Resumo
This paper focuses on the study of the temporality of pastoral practices in mountain landscapes during the 20th and 19th centuries, which ethnographers have recorded. By demonstrating the dynamism of agropastoral communities during long-term chronologies, we challenge the timeless image assumed in the narratives of ancient pastoralism.This presentation introduces the preliminary results of our archaeological surveys and excavations in Sierra del Suido (Galicia) and Sobrarbe (Aragon Pyrenean). In the first study zone, we recorded about 100 archaeological sites related to husbandry in the last centuries. Moreover, an excavation at one of these sites, Casariños, has uncovered an occupation sequence of three moments. The preliminary material analysis shows a chronology between the 16th and 18th centuries. In Sobrarbe, at the Mallatas de Albella shepherds' site, we have discovered a level of occupation with insights into pastoralism, and the pottery suggests a post-medieval chronology. These advances help us to understand the social construction of mountain landscapes in northern Iberia through seasonal pastoral practices.
Palabras chave
Archaeology. Post-medieval. Pastoral landscapes.