Landscape as a Concept of Space

Exploring *landscape* as a spatial concept raises more issues than is apparent at first sight. The investigation of the terms *landscape* and *space* is an interdisciplinary endeavor, in which the variety of concepts and methods is as widespread as the ambiguity of the terms (ranging from philosophy, sociology, arts, history, and archaeology, to geography and other natural sciences). Abstract concepts of space are not the subject of this article. Instead, as an archaeologist and a geographer, we wish to focus on the interrelation of humans and societies with their natural environment.