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Este proyecto está centrado en el estudio de los espacios y de las prácticas campesinas de la localidad de Santa Cruz, en Valle Viejo, provincia de Catamarca, Argentina, en el contexto de la conquista y colonización española, entre los... more
Este proyecto está centrado en el estudio de los espacios y de las prácticas campesinas de la localidad de Santa Cruz, en Valle Viejo, provincia de Catamarca, Argentina, en el contexto de la conquista y colonización española, entre los siglos XVI y XVIII. Esta investigación, en un estadio inicial, se enmarca en un programa de estudio comparativo, consistente en describir y explicar los efectos que las colonizaciones hispánicas tuvieron en diferentes sistemas campesinos en el momento de las conquistas. Los casos trabajados hasta el momento se ubican en diferentes zonas del sur de España, de Gran Canaria, y del Noroeste argentino. En este artículo se presentan los objetivos del proyecto, los primeros resultados, relacionados principalmente con el sistema de irrigación, y las perspectivas de desarrollo de esta investigación. Palabras claves: Catamarca, irrigación, conquista, colonización. Our research project focuses on the study of the farming areas and practices of the Argentinian town of Santa Cruz (Valle Viejo, province of Catamarca), in the context of the Spanish conquest and colonization of the region between the 16 th and the 18 th centuries. Although this project is still at an early stage, it is part of a larger research program that studies and compares the impact of Spanish colonialism on the various peasant farming systems it subdued. The case studies that have been gathered to date are located in different areas in Southern Spain, in Gran Canaria, and in the Northwest of Argentina. Throughout the following pages we explain the specific objectives of our research in Santa Cruz, present the early results we have obtained-especially concerned with the irrigation system-and, finally, layout the future development of the project.
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The first aim of this paper is to address the question of the apparent survival of old Andalusi water distribution systems after the feudal conquest, in a context in which the new social order brought about substantial changes in the... more
The first aim of this paper is to address the question of the apparent survival of old Andalusi water distribution systems after the feudal conquest, in a context in which the new social order brought about substantial changes in the productive preferences. For this reason, we shall focus first on the water distribution systems in the huerta of Casarabonela after the Castilian conquest of 1485. Other examples, from the Kingdom of Granada, conquered in the 15th century; and the Balearic Islands, Valencia and Murcia, which were conquered earlier (13th century), will also be examined. As we shall presently see, the evidence shows that, both before and after the conquest, there was a wide variety of water distribution systems, although some patterns may be recognised. Following this, the chronology and context of the transformations undergone by the aforementioned examples is analysed. Finally, we attempt to compare the Iberian examples with others from the Canary Islands and the American continent. Although this comparison will be necessarily basic, it is aimed at developing one aspect within a much broader issue which has been paid little attention to date: the comparison of the new agrarian orders resulting form the late medieval and early modern Iberian, Atlantic and American conquests. Obviously, this analysis implies forfeiting the conventional academic distinction between medieval and modern history and also abandoning the notion that the so-called “reconquest” was an Iberian “internal affair,” which can be considered to have been closed by 1492, and separated from the later Atlantic and American conquest and colonisation
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Abstract We present the results of research undertaken in the Genal Valley (Málaga, Spain), where Morisco and Castilian peasants coexisted for most of the 16th century. Our analysis of the written record, which was combined with... more
Abstract We present the results of research undertaken in the Genal Valley (Málaga, Spain), where Morisco and Castilian peasants coexisted for most of the 16th century. Our analysis of the written record, which was combined with fieldwork, enabled us to identify the agricultural areas used by both communities. Our examination of the distribution of land ownership has revealed that Morisco and Castilian fields formed separate compact blocks, and that the larger and flatter plots of land were owned by Castilians. We have also noted that the property of Moriscos tended to be fragmented into small plots, which must have prevented any single Morisco landowner from amassing large, compact blocks of land. The expulsion of the Moriscos in 1570 triggered a tendency towards the concentration of land in fewer hands.
