LEGACIES OF CHANGE: THE SHAPING OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES IN A MARGINAL MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAIN RANGE, THE GARRAF MASSIF, NORTH-EASTERN SPAIN

Authors: EJARQUE, ANA; ORENGO, HECTOR A.

Source: Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 28, Number 4, November 2009 , pp. 425-440(16)

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Abstract:

Summary

Human conceptions of landscape have influenced the shaping of landscapes as much as landscape configurations have modelled human perceptions. In this article a new theoretical approach to long-term cumulative landscape change is tested on the Garraf Massif (Baix Llobregat, north-eastern Spain). Thanks to its ancient occupation, physical character and location near to the city of Barcelona, the area provides a good illustration of how human-induced landscape change has shaped new, and sometimes conflicting, landscape perceptions. These perceptions then play an equally active role in altering the previously `inherited landscape' in a long-term cyclical process that can be studied through the combined use of historical, palaeoenvironmental and archaeological records.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2009.00336.x

Affiliations: 1: Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC)Pl. Rovellat s/n43003 TarragonaSPAIN : horengo@icac.net, Email: aejarque@icac.netE-mail

Publication date: 2009-11-01