Scholarlink

<p>Research on Mediterranean mountain landscapes continues to be challenged by limited empirical knowledge and the persistence of traditional assumptions, such as their alleged isolation, statism and marginality. We present the results of a multiproxy and multiscale study in the Varica Virtudes mountain (Taibilla River Basin, southwestern Iberian Peninsula), integrating landscape studies and archaeological excavation, microstratigraphic techniques, phytoliths, pollen and anthracology. The results identify a long-term human occupation, from the end of the third to the mid-first millennia BCE. This surpasses the usual detection of short occupation sequences in mountain landscapes and includes chronological periods with less visibility. The results also show changes in the use of this space. During the Bronze Age we identified pastoral activities, including animal grazing and foraging. However, the Iron Age occupation is defined by a cyclical domestic occupation, with phases of use, destruction (including conflagration events) and abandonment. This points to long-term and dynamic use of Varica Virtudes landscape, with complex patterns of human-environment interactions that shaped the settlement patterns and spatial organization of these mountain communities.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Long term dynamics in a mediterranean mountainous landscape. Exploring land use and social strategies in Varica Virtudes (2nd-1st millennia BCE, Southeastern Iberia)

  • 期刊论文

  • 出版模式：

    开放获取

  • 发表日期：

    2026年4月2日

查看全文
  • Susana González Reyero,
  • Mario Gutiérrez Rodríguez,
  • José Antonio López-Sáez,
  • Sebastián Pérez Díaz,
  • Marta Portillo,
  • Mónica Ruiz Alonso,
  • Francisco Javier Sánchez-Palencia Ramos

摘要

Research on Mediterranean mountain landscapes continues to be challenged by limited empirical knowledge and the persistence of traditional assumptions, such as their alleged isolation, statism and marginality. We present the results of a multiproxy and multiscale study in the Varica Virtudes mountain (Taibilla River Basin, southwestern Iberian Peninsula), integrating landscape studies and archaeological excavation, microstratigraphic techniques, phytoliths, pollen and anthracology. The results identify a long-term human occupation, from the end of the third to the mid-first millennia BCE. This surpasses the usual detection of short occupation sequences in mountain landscapes and includes chronological periods with less visibility. The results also show changes in the use of this space. During the Bronze Age we identified pastoral activities, including animal grazing and foraging. However, the Iron Age occupation is defined by a cyclical domestic occupation, with phases of use, destruction (including conflagration events) and abandonment. This points to long-term and dynamic use of Varica Virtudes landscape, with complex patterns of human-environment interactions that shaped the settlement patterns and spatial organization of these mountain communities.