Reconstructing past terrace fields in the Pyrenees: Insights into land management and settlement from the Bronze Age to the Early Modern era at Vilalta (1650 masl, Cerdagne, France)
Christine Rendu
(1)
,
Olivier Passarrius
(2, 3)
,
Carine Calastrenc
(1)
,
Ramon Julia
(4)
,
Muriel Llubes
(5)
,
Pauline Illes
(3)
,
Pierre Campmajo
(6, 7)
,
Clara Jodry
,
Denis Crabol
(6)
,
Elisabeth Bille
(1)
,
Marc Conesa
(1)
,
Delphine Bousquet
(7)
,
Véronique Lallemand
(8)
1
FRAMESPA -
France, Amériques, Espagne,Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs
2 CRESEM - Centre de Recherche sur les Sociétés et Environnements en Méditerranées
3 Service archéologique Départemental des Pyrénées-Orientales
4 Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera
5 GET - Géosciences Environnement Toulouse
6 Groupe de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques de Cerdagne
7 TRACES - Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés
8 SRA Languedoc-Roussillon - Service Régional de l'Archéologie du Languedoc-Roussillon
2 CRESEM - Centre de Recherche sur les Sociétés et Environnements en Méditerranées
3 Service archéologique Départemental des Pyrénées-Orientales
4 Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera
5 GET - Géosciences Environnement Toulouse
6 Groupe de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques de Cerdagne
7 TRACES - Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés
8 SRA Languedoc-Roussillon - Service Régional de l'Archéologie du Languedoc-Roussillon
Christine Rendu
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Carine Calastrenc
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Muriel Llubes
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Pierre Campmajo
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Clara Jodry
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Elisabeth Bille
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Marc Conesa
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Delphine Bousquet
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Véronique Lallemand
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Résumé
The building of a solar power station at Thémis, at 1650 masl on the south-facing slope of the Carlit massif in the eastern Pyrenees, led to an archaeological evaluation from April-June 2009. This evaluation covered a surface of 10 ha that included a medieval village as well as the surrounding agricultural land in terraces. Non-destructive archaeological methods were used for the village. A detailed study of the 6 ha of terraces began with a fieldwalking survey, mapping every visible feature, followed by systematic trial trenches. Fifty-five trenches, 11 in the village and 44 in the fields, were opened. The stratigraphies were then compared with a series of 22 radiocarbon dates and eight relative dates provided by ceramic typologies. This combination of surface and buried evidence supported our preliminary hypothesis about the dynamics of the slope. The results suggest the existence of agrarian features beginning in the Bronze Age and reveal that the field patterns were frequently transformed, both in the Medieval and Early Modern periods. The transformations in the terrace fields after the village was abandoned are as interesting as those during occupation because, contrary to the idea of a fixed, unchanging landscape after the end of the Middle Ages, they challenge the idea that mountain zones are marginal spaces by nature, or were marginalized later.
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Reconstructing past terrace fields in the Pyrenees: Insights into land management and settlement from the Bronze Age to the Early Modern era at Vilalta (1650 masl, Cerdagne, France)
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Résumé |
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The building of a solar power station at Thémis, at 1650 masl on the south-facing slope of the Carlit massif in the eastern Pyrenees, led to an archaeological evaluation from April-June 2009. This evaluation covered a surface of 10 ha that included a medieval village as well as the surrounding agricultural land in terraces. Non-destructive archaeological methods were used for the village. A detailed study of the 6 ha of terraces began with a fieldwalking survey, mapping every visible feature, followed by systematic trial trenches. Fifty-five trenches, 11 in the village and 44 in the fields, were opened. The stratigraphies were then compared with a series of 22 radiocarbon dates and eight relative dates provided by ceramic typologies. This combination of surface and buried evidence supported our preliminary hypothesis about the dynamics of the slope. The results suggest the existence of agrarian features beginning in the Bronze Age and reveal that the field patterns were frequently transformed, both in the Medieval and Early Modern periods. The transformations in the terrace fields after the village was abandoned are as interesting as those during occupation because, contrary to the idea of a fixed, unchanging landscape after the end of the Middle Ages, they challenge the idea that mountain zones are marginal spaces by nature, or were marginalized later.
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Auteur(s) |
Christine Rendu
1
, Olivier Passarrius
2, 3
, Carine Calastrenc
1
, Ramon Julia
4
, Muriel Llubes
5
, Pauline Illes
3
, Pierre Campmajo
6, 7
, Clara Jodry
, Denis Crabol
6
, Elisabeth Bille
1
, Marc Conesa
1
, Delphine Bousquet
7
, Véronique Lallemand
8
1
FRAMESPA -
France, Amériques, Espagne,Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs
( 620 )
- Maison de la Recherche 5, allées Antonio Machado 31058 Toulouse Cedex 9
- France
2
CRESEM -
Centre de Recherche sur les Sociétés et Environnements en Méditerranées
( 420086 )
- 52 avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan cedex 9
- France
3
Service archéologique Départemental des Pyrénées-Orientales
( 363745 )
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- France
4
Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera
( 226253 )
- Barcelona
- Espagne
5
GET -
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse
( 151875 )
- Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées 14 Avenue Edouard Belin 31400 Toulouse
- France
6
Groupe de Recherches Archéologiques et Historiques de Cerdagne
( 208312 )
- France
7
TRACES -
Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés
( 44675 )
- Maison de la Recherche, 5 allée Antonio Machado 31058 TOULOUSE Cedex 9
- France
8
SRA Languedoc-Roussillon -
Service Régional de l'Archéologie du Languedoc-Roussillon
( 102745 )
- 5, rue de la salle l'Evêque 34967 Montpellier cedex 2
- France
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Licence |
Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2015
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Date de publication électronique |
2015-06-16
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Volume |
40
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Numéro |
4
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Page/Identifiant |
461-480
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URL éditeur |
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/yjfa20
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Projet(s) ANR |
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
en
landscape archaeology, mountain, terrace, settlement, offsite dating
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DOI | 10.1179/2042458215Y.0000000002 |
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