Historical Archaeologies Of Transhumance Across Europe

Author : Eugene Costello,Eva Svensson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351213370

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Historical Archaeologies of Transhumance across Europe by Eugene Costello,Eva Svensson Pdf

Transhumance is a form of pastoralism that has been practised around the world since animals were first domesticated. Such seasonal movements have formed an important aspect of many European farming systems for several thousand years, although they have declined markedly since the nineteenth century. Ethnographers and geographers have long been involved in recording transhumant practices, and in the last two decades archaeologists have started to add a new material dimension to the subject. This volume brings together recent advances in the study of European transhumance during historical times, from Sweden to Spain, Romania to Ireland, and beyond that even Newfoundland. While the focus is on the archaeology of seasonal sites used by shepherds and cowherds, the contributions exhibit a high degree of interdisciplinarity. Documentary, cartographic, ethnographic and palaeoecological evidence all play a part in the examination of seasonal movement and settlement in medieval and post-medieval landscapes. Notwithstanding the obvious diversity across Europe in terms of livestock, distances travelled and socio-economic context, an extended introduction to the volume shows that cross-cutting themes are now emerging, including mobility, gendered herding, collective land-use, the agency of non-elite people and competition for grazing and markets. The book will appeal not only to archaeologists, but to historians, geographers, ethnographers, palaeoecologists and anyone interested in rural lifeways across Europe.

Author : Eugene Costello
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275311

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Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 by Eugene Costello Pdf

First full survey of how transhumance operated in Ireland from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.

Author : Mark Bowden,Pete Herring
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803271293

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Transhumance: Papers from the International Association of Landscape Archaeology Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2018 by Mark Bowden,Pete Herring Pdf

A collection of papers, mostly arising from the Newcastle and Durham conference of the International Association of Landscape Archaeology (2018), explore the practice, impact and archaeology of British and European transhumance, the seasonal grazing of marginal lands by domesticated livestock, usually accompanied by people, often young women.

Author : Julie Lund,Sarah Semple
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350226630

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A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age by Julie Lund,Sarah Semple Pdf

A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400, examining the creation, use and understanding of human-made objects and their consequences and impacts. The power and agency of objects significantly evolved over this time. Exploring objects and artefacts within art, technology, and everyday life, the volume challenges our understanding of both life worlds and object worlds in medieval society. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds. Julie Lund is Associate Professor at the University of Oslo, Norway. Sarah Semple is Professor at Durham University, UK. Volume 2 in the Cultural History of Objects set. General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte

Author : Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo,Josu Narbarte Hernández
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803274386

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People and Agrarian Landscapes: An Archaeology of Postclassical Local Societies in the Western Mediterranean by Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo,Josu Narbarte Hernández Pdf

This book provides an overview of the driving theories, methodologies and main topics that have been addressed to date regarding agrarian archaeology. The text is presented as an introduction for students, a critical reading guide for other scholars, and an informative instrument aimed at a wide audience.

Author : Igor Santos Salazar,Catarina Tente
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781803275147

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The 10th Century in Western Europe by Igor Santos Salazar,Catarina Tente Pdf

11 essays from both historians and archaeologists achieve a re-reading of a the tenth century, which has been central to the interpretation of the historical development of Europe over the past decade.

Author : Tesse D. Stek,André Carneiro
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789258332

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The Archaeology of Roman Portugal in its Western Mediterranean Context by Tesse D. Stek,André Carneiro Pdf