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Actas del II congreso internacional de historia de la Serranía de Ronda: Entre al-Ándalus y los inicios de la Edad Moderna. Siglos VIII-XVI / Virgilio Martínez Enamorado (ed. lit.) , Francisco Siles Guerrero (ed. lit.), 2019, ISBN... more
Actas del II congreso internacional de historia de la Serranía de Ronda: Entre al-Ándalus y los inicios de la Edad Moderna. Siglos VIII-XVI / Virgilio Martínez Enamorado (ed. lit.) , Francisco Siles Guerrero (ed. lit.), 2019, ISBN 978-84-15588-36-8, págs. 259-290
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Resumen: En los últimos años se han realizado estudios sobre varias poblaciones en la Serranía de Ronda durante los siglos XV-XVI. Se ha puesto especial interés en analizar desde la historia agraria las prácticas campesinas en aquellas... more
Resumen: En los últimos años se han realizado estudios sobre varias poblaciones en la Serranía de Ronda durante los siglos XV-XVI. Se ha puesto especial interés en analizar desde la historia agraria las prácticas campesinas en aquellas localidades donde la población originaria, mudéjar y luego morisca, coexistió con grupos de colonos castellanos hasta 1570. Aplicando la metodología de la arqueología agraria, y utilizando la documentación escrita castellana, se pueden hacer preguntas específicas sobre la distribución espacial de los campos de cultivo, las estrategias productivas, los tamaños de las propiedades, la propiedad de la tierra, etc. Los análisis realizados sobre las localidades serranas de Tolox, Casarabonela, Igualeja y la antigua alquería de Moclón (término de Júzcar) muestran una variedad de situaciones que reflejan la dialéctica entre diferentes órdenes campesinos, entre las prácticas de tradición andalusí y el modelo aportado por la colonización castellana. summaRy: Recently, studies have been conducted on various populations in the Serranía de Ronda during the 15th-16th centuries. Special attention has been paid to analyzing, as an aspect of agrarian history, farming practices in those localities where the native population, Mudejar and then Moorish, coexisted with groups of Castilian settlers until the year 1570. Applying the methodology of agrarian archeology, and using the Castilian written records , specific questions can be asked about the spatial distribution of crop fields, production strategies, property sizes, land ownership, etc. The analyses carried out using the mountain towns of Tolox, Casarabonela, Igualeja and the former Moclón farmhouse (Júzcar district) show a variety of situations that reflect the dialectic between different farmer communities, between Andalusian tradition practices and the model provided by the Castilian colonization.
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the distribution of the agricultural fields in the alquería of Moclón (Málaga. Spain) after the Castilian conquest of 1485. Moclón was populated by seven morisco neighbors and five Castilian settlers... more
The aim of this paper is to analyze the distribution of the agricultural fields in the alquería of Moclón (Málaga. Spain) after the Castilian conquest of 1485. Moclón was populated by seven morisco neighbors and five Castilian settlers during the sixteenth century, until the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1570. The study of written evidence and the archaeological survey have permitted us to locate the fields of both communities. Clearly, there were segregated areas of irrigated and dry fields. The internal distribution of the Moriscos’ fields is also analyzed. Finally, some explanations for this segregation are put forward.
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Th. Glick desarrolló la noción de ‘ultraestabilitat’, aplicada a los sistema de distribución del agua medievales y modernos. También postuló la necesidad de explorar la dimensión arqueológica de los procedimientos de reparto del agua.... more
Th. Glick desarrolló la noción de ‘ultraestabilitat’, aplicada a los sistema de distribución del agua medievales y modernos. También postuló la necesidad de explorar la dimensión arqueológica de los procedimientos de reparto del agua. Esta dimensión arqueológica debe de tener en cuenta la rigidez de los sistemas hidráulicos planteada por Miquel Barceló, en el caso de los espacios irrigados andalusíes. ¿Hasta qué punto pudieron mantenerse estables los antiguos procedimientos operativos andalusíes en el contexto de las nuevas orientaciones agrícolas forzadas después de las conquistas cristianas? ¿Cómo podrían haber sido alterados los procedimientos preexistentes sin que ello hubiera afectado al funcionamiento del sistema? En este artículo se exploran los límites de la estabilidad propugnada por Glick, teniendo en cuenta el caso de Casarabonela (Málaga), una villa del antiguo Reino de Granada, después de la conquista castellana del siglo XV.
