Chiara Molinari
Postdoctoral fellow
Insediamenti e risorse dell’allevamento nell’Appennino Ligure (XVII-XX secolo)
Author
Editor
- Marco Avanzini
- Isabella Salvador
Summary, in English
Abstract in Italian
The study presented here is part of a wider context of historical ecology and rural archaeology research projects carried out by the Laboratorio di Archeologia e Storia Ambientale (LASA, Dafist-Distav) of Genoa University. In particular, our contribution is focused on the reconstruction of agricultural practices connected to the historical transformation of breeding systems in the Ligurian and north-eastern Italian mountains since the second half of XIX century. The close connection between changes in agricultural systems (including animal breeding) and the overall settlements’ and inhabitants’ historical transformations is also underlined. The different methodologies are illustrated by two case-studies belonging to transhumance movements widespread in the Ligurian landscape. The first one, Casanova di Rovegno, was characterised by wooded-meadow pastures used during the summer season, while the second one, Riomaggiore, allowed to document evidences of sweet chestnut grove utilised for winter pastures. Based on the discussion of the case studies, this contribution will discuss also the problems connected to the identification of specific markers (archaeological and palynological) of pastoral practices, and of the suitable exchange between the several sources of investigation taken into consideration.
The study presented here is part of a wider context of historical ecology and rural archaeology research projects carried out by the Laboratorio di Archeologia e Storia Ambientale (LASA, Dafist-Distav) of Genoa University. In particular, our contribution is focused on the reconstruction of agricultural practices connected to the historical transformation of breeding systems in the Ligurian and north-eastern Italian mountains since the second half of XIX century. The close connection between changes in agricultural systems (including animal breeding) and the overall settlements’ and inhabitants’ historical transformations is also underlined. The different methodologies are illustrated by two case-studies belonging to transhumance movements widespread in the Ligurian landscape. The first one, Casanova di Rovegno, was characterised by wooded-meadow pastures used during the summer season, while the second one, Riomaggiore, allowed to document evidences of sweet chestnut grove utilised for winter pastures. Based on the discussion of the case studies, this contribution will discuss also the problems connected to the identification of specific markers (archaeological and palynological) of pastoral practices, and of the suitable exchange between the several sources of investigation taken into consideration.
Publishing year
2014
Language
Italian
Pages
9-30
Publication/Series
Antichi pastori: sopravvivenze, tradizione orale, storia, tracce nel paesaggio e archeologia
Volume
1
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
MUSE
Topic
- Physical Geography
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-88-531-0027-6