The Archaeology of Roman Portugal aims to contribute to the wider debate on Roman imperialism and expansionism, by bringing to the fore a much-underrepresented area of the Roman empire, at least in English-language scholarship: its westernmost edge in modern day Portugal. Highlighting the perspective from Roman Portugal will contribute to our understanding of the Roman empire, because it presents both an extraordinary landscape in the sense of economic opportunities (ocean resources, marble and metal mining) and settlement history. The volume aims to present new data and insights from both archaeology and ancient history, and to discuss their significance for our understanding of Roman expansion and imperialism. A key goal of the volume is to discuss how the Portuguese panorama compares to other areas of the Iberian peninsula. An explicit goal of the volume is to better integrate Portuguese scholarship in the academic debate on the Mediterranean Roman world, and to contextualize it firmly in the wider Iberian and Western Mediterranean context. Therefore, chapters are produced by internationally diverse scholars in archaeology and ancient history from Portugal, Spain, Germany, the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy. With a view to asses the potential of integrating best practices in archaeological approaches and methodology, different national and disciplinary research traditions and historical frameworks will be explicitly discussed.

Author : Eugenio Cejudo-García
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031486753

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Win or Lose in Rural Development by Eugenio Cejudo-García Pdf

Author : William Britnell,Alasdair Whittle
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789257403

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The First Stones by William Britnell,Alasdair Whittle Pdf

The First Stones brings together the results of recent research on the Neolithic long cairns lying in the shadow of the Black Mountains in south-east Wales, focusing upon Penywyrlod and Gwernvale, the two best known tombs within the group, previously excavated in the 1970s. Important results lie in both new site detail and reassessment of the wider context. Small-scale excavation, geophysical survey and geological assessment at Penywyrlod – the largest of the Welsh long cairns – gave further information about the distinctive external and internal architecture of the monument. In turn, this opened the opportunity to reassess the pre-monument sequence at Gwernvale, with re-examination of both Mesolithic and Neolithic occupations, including a timber structure and midden, lithic and pottery assemblages, and cereal remains. The frame for wider reassessment is given by fresh chronological modeling both of the monuments themselves, suggesting a sequence from Penywyrlod and Pipton to Ty Isaf and Gwernvale, probably spanning the 38th to the 36th or 35th centuries cal BC, and of early Neolithic activity in south Wales and the Marches, probably beginning in the 39th century cal BC. A detailed study of the major assemblages of human remains from the Black Mountains tombs includes evidence for diet, trauma and lifestyles of the populations represented. Recent isotope analysis of human remains from the tombs is also reviewed, implying social mobility and migration within local populations during the early Neolithic. The First Stones makes a significant contribution to the study of tomb building, treatment of the dead, place making, the relationship of monuments to landscape, local and regional identities, connections and affiliations across southern Britain and the adjacent continent, and Neolithization in western Britain. Viewed within the context of tombs within the Cotswold-Severn tradition as a whole, it leads to an appreciation of the local and regional distinctiveness of architecture and mortuary practice exhibited by the tombs in this area of south-east Wales, emerging as part of the intake of a significant inland area in the early centuries of the Neolithic.

Author : Adelina Miranda,Antía Pérez-Caramés
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800887350

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Migration Patterns Across the Mediterranean by Adelina Miranda,Antía Pérez-Caramés Pdf

With contributions from leading scholars in Southern Europe, this compelling book demonstrates the plurality of migratory circumstances and analyses the significance of the Mediterranean migration model. Highlighting the challenges of studying the variability and heterogeneity of migratory patterns in the Mediterranean, this insightful book provides a comprehensive examination of the variations of spatial-temporal scales and sedimentation of different migratory configurations.

Author : David Strachan,David Sneddon,Richard Tipping
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789693164

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Early Medieval Settlement in Upland Perthshire: Excavations at Lair, Glen Shee 2012-17 by David Strachan,David Sneddon,Richard Tipping Pdf

Excavation of seven turf buildings at Lair in Glen Shee confirms the introduction of Pitcarmick buildings to the hills of north-east Perth and Kinross in the early 7th century AD. Clusters of these at Lair, and elsewhere in the hills, are interpreted as integrated, spatially organised farm complexes comprising byre-houses and outbuildings.