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1 Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics (CaSEs), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Institució Milà i Fontanals, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, SPAIN 2 GRC Geociències Marines
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1 Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics (CaSEs), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Institució Milà i Fontanals, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, SPAIN 2 GRC Geociències Marines
Departament d'Estratigrafia, P. i Geociències Marines,
Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, SPAIN 3 Geographisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, GERMANY 4 Arqueologia Agrària de l’Edad Mitjana (ARAEM), Departament de Ciències de l'Antiguitat i l'Edat Mitjana, Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Cerdanyola, SPAIN
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This study shows the technical conditions of the construction of permanent cultivated fields on a slope and discuss the components that permitted the combination of pastures, arable land and meadows: earthworks, water management and land... more
This study shows the technical conditions of the construction of permanent cultivated fields on a slope and discuss the components that permitted the combination of pastures, arable land and meadows: earthworks, water management and land husbandry.
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Ballesteros Arias, P.; Kirchner, H.; Fernández Mier, M.; Ortega Ortega, J.; Quirós Castillo, J.A.; Retamero, F.; Sitjes, E.; Torró, J.; Vigil-Escalera Guirado, A. Por una arqueología agraria de las sociedades medievales hispánicas. Propuesta de un protocolo de investigación. En H. Kirchner (ed.) Por una arqueología agraria: perpectivas de investigación sobre espacios de cultivo en las sociedades medievales hispánicas. BAR International Series, Archeopress, Oxford. 2010, p. 185-202more
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REFERENCES on AGRICULTURAL TERRACES (Spain). This document will be reviewed and updated annually at: http://www.uv.es/cide (Environmental Planning Department / Products)
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REFERENCES on AGRICULTURAL TERRACES (Spain). This document will be reviewed and updated annually at: http://www.uv.es/cide (Environmental Planning Department / Products)
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Este artículo trata de algunas piezas de cobre (fulūs) acuñadas entre del siglo I H y las primeras décadas del II H (VII-VIII d. C.). y halladas recientemente en Mallorca, Ibiza y Menorca. Esta evidencia numismática, junto con la... more
Este artículo trata de algunas piezas de cobre (fulūs) acuñadas entre del siglo I H y las primeras décadas del II H (VII-VIII d. C.). y halladas recientemente en Mallorca, Ibiza y Menorca. Esta evidencia numismática, junto con la proporcionada por un conjunto de piezas depositado en el Museu de Menorca, permite plantear cuestiones sobre la datación y el contenido de los pactos establecidos entre los andalusíes y los habitantes de las islas antes del año 902 d. C, fecha de la expedición de conquista de ‛Iṣām al-Jawlānī.
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Estimada, estimado colega. Me complace enviarte la convocatoria de contratos predoctorales (FPI) vinculados a proyectos de investigación. Nuestro proyecto, ORDENES AGRARIOS Y CONQUISTAS IBERICAS. ESTUDIOS DESDE LA ARQUEOLOGIA HISTORICA... more
Estimada, estimado colega.
Me complace enviarte la convocatoria de contratos predoctorales (FPI) vinculados a proyectos de investigación. Nuestro proyecto, ORDENES AGRARIOS Y CONQUISTAS IBERICAS. ESTUDIOS DESDE LA ARQUEOLOGIA HISTORICA (HAR2017-82157-P), ofrece una plaza con una duración máxima de cuatro años, dirigida a estudiantes en disposición de matricularse en el programa de doctorado en Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), e interesadas en formarse y realizar una tesis doctoral sobre los paisajes y las prácticas campesinas en alguno de los contextos de conquista y colonización de la península ibérica, de las islas Canarias o del antiguo Virreinato del Perú (siglos XII-XVII), desde la perspectiva documental y arqueológica. Es recomendable que las personas que se postulen para esta plaza tengan un buen expediente académico.
Adjunto la normativa. El plazo de presentación de las solicitudes, por vía telemática, acaba el 29 de octubre, a las 15:00, hora peninsular española.
Gracias.
Un saludo cordial
Me complace enviarte la convocatoria de contratos predoctorales (FPI) vinculados a proyectos de investigación. Nuestro proyecto, ORDENES AGRARIOS Y CONQUISTAS IBERICAS. ESTUDIOS DESDE LA ARQUEOLOGIA HISTORICA (HAR2017-82157-P), ofrece una plaza con una duración máxima de cuatro años, dirigida a estudiantes en disposición de matricularse en el programa de doctorado en Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), e interesadas en formarse y realizar una tesis doctoral sobre los paisajes y las prácticas campesinas en alguno de los contextos de conquista y colonización de la península ibérica, de las islas Canarias o del antiguo Virreinato del Perú (siglos XII-XVII), desde la perspectiva documental y arqueológica. Es recomendable que las personas que se postulen para esta plaza tengan un buen expediente académico.
Adjunto la normativa. El plazo de presentación de las solicitudes, por vía telemática, acaba el 29 de octubre, a las 15:00, hora peninsular española.
Gracias.
Un saludo cordial
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Abans i fora de la senyorialització. Estudis sobre pràctiques i espais pagesos (segles V-XV)
20 i 27 de maig del 2022. Sala d’actes Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres. UAB
20 i 27 de maig del 2022. Sala d’actes Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres. UAB
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L’expansió europea al nord d’Àfrica i a les illes de l’Atlàntic oriental (segles XV-XVI)
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La ciutat islàmica occidental: casos de recerca arqueològica en ciutats abandonades
Els seminaris d'història i arqueologia medieval ‘Miquel Barceló’ són trobades anuals en les quals es presenten investigacions en curs i on es debat sobre qüestions rellevants en el camp de l'arqueologia i de la història medievals.... more
Els seminaris d'història i arqueologia medieval ‘Miquel Barceló’ són trobades anuals en les quals es presenten investigacions en curs i on es debat sobre qüestions rellevants en el camp de l'arqueologia i de la història medievals. És un fòrum de trobada d'investigadors amb experiència i novells, obert i especialment dirigit a estudiants de màster i de grau. Els temes tractats de manera prioritària en aquests seminaris tenen a veure, de manera general, amb les pagesies medievals, d'una banda, i amb els ordres polítics bastits en les diferents societats medievals, de l'altra. L'obra duta a terme pel professor Miquel Barceló durant quaranta anys, tant de recerca com de docència a la UAB, és una referència ineludible a l'hora de tractar aquests temes. Per això, el nom triat per aquests seminaris, que són un modest tribut a la seva obra.
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Abstract We present the results of research undertaken in the Genal Valley (Málaga, Spain), where Morisco and Castilian peasants coexisted for most of the 16th century. Our analysis of the written record, which was combined with... more
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We present the results of research undertaken in the Genal Valley (Málaga, Spain), where Morisco and Castilian peasants coexisted for most of the 16th century. Our analysis of the written record, which was combined with fieldwork, enabled us to identify the agricultural areas used by both communities. Our examination of the distribution of land ownership has revealed that Morisco and Castilian fields formed separate compact blocks, and that the larger and flatter plots of land were owned by Castilians. We have also noted that the property of Moriscos tended to be fragmented into small plots, which must have prevented any single Morisco landowner from amassing large, compact blocks of land. The expulsion of the Moriscos in 1570 triggered a tendency towards the concentration of land in fewer hands.
We present the results of research undertaken in the Genal Valley (Málaga, Spain), where Morisco and Castilian peasants coexisted for most of the 16th century. Our analysis of the written record, which was combined with fieldwork, enabled us to identify the agricultural areas used by both communities. Our examination of the distribution of land ownership has revealed that Morisco and Castilian fields formed separate compact blocks, and that the larger and flatter plots of land were owned by Castilians. We have also noted that the property of Moriscos tended to be fragmented into small plots, which must have prevented any single Morisco landowner from amassing large, compact blocks of land. The expulsion of the Moriscos in 1570 triggered a tendency towards the concentration of land in fewer hands.
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Through a series of case studies, this third and last volume in the EARTH monograph series, The Dynamics of Non-Industrial Agriculture: 8,000 Years of Resilience and Innovation, deals with the technological constraints and innovations... more
Through a series of case studies, this third and last volume in the EARTH monograph series, The Dynamics of Non-Industrial Agriculture: 8,000 Years of Resilience and Innovation, deals with the technological constraints and innovations that enabled societies to survive and thrive across a range of environmental conditions. The central issues in this publication revolve around the main themes of choice, change and stability, and the contributions are organized into three sections: Landnám (colonisation), Fields and Field Systems, and Agro-Pastoralism, in order to draw out particular commonalities and contrasts in the choices made by pre-industrial communities in the construction of varied landscapes. Exploration in these categories provides a framework for understanding, firstly, how past agricultural societies adapted to the environmental and climatic constraints which characterised their landscapes (e.g. drought, ice, humidity, slopes, infertile soils); secondly, how they responded to chance (environmental, social, economic); and thirdly, to understand whether these decision-making strategies and the systems they created were, at different points in time, resilient, or fragile and unstable. The book covers different periods from the Neolithic to the end of pre-industrial agriculture during the historic past, and illustrates broad themes, issues and methodological approaches to the study of landscape in pre-industrial societies. The geographical scope is mostly European, but also includes key examples from the Eastern Mediterranean and South America.
Readership Scholars and advanced students of medieval and early modern history, and anyone concerned with the connections between the Medieval and the Modern From Al-Andalus to the Americas (13th-17th Centuries). Destruction and... more
Readership Scholars and advanced students of medieval and early modern history, and anyone concerned with the connections between the Medieval and the Modern From Al-Andalus to the Americas (13th-17th Centuries). Destruction and Construcion of Societies offers a multi-perspective view of the filiation of different colonial and settler colonial experiences, from the Medieval Iberian Peninsula to the early Modern Americas. All the articles in the volume refer the reader to colonial orders that extended over time, that substantially reduced indigenous populations, that imposed new productive strategies and created new social hierarchies. The ideological background and how conquests were organised; the treatment given to the conquered lands and people; the political organisations, and the old and new agricultural systems are issues discussed in this volume. Contributors are
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Readership Scholars and advanced students of medieval and early modern history, and anyone concerned with the connections between the Medieval and the Modern From Al-Andalus to the Americas (13th-17th Centuries). Destruction and... more
Readership Scholars and advanced students of medieval and early modern history, and anyone concerned with the connections between the Medieval and the Modern From Al-Andalus to the Americas (13th-17th Centuries). Destruction and Construcion of Societies offers a multi-perspective view of the filiation of different colonial and settler colonial experiences, from the Medieval Iberian Peninsula to the early Modern Americas. All the articles in the volume refer the reader to colonial orders that extended over time, that substantially reduced indigenous populations, that imposed new productive strategies and created new social hierarchies. The ideological background and how conquests were organised; the treatment given to the conquered lands and people; the political organisations, and the old and new agricultural systems are issues discussed in this volume. Contributors are
Through a series of case studies, this third and last volume in the EARTH monograph series, The Dynamics of Non-Industrial Agriculture: 8,000 Years of Resilience and Innovation, deals with the technological constraints and innovations... more
Through a series of case studies, this third and last volume in the EARTH monograph series, The Dynamics of Non-Industrial Agriculture: 8,000 Years of Resilience and Innovation, deals with the technological constraints and innovations that enabled societies to survive and thrive across a range of environmental conditions. The central issues in this publication revolve around the main themes of choice, change and stability, and the contributions are organized into three sections: Landnám (colonisation), Fields and Field Systems, and Agro-Pastoralism, in order to draw out particular commonalities and contrasts in the choices made by pre-industrial communities in the construction of varied landscapes. Exploration in these categories provides a framework for understanding, firstly, how past agricultural societies adapted to the environmental and climatic constraints which characterised their landscapes (e.g. drought, ice, humidity, slopes, infertile soils); secondly, how they responded to chance (environmental, social, economic); and thirdly, to understand whether these decision-making strategies and the systems they created were, at different points in time, resilient, or fragile and unstable. The book covers different periods from the Neolithic to the end of pre-industrial agriculture during the historic past, and illustrates broad themes, issues and methodological approaches to the study of landscape in pre-industrial societies. The geographical scope is mostly European, but also includes key examples from the Eastern Mediterranean and South America.