cultural aspects and territorial assessment using the LTS’ values to drawn a hypothitical mindscape.