Author : Stijn Arnoldussen,Robert Johnston,Mette Løvschal
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030716523

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Europe's Early Fieldscapes by Stijn Arnoldussen,Robert Johnston,Mette Løvschal Pdf

This volume focuses on the development of field systems through time and space and in their wider landscape context, including classical issues pertaining to past land use and management regimes, including manuring, water, land and crop management, and technologies such as slash‐and‐burn cultivation, and use of the ard and plough. This book provides the first comprehensive attempt to bring together and provide a comprehensive insight into the latest prehistoric fieldscape research across Europe. The book raises a broader awareness of some of the main questions and scientific requests that are addressed by scholars working in various fieldscapes across Europe. Themes addressed in this book include (a) mapping and understanding field system morphologies at various scales, (b) the extraction of information on social processes from field system morphologies, (c) the relations between field systems and cultural and natural features of their environment, (d) time-depths and temporalities of usage, and (e) specifics of the underlying agricultural systems, with special attention to matters of continuity and resilience and relation to changing practices. The case-studies explore how to best approach such landscapes with traditional and novel methodologies and targeted research in order to enhance our knowledge further. The volume offers inspiration and guidance for the heritage management of fieldscape heritage – not solely for future scholarly research but foremost to stimulate strategic guidance to frame and support improved protection of evidently vulnerable resources for Europe’s future. This volume is of interest to landscape archaeologists.

Author : Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo,Carlos Palacios Riocerezo
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781839697104

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Sheep Farming by Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo,Carlos Palacios Riocerezo Pdf

This book provides an overview of sheep husbandry in different parts of the world, including information on production and management systems, reproduction, and animal health. Chapters discuss different types of sheep and sheep husbandry in Poland, India, Africa, Spain, and North America, as well as zoonotic diseases such as cryptosporidiosis and their adverse impacts on the economics of sheep herding. This book is a useful resource for producers, veterinarians, animal scientists, researchers, biologists, students, and other interested readers.

Author : Ralph Haussler,Gian Franco Chiai
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789253344

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Sacred Landscapes in Antiquity by Ralph Haussler,Gian Franco Chiai Pdf

From generation to generation, people experience their landscapes differently. Humans depend on their natural environment: it shapes their behavior while it is often felt that deities responsible for both natural benefits and natural calamities (such as droughts, famines, floods and landslides) need to be appeased. We presume that, in many societies, lakes, rivers, rocks, mountains, caves and groves were considered sacred. Individual sites and entire landscapes are often associated with divine actions, mythical heroes and etiological myths. Throughout human history, people have also felt the need to monumentalize their sacred landscape. But this is where the similarities end as different societies had very different understandings, believes and practices. The aim of this new thematic appraisal is to scrutinize carefully our evidence and rethink our methodologies in a multi-disciplinary approach. More than 30 papers investigate diverse sacred landscapes from the Iberian peninsula and Britain in the west to China in the east. They discuss how to interpret the intricate web of ciphers and symbols in the landscape and how people might have experienced it. We see the role of performance, ritual, orality, textuality and memory in people’s sacred landscapes. A diachronic view allows us to study how landscapes were ‘rewritten’, adapted and redefined in the course of time to suit new cultural, political and religious understandings, not to mention the impact of urbanism on people’s understandings. A key question is how was the landscape manipulated, transformed and monumentalized – especially the colossal investments in monumental architecture we see in certain socio-historic contexts or the creation of an alternative humanmade, seemingly ‘non-natural’ landscape, with perfectly astronomically aligned buildings that define a cosmological order? Sacred Landscapes therefore aims to analyze the complex links between landscape, ‘religiosity’ and society, developing a dialectic framework that explores sacred landscapes across the ancient world in a dynamic, holistic, contextual and historical perspective.

Author : Seth Bernard,Lisa Marie Mignone,Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009327985

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Making the Middle Republic by Seth Bernard,Lisa Marie Mignone,Dan-el Padilla Peralta Pdf

Showcases new approaches that reveal the remarkable transformation of Roman and Italian societies during the Middle Republican period.