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LANDSCAPES as CULTURAL RESOURCES

LANDSCAPES as CULTURAL RESOURCES. Mt. Rainier, WA. What are Cultural Landscapes?. Provide a sense of place and identity; they map our relationship with the land over time; and they are part of our national heritage and each of our lives.

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LANDSCAPES as CULTURAL RESOURCES

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  1. LANDSCAPESasCULTURAL RESOURCES Mt. Rainier, WA

  2. What are Cultural Landscapes? Provide a sense of place and identity; they map our relationship with the land over time; and they are part of our national heritage and each of our lives. They are...sites associated with a significant event, activity, person or group of people. They range in size... from thousands of acres of rural land to historic homesteads. They can be... grand estates, farmlands, public gardens and parks, college campuses, cemeteries, scenic highways, and industrial sites. They are... works of art, narratives of cultures, and expressions of regional identity.

  3. Designed Landscape a landscape that was consciously designed or laid out by a landscape architect, master gardener, architect or horticulturist according to design principles or an amateur gardener working in a recognized style or tradition. Vanderbilt Gardens, NY

  4. Vernacular Landscape a landscape that evolved through use by the people whose activities or occupancy shaped that landscape. Through social or cultural attitudes of an individual, family or a community, the landscape reflects the physical, biological, and cultural character of those everyday lives. Lava Lakes Ranch, ID

  5. Historic Site a landscape significant for its association with a historic event, activity or person. Butte-Anaconda NHLD, MT

  6. Pilot of Butte Head Frame, Butte, MT

  7. Ethnographic Landscape a landscape containing a variety of natural and cultural resources that the associated people define as heritage resources. Big Southern Butte, ID

  8. Jefferson River Valley, MT

  9. Devil’s Tower, WY

  10. Alaska

  11. Its all about the seeing the forest for the tree

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