Overview
People and Agrarian Landscapes aims to offer the reader a series of keys to understand why agrarian archaeology has become one of the most dynamic, experimental, and innovative sectors of the discipline in southern Europe, providing an overview of the driving theories, methodologies and main topics that have been addressed to date. In this way, the text is presented as an introduction for students, a critical reading guide for other scholars, and an informative instrument aimed at a wide audience. Most of the results of agrarian archaeology are to be found in highly specialized journals and venues that are not always easily accessible, and thus the volume presents the works, tools, and conceptual frameworks that have been developed by some of the main research groups active in the south of Western Europe to study rural societies throughout history, considering the materiality of agricultural activities.
Full Product Details
Author: Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo (Professor of Archaeology, University of the Basque Country) ,
Josu Narbarte Hernández (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Burgos)
Publisher: Archaeopress
Imprint: Archaeopress Access Archaeology
Weight: 0.781kg
ISBN: 9781803274379
ISBN 10: 1803274379
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 06 April 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Reviews
'In summary, this cohesive and rewarding volume presents very interesting overviews of some of the most significant and current trends in Agrarian Archaeology which have emerged in parts of the Mediterranean West: it highlights the methodological and theoretical tools and strategies needed for studying pre-industrial societies effectively, and it shows how we need to recognise that modern landscapes are a material product of and link to the past and, accordingly, we should understand these equally alongside developing a fuller awareness of present-day agrarian policies and issues (whether threats, sustainability, losses and climate impacts).' – Pilar Diarte-Blasco (2023): Medieval Archaeology vol 67.2
Author Information
Juan Antonio Quirós Castillo is Professor of Archaeology at the University of the Basque Country. His principal interests are focused on landscapes, social archaeology and historical archaeologies. He has directed several projects devoted to the study of early medieval local societies, social complexity and inequality. As a result, he has published several volumes on these topics, including Social Inequality in Early Medieval Europe Local Societies and Beyond (Brepols 2020). Josu Narbarte Hernández is a Margarita Salas fellow researcher at the University of the Basque Country. His research interests regard the long-term historical and geoarchaeological characterisation of agrarian landscapes, based on a multi-proxy methodological approach. He has recently undertaken a research project on the evolution of the estuarine landscapes of the Basque coast.
