The American landscape is a quarrel about what it is. No better metaphor exists to demonstrate this fact than ongoing battled between historic preservationists and property-rights protectionists. From 1990 to 2000 I toured many sites in the upper Southland that were undergoing various processes of veneration, desecration, or neglect. As both conduit and hindrance to human mobility, the terrain itself dictated human activity, by providing or denying opportunities for military and economic development. Learn more. Click on thumbnails