Archaeology of Mountain Landscapes: Interdisciplinary Research Strategies of Agr

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Explores mountain regions as cultural landscapes that have been shaped by long-term human-environment interactions.

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Mountains contain a rich and diverse set of remnants left by human societies. They have been inhabited since prehistory and have been transformed by human activity during prehistorical and historical times, and that history defines mountain landscapes as we know them today. Archaeology of Mountain Landscapes contains twenty contributions by forty-one specialists currently researching mountain areas in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The different case studies address the subject diachronically, ranging from prehistory to modern times, and employ a variety of methodological strategies, including archaeological surveys and excavation, paleoenvironmental studies, and historical and ethnographical research.This volume demonstrates how multidisciplinary archaeological fieldwork is radically changing our vision of mountain landscapes. Viewing mountain landscapes as archaeological documents contributes to our understanding of the history of mountain environments and offers new archaeological datasets to use in the interpretation of human societies. Taken together, the essays collected here offer a comprehensive view of current research and suggest new directions for future study.

Author Biography

Arnau Garcia-Molsosa is a Researcher at the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology in Spain.

Table of Contents

Illustrations1. Mountain Landscapes: The Archaeological PerspectiveArnau Garcia-Molsosa2. Steps Lost: Mountains as Sacred Topographies? Felipe Criado-Boado (with Ana Ruíz-Blanch in section 4)3. Toward an Anthropology of Sacred MountainsPhillips Stevens Jr.4. An Integrated Approach to the Archaeology of a Sacred Mountain: Sacred Geography, Mobile Pastoralism, and Longue Duree in the Mongolian Altai Mountains Cecilia Dal Zovo5. The Mountainscape of the Peak Sanctuary at Leska on Kythera Mercourios Georgiadis6. Exploring Seasonal Transhumance of Hunter-Gatherers and Neolithic Pastoralists in Poland's High Tatras and Foothill Lowlands: Applying Landscape Archaeology Methodologies from the Colorado Rockies to the Western Carpathians Robert H. Brunswig and Pawel Valde-Nowak7. The Onset of Alpine Pastoral Systems in the Eastern AlpsKlaus D. Oeggl, Daniela Festi, and Andreas Putzer8. Central Alpine Environments as Mountain Cultural Landscapes from Prehistory to Contemporary Past Franco Nicolis9. Mountain Archaeology of the Bronze Age Caucasus: From Vertical Pastoralism to Combined Mountain Economy and Mountain Farming Sabine Reinhold, Andrey B. Belinskiy, and Dmitrij S. Korobov10. Landscape Archaeology in Eastern Pyrenees High Mountain Areas (Segre and Ter Valleys, Northeast Iberian Peninsula): Human Activities in the Shaping of Mountain Cultural LandscapesJosep M. Palet, Hèctor A. Orengo, Arnau Garcia-Molsosa, Tania Polonio, Ana Ejarque, Yannick Miras, and Santiago Riera11. Southern Norway's Mountain Landscapes: Between National Romantic Legends and the Political Economy of Agropastoralism Christopher Prescott and Lene Melheim12. Comparison between Medieval and Modern Landscape: The Impact of Pastoral Activities in South Greenland Emilie Gauthier13. Neolithic Penetration of the European Mid-Mountains Pawel Valde-Nowak14. Addressing the Complexity of the Paleoenvironmental Impact of Prehistoric Settlement and Protohistoric Urbanism in the Auvergne Mountains (Massif Central, France) Yannick Miras, Michela Mariani, Florian Couderc, Marlène Lavrieux, and Paul M. Ledger15. Holocene Anthropization of Mid-elevation Landscapes around Pic d'Orhy, Western PyreneesMichael R. Coughlan, David S. Leigh, Paul M. Ledger, and Mélanie Le Couédic16. Highlands and Lowlands—Different Landscapes, Different Archaeologies? A Diachronic Micro-regional Case Study from the Western Taurus Mountains (Southwest Turkey) Ralf Vandam, Eva Kaptijn, Patrick T. Willett, and Jeroen Poblome17. Developing a Systematic Approach to the Archaeological Study of Mountain Landscapes: The Raganello Basin Experience Martijn van Leusen, Wieke de Neef, and Jan Sevink18. Agropastoralism in a Dispersed Village, Mountain Economy: Results of the Shala Valley Project, Northern Albania Michael L. Galaty19. The Inka Landscape of Cusco and the Watanay Valley: Territorial Patterns in Andean CitiesJosé Alejandro Beltrán-Caballero and Ricardo Mar20. On the Supposed Marginality of Mountain Areas Hèctor A. OrengoContributors Index

Details ISBN1438489889 Author Arnau Garcia-Molsosa Pages 434 Publisher State University of New York Press Series SUNY series, The Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology Distinguished Monograph Series Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781438489889 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-04-02 Imprint State University of New York Press Subtitle Interdisciplinary Research Strategies of Agro-Pastoralism in Upland Regions Place of Publication Albany, NY Country of Publication United States Alternative 9781438489872 Edited by Arnau Garcia-Molsosa DEWEY 304.209143 Illustrations Total Illustrations: 132 Audience General US Release Date 2024-04-02 We've got this

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