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Editorial Paul Stamper and David Austin In Landscapes 7.2, published last autumn, we led with an editorial which asked hard questions about the growing role of Historic Landscape Characterisation in government thinking and countryside management. As there promised, Landscapes joined with Steve Rippon to host a session at the meeting of the Theoretical Archaeology Group held in Exeter in December where many of the questions which the technique raises were debated. There are no easy answers, and the issues are far from black and white. For those who couldn’t be at TAG we are devoting much of the next issue of Landscapes to the publication of short versions of the papers given there, both to present some fascinating case studies and to encourage further well-informed debate – just the things Landscapes stands for. The last few months have seen a number of major developments in the frameworks of landscape management. October 2006 saw the launch of Natural England, the new agency with responsibility for nature and landscape conserva- tion in England, and a month later (as again we trailed) the government ratified the European Landscape Convention which then came into force on 1 March 2007. March also saw publication of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Landscapes Taylor & Francis

Editorial

Stamper, Paul; Austin, David
Landscapes , Volume 8 (1): 1 – Apr 1, 2007
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2007 Maney
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10.1179/lan.2007.8.1.vii
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Paul Stamper and David Austin In Landscapes 7.2, published last autumn, we led with an editorial which asked hard questions about the growing role of Historic Landscape Characterisation in government thinking and countryside management. As there promised, Landscapes joined with Steve Rippon to host a session at the meeting of the Theoretical Archaeology Group held in Exeter in December where many of the questions which the technique raises were debated. There are no easy answers, and the issues are far from black and white. For those who couldn’t be at TAG we are devoting much of the next issue of Landscapes to the publication of short versions of the papers given there, both to present some fascinating case studies and to encourage further well-informed debate – just the things Landscapes stands for. The last few months have seen a number of major developments in the frameworks of landscape management. October 2006 saw the launch of Natural England, the new agency with responsibility for nature and landscape conserva- tion in England, and a month later (as again we trailed) the government ratified the European Landscape Convention which then came into force on 1 March 2007. March also saw publication of

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