An historical ecology of the Neolithic to Medieval Periods in the southern French Alps: a reassessment of ‘driving forces’
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1. | Title | Title of document | An historical ecology of the Neolithic to Medieval Periods in the southern French Alps: a reassessment of ‘driving forces’ - Summer Farms |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Kevin Walsh; University of York; United Kingdom |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Florence Mocci; Aix-Marseille Université ; |
3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Archaeology |
4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | upland farming; summer farms; animal husbandry; high altitude settlements; mining |
6. | Description | Abstract | The aim of this paper is to assess the development of summer activities in the high-altitude zone of the southern French Alps between the Neolithic and the Middle Ages. During these periods, there was enormous variety in the nature of high-altitude activity in these valleys. The Bronze Age witnessed the establishment of the first stone-built pastoral structures at 2200m and above. This marked an important change in the engagement with this landscape, with high-altitude summer pasturing emerging as a new activity. The Iron Age and Roman Period are characterised by a dearth of archaeological structures, but continued palaeoecological signals for pastoral (and possibly mining) activity. The medieval periods saw a substantial increase in activity; a combination of pastoralism and mining, with some large high altitude settlements created which imply the wholesale summer movement of communities from valley-bottom to the high altitude zones. |
7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 15-Aug-2016 |
10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
11. | Type | Type | |
12. | Format | File format | |
13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/28013 |
14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.28013 |
15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Summer Farms |
16. | Language | English=en | english |
18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
French Alps, Neolithic to Middle Age |
19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |