UID:
almahu_9949707679502882
Format:
1 online resource (144 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781803271293
Content:
A collection of papers, mostly arising from the Newcastle and Durham conference of the International Association of Landscape Archaeology (2018), explore the practice, impact and archaeology of British and European transhumance, the seasonal grazing of marginal lands by domesticated livestock, usually accompanied by people, often young women.
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- About Access Archeology -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: the recognition of transhumance in Britain Mark Bowden and Pete Herring -- 2. Evidence for transhumance in British prehistory Mark Bowden -- 3. 'Frequently the winter grazing grounds are many miles away from the summer ones' M. Pasquinucci -- 4. The TraTTo project: paths and pastures from prehistory to modern times in Southern Tuscany -- 5. Response diversity and the evolution of pastoral landscapes in the western Pyrenees Gragson et al -- 6. Smart ways through the downs Lea, English and Tapper -- 7. Extremes of British transhumance Pete Herring -- 8. Intangible cultural heritage of transhumance landscapes Bele et al.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Bowden, Mark Transhumance: Papers from the International Association of Landscape Archaeology Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne 2018 Oxford : Archaeopress,c2021 ISBN 9781803271286
Language:
English
Keywords:
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