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Towards an Archaeology of Pastoralism in Southern Europe

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Following the Steps of Past Shepherds

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvDavid Garcia-Casas,Guillem Domingo-Ribas

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This volume examines seasonal pastoralism from a diachronic perspective, with case studies that, across the volume, trace its development from the Neolithic to the twentieth century and explore the archaeological methods used to analyse these long-term processes. Bringing together recent research on landscape archaeology to study ancient pastoralism from the perspective of a great variety of academic traditions, it includes chronological specializations and methodological approaches. The work takes various approaches from the archaeology of architecture, ethnographical perspectives, new dating methods and computational analysis to identify and date seasonal pastoralism. Study areas presented range from the Atlantic mountains of Galicia to the central Slovakian mountains, via the Cantabrian Range, the Pyrenees, and the Slovenian Alps. It provides an overview of the state of the art of the Archaeology of Pastoralism in Europe by examining unpublished data and ground-breaking research in this field. By summarizing the results of the research presented in this book, it is possible to shed light on the historical depth of agro-livestock farming ways of life in mountain areas across Mediterranean regions and other parts of Europe from the Neolithic period onwards. This volume may be of interest to archaeologists, geographers, biologists and other scholars interested in alpine environments, as well as anyone interested in the material heritage of pastoralism in rural regions.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-22
Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringer Proceedings in Archaeology and Heritage
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783032260468

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David Garcia-Casas (PhD 2018, Autonomous University of Barcelona) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Heritage Sciences (INCIPIT), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). His research focuses on the origins, development and long-term historical transformations of seasonal pastoralism in mountain landscapes. He combines archaeological methods, ethnographic datasets and geospatial technologies to analyse the cultural and social processes that have shaped rural landscapes over time. He leads archaeological research projects in the Pyrenees and in other mountain ranges in northern Spain, and has also participated in fieldwork and collaborative studies in the Alps.Guillem Domingo-Ribas (PhD 2025, Newcastle University) is an archaeologist working at the intersection of landscape archaeology, computational modelling and ethnoarchaeology. Having recently obtained his doctoral degree, his research explores how pastoralism and livestock mobility shaped historic landscape formation, integrating archaeological, historical, ecological and ethnographic data with simulation and geospatial analysis. He has conducted fieldwork in Italy and the UK and has extensive experience in early medieval contexts, including co-directing survey and excavation projects in mountain ranges in northern Spain.

Introduction.- Searching for ancient shepherds and their flocks among mountains, meadows and dry-stone structures.- Searching for pastoralism in the southeastern Alps.- In the tracks of ancient shepherds in the Central Slovakian Mountains.- The architecture of pastoral structures in Aspromonte.- Data archiving and analysis through digital surveying.- Beyond materiality: ethnographic and ecological keys to the interpretation of the archaeological record of pastoralism in Pyrenean summer pastures.- Transhumance and territories in Late Prehistory across the south-centre of the Iberian Peninsula: An ethnoarchaeological and experimental approach.- Charcoal production, woodland management strategies and pastoral landscape dynamics in the Cantabrian mountains (northern Spain) between the 18th and 20th centuries.- The temporality of agropastoral heritage in the Suído Mountains (Galicia, NW Spain).- The archaeology and future of pastoral heritage in Mediterranean and European mountain areas.