Ecological History and Historical Ecology of the Blue Ridge Mountains: Final Research Report 68-1
Wilhelm EJ. 1968. Ecological History and Historical Ecology of the Blue Ridge Mountains: Final Research Report 68-1. Cultural Landscape Report. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia
This report presents the findings of an investigation of the nature and movements of settlements in the Blue Ridge. It is also presented as a study of method of the observation and analysis of mountain settlements. The author organizes his field data to create a model of settlements in the Blue Ridge, one which considers each mountain folk settlement type as a unit in itself, as well as part of a greater whole. These five settlement types are defined as gap or notch, hollow, cove, ridge, and meadow. Based on his analysis, he suggests that each type is dependent upon one another and each is part of a complex whole. The report examines factors of settlement, organization, and lifestyle in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This includes settlement patterns, characteristics of "folk culture," and a diagram of typical spatial arrangement of structures in different settlement types. These field techniques in the preparation of this narrative included settlement mapping, photographing settlement elements, using aerial photographs to locate settlements, and taped interviews.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wilhelm, E.
- Date of Issue
- 1968
- Publisher
- University of Virginia
- Units
- BLRI , SER
- Keywords
- agriculture, American Indian, Appalachian Mountains, cove, folk, gap, hollow, meadow, mountain folk culture, occupation, ridge, Scotch-Irish, settlement, settlement type