Meaning and Identity in a Greek Landscape: an Archaeological Ethnography

摘要

Life in the past was harsh; former farming families are enthusiastic about"modernity," which includes salaried employment, residence in the city and abroad, old age pensions, and so on. Since Forbes's aim is to produce a description of the meanings the landscape holds for ordinary people (a "landscape from within") this frank reading of agropastoralism-always deeply embedded in global political economy but inarguably also marginalized-is at the core of his analysis.