Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; Landscape and World Heritage; The Idea of Cultural Landscape; The First World Heritage Cultural Landscapes, 1993-95: Australasia and South East Asia; Inscriptions, 1995-98: Europe and South West Asia; The Idea Develops, 1999-2003; Britain and Cultural Landscapes; Landscapes of Stonehenge and Avebury; Cultural Landscape Values: Europe and the British Isles; Contentious landscapes, 1993-2003; Conserving Cultural Landscapes; Reviewing the Achievement: World Heritage Cultural Landscapes, 1993-2003; 'A Global, Noble Concept'? Notes to the Chapters; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Peter Fowler is now a consultant, writer and painter, based in London and Languedoc. He was formerly Secretary to the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) and Professor of Archaeology at Newcastle University. He has been closely involved with the selection of landscapes appropriate for World Heritage inscription.