European agricultural terraces and lynchets: from archaeological theory to heritage management.

Autor: Brown A; Natural Sciences, Tromsø University Museum, Arctic University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.; Geography & Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK., Walsh K; Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK., Fallu D; Natural Sciences, Tromsø University Museum, Arctic University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway., Cucchiaro S; Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy., Tarolli P; Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: World archaeology [World Archaeol] 2021 Mar 23; Vol. 52 (4), pp. 566-588. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 23 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2021.1891963
Abstrakt: Terraces are highly productive, culturally distinctive socioecological systems. Although they form part of time/place-specific debates, terraces per se have been neglected - fields on slopes or landscape elements. We argue that this is due to mapping and dating problems, and lack of artefacts/ecofacts. However, new techniques can overcome some of these constraints, allowing us to re-engage with theoretical debates around agricultural intensification. Starting from neo-Broserupian propositions, we can engage with the sociopolitical and environmental aspects of terrace emergence, maintenance and abandonment. Non-reductionist avenues include identifying and dating different phases of development within single terrace systems, identifying a full crop-range, and other activities not generally associated with terraces (e.g. metallurgy). The proposition here is that terraces are a multi-facetted investment that includes both intensification and diversification and can occur under a range of social conditions but which constitutes a response to demographic pressure in the face to fluctuating environmental conditions.
Competing Interests: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
(© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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