Transhumance: Papers from the International Association of Landscape Archaeology Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2018
Edited by Mark Bowden Edited by Pete Herring
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(November 2021)
ISBN: 9781803271286
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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 you
Transhumance presents a collection of papers exploring 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. All but one were first given in 2018 at the Newcastle and Durham conference of the International Association of Landscape Archaeology. Their range is wide, geographically (Britain, Italy, Spain, France and Norway) and temporally (prehistory to the present day). The approaches taken include excavation and artefact analysis, fieldwalking, archaeological survey, landscape archaeology and history, analysis of ancient texts, inscriptions and records, ethno-archaeology, social network analysis and consideration of the delicate balances between the natural resources that transhumants exploit and the intangible cultures that are developed and sustained as they do so. The volume re-emphasises that much of European history and culture has been and in some places continues to be dependent on the annual migrations to and then back from the mountains, forests and bogs. It notes and explains how transhumance systems are not timeless and unchanging, but instead respond to wider economic and social changes. But, it also shows how transhumance itself contributes to changes, and continuities, including how the organisation of access to common pastures crystallises principles that underpin much broader legal and social systems.
Contributors Preface 1. Introduction: the recognition of transhumance in Britain - Mark Bowden and Pete Herring 2. Evidence for transhumance in British prehistory - Mark Bowden 3. 'Frequently the winter grazing grounds are many miles away from the summer ones' (Varro, de r.r. 2.2.9): a review of recent historical, anthropological and archaeological approaches to transhumance in Central and Southern Italy - Marinella Pasquinucci 4. The TraTTo project: paths and pastures from prehistory to modern times in Southern Tuscany: research approaches and activities - G. Pizziolo, M. De Silva, N. Volante, D. Cristoferi and A. Zagli 5. Response diversity and the evolution of pastoral landscapes in the western Pyrenees Transhumance - Ted L Gragson, Michael R. Coughlan, and David S. Leigh 6. Smart ways through the downs: cross-ridge dykes as markers of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age transhumance routes across the South Downs, Sussex, UK - David Lea, Judie English and Dick Tapper 7. Extremes of British transhumance: Bronze Age and Inter-War; Dartmoor and Lewis - Pete Herring 8. Intangible cultural heritage of transhumance landscapes: their roles and values - examples from Norway, France and Spain - Bolette Bele, Veronique Karin Simon Nielsen, Almudena Orejas and Jose Antonio Ron, Contributors ;
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1. Introduction: the recognition of transhumance in Britain – Mark Bowden and Pete Herring 2. Evidence for transhumance in British prehistory – Mark Bowden 3. ‘Frequently the winter grazing grounds are many miles away from the summer ones’ (Varro, de r.r. 2.2.9): a review of recent historical, anthropological and archaeological approaches to transhumance in Central and Southern Italy – Marinella Pasquinucci 4. The TraTTo project: paths and pastures from prehistory to modern times in Southern Tuscany: research approaches and activities – G. Pizziolo, M. De Silva, N. Volante, D. Cristoferi and A. Zagli 5. Response diversity and the evolution of pastoral landscapes in the western Pyrenees Transhumance – Ted L Gragson, Michael R. Coughlan, and David S. Leigh 6. Smart ways through the downs: cross-ridge dykes as markers of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age transhumance routes across the South Downs, Sussex, UK – David Lea, Judie English and Dick Tapper 7. Extremes of British transhumance: Bronze Age and Inter-War; Dartmoor and Lewis – Pete Herring 8. Intangible cultural heritage of transhumance landscapes: their roles and values – examples from Norway, France and Spain – Bolette Bele, Véronique Karin Simon Nielsen, Almudena Orejas and José Antonio Ron
- Edited by Mark Bowden
- Edited by Pete Herring
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