Historical Archaeologies of Transhumance Across Europe

ISBN-13: 9780815380320 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 268 str.

Eugene Costello; Eva Svensson

Opis

Transhumance, the movement of people and livestock between environmental zones, has formed an important aspect of many European farming systems for several thousand years, although they have declined markedly since the 19^th century.

This volume focusses on the archaeology of seasonal sites used by shepherds and cowherds, although the contributions are interdisciplinarity, bringing together documentary, cartographic, ethnographic and palaeoecological evidence. The book will appeal not only to archaeologists, but to historians, geographers, ethnographers, palaeoecologists and anyone interested in rural lifeways across Europe.