Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees: An interdisciplinary approach

JM García-Ruiz, G Tomás-Faci, P Diarte-Blasco… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
A key problem in explaining the mountain landscapes of the Mediterranean region is the
relationship between the development of transhumance (seasonal movement of livestock …

Prehistoric impact on landscape and vegetation at high altitudes: an integrated palaeoecological and archaeological approach in the eastern Pyrenees (Perafita …

Y Miras, A Ejarque, H Orengo, SR Mora, JM Palet… - Plant …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental study (pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs-NPP,
macrocharcoal particles) of a small fen located in the Perafita valley (2240 m asl, eastern …

[HTML][HTML] Shifting occupation dynamics in the Madriu–Perafita–Claror valleys (Andorra) from the early Neolithic to the Chalcolithic: the onset of high mountain cultural …

HA Orengo, JM Palet, A Ejarque, Y Miras… - Quaternary International, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Madriu–Perafita–Claror valleys (MPCV)(Eastern Pyrenees, Andorra) were the
focus of a multidisciplinary microregional landscape research project that aimed to study the …

Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy?

HA Orengo, JM Palet, A Ejarque, Y Miras, S Riera - Antiquity, 2013 - cambridge.org
The authors' research project in the Pyrenees mountains has located and excavated Roman
kilns for producing pitch from pine resin. Their investigations reveal a whole sustainable …

Behind the steps of ancient sheep mobility in Iberia: new insights from a geometric morphometric approach

L Colominas, A Evin, J Burch, P Campmajó… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract In Western Europe, the transition from the middle Iron Age to the early Roman
period implied changes in livestock practices, with the emergence of a specialized and …

Spatial distribution of megalithic monuments in the subalpine belt of the Pyrenees: Interpretation and implications for understanding early landscape transformation

L Montes, M Sebastián, R Domingo, S Beguería… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Using a database of all the catalogued dolmens and stone circles in six Pyrenean valleys,
we investigated the distribution of these megalithic monuments on the basis of elevation …

An Archaeological Approach to the brañas: summer farms in the pastures of the Cantabrian Mountains (northern Spain)

D González Álvarez, M Fernández Mier… - 2016 - digital.csic.es
The pastures of the Cantabrian Mountains have constituted an important resource for the
subsistence strategies of their inhabitants, from the Neolithic to the present day. Seasonal …

What happened in the highlands? Characterising Pyrenean livestock practices during the transition from the Iron Age to the Roman period

L Colominas, JM Palet, A Garcia-Molsosa - … and Anthropological Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Abundant literature shows that on Western European lowlands, the transition from the
Middle Iron Age to the early Roman period involved major changes in livestock practices …

L'explotació dels territoris pirinencs orientals en època antiga (s. VI-I ane)

OO Vila, OM i Fernández - Treballs d'arqueologia, 2017 - revistes.uab.cat
El treball presenta, de manera sintètica, els resultats dels treballs arqueològics realitzats en
els darrers anys al Pirineu Oriental, especialment a la Cerdanya però també en altres …

Pràctiques ramaderes a la plana de la Cerdanya entre els segles iii ane-iii ne: més que pernae

LC Barberà - Treballs d'Arqueologia, 2017 - raco.cat
L'article pretén analitzar l'evolució de les pràctiques ramaderes a la plana de la Cerdanya
durant l'Antiguitat (segles III ane–III ne). Tot i l'escassetat de les dades disponibles en …