Description
Book SynopsisPeople and Agrarian Landscapes aims to offer the reader a series of keys to understand why agrarian archaeology has become one of the most dynamic, experimental, and innovative sectors of the discipline in southern Europe, providing an overview of the driving theories, methodologies and main topics that have been addressed to date. In this way, 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. Most of the results of agrarian archaeology are to be found in highly specialized journals and venues that are not always easily accessible, and thus the volume presents the works, tools, and conceptual frameworks that have been developed by some of the main research groups active in the south of Western Europe to study rural societies throughout history, considering the materiality of agricultural activities.
Table of ContentsSunflowers, Agrarian Capitalism and Traditional Landscapes. Agrarian Archaeology in the postclassical age –
Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo ;
Medieval Agrarian Landscapes seen by French School of Archaeogeography –
Magali Watteaux ;
Defying limits. Archaeology of social landscapes in high mountain areas of the Central Pyrenees –
Ermengol Gassiot Ballbè ;
A historical context for rural landscapes: the contribution of Environmental Resources Archaeology (ERA) (NW Italy) –
Roberta Cevasco, Carlo Montanari, Diego Moreno, Alessandro Panetta, Valentina Pescini, Anna Maria Stagno ;
Archaeology of the agrarian landscapes in al-Andalus: new paths towards integrated interpretation –
Jorge A. Eiroa ;
Archaeology of forest and mountainous areas: The Zigoitia Research Project (Basque Country) –
Jose Rodríguez Fernández, Ángel Martínez Montecelo ;
Agrarian Archaeologies in the Basque Country. Long-term agrarian landscapes and practices in a social context –
Juan Antonio Quirós-Castillo, Josu Narbarte Hernández, Eneko Iriarte ;
The archaeological study of agricultural sustainability: the cases of Konso (S Ethiopia) and Engaruka (N Tanzania) –
Cruz Ferro-Vázquez; Daryl Stump
