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Changes and continuities in a Mediterranean landscape: a new interdisciplinary approach to understanding historic character in western Catalonia

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  • Sam Turner
  • Jordi Bolòs
  • Tim Kinnaird

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To understand why historic landscapes changed in the past researchers need to identify when and where changes took place, but in rural landscapes, the origins and development of many historic elements including field systems, roads, terraces and other earthworks remain poorly understood. This paper outlines a practical interdisciplinary method using GIS-based historic landscape characterisation (HLC) to integrate data from different sources and model how historic character varies in space. It pilots an innovative approach using luminescence profiling and dating that can underpin the HLC with significantly improved knowledge of historic processes of change. We focus on four case studies of terraced agricultural landscapes in western Catalonia and demonstrate for the first time that existing terrace systems often have medieval or early modern origins.

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  • Sam Turner & Jordi Bolòs & Tim Kinnaird, 2018. "Changes and continuities in a Mediterranean landscape: a new interdisciplinary approach to understanding historic character in western Catalonia," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(7), pages 922-938, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:43:y:2018:i:7:p:922-938
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2017.1386778
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    1. Vassilis Detsis & Eleni Gkadolou & Katerina Koutsovoulou & Georgios Tolias, 2022. "Long-Term Landscape Dynamics to Assess Land Degradation Hypotheses—An Exploratory Study of Evidence from Travelers’ Narrations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-14, July.
    2. Anna Oliskiewicz-Krzywicka, 2021. "Demarcation Technique and Geometric Analysis of Village Boundaries Resulting from Delineation of Land Areas ( ujazd ) in the Middle Ages in the Wielkopolska Region (Poland)," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-20, June.
    3. Aayush Srivastava & Tim Kinnaird & Christopher Sevara & Justin Allen Holcomb & Sam Turner, 2023. "Dating Agricultural Terraces in the Mediterranean Using Luminescence: Recent Progress and Challenges," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-19, March.

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