European agricultural terraces and lynchets: from archaeological theory to heritage management
| Autor: | Sara Cucchiaro, Daniel J. Fallu, Paolo Tarolli, Antony G. Brown, Kevin Walsh |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
Archeology Social condition 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Terrace (agriculture) landscape change Diversification (marketing strategy) VDP::Humaniora: 000::Arkeologi: 090 01 natural sciences remote sensing agricultural sustainability Cultural heritage management population density 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 2. Zero hunger business.industry Agricultural intensification Abandonment (legal) Environmental resource management Articles 15. Life on land terrace classification Geography Agriculture VDP::Humanities: 000::Archeology: 090 General Earth and Planetary Sciences business Research Article Archaeological theory |
| Zdroj: | World Archaeology article-version (VoR) Version of Record |
| ISSN: | 1470-1375 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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