Thus , perceptions of landscape have profound consequences on the histories of societies and their interactions with the environment .
The idea that the landscape of the New World was uninhabited and unchanged by those groups that did inhabit it was fundamental to the justifications of colonialism .
Perceptions of landscape have profound consequences on the histories of societies and their interactions with the environment .
The idea that the landscape of the New World was uninhabited and unchanged by those groups that did inhabit it was fundamental to the justifications of colonialism .