Archaeology of early medieval peasantry in the Basque Country: Landscapes, economic trends and societal change in à lava

Juan Antonio QuiroÌ s Castillo
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