Theme:
7. Archaeology of Sustainability through World Crises, Climate Change and War
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Agro-silvo-pastoral practices and meeting points in upper montane regions. Creating and preserving community bonds
Content:
Upper montane regions have been significant for the survival of human communities, their economic output, and their social interactions. These areas encompass uninhabited zones with cyclical gatherings involving exchange, pilgrimages, and other activities. These places are key meeting points on the landscape to understanding how communities interact and reinforce bonds.
Recent changes in environmental resource uses and social structures have led these communities to abandon the long-practiced activities in these places. Still, many locales continue to hold religious and ritual purposes for enduring community practices. In addition, several lines of evidence point to these places as points on the landscape for negotiation to settle disagreements and forge alliances throughout time. This, therefore, demands an archaeological lens.
This session is intended as a forum for interdisciplinary discussion on these places, following instances of mountain areas all over the world. The aim is to explore the dynamics of meeting places throughout history, as well as to analyze their role in the development of community and supra-community senses of belonging. Proposals must have a diachronic approach and may be multidisciplinary —whether from social or environmental sciences. In addition, the session will accept proposals using research with new methodologies and approaches as well as essays on conservation and future sustainability.
Keywords:
Agrarian Archaeology, Agro-silvo pastoral practices, Upper mountain areas, Meeting points, Interact places, Environmental approaches
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Patricia Aparicio Martínez (Canada) 1,2
Co-organisers:
José Alberto Delgado Arcos (Spain) 3
Luis Miguel Rebollar Flecha (Spain) 3
Andrés Menéndez Blanco (Spain) 3
Affiliations:
1. University of Toronto
2. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
3. Universidad de Oviedo
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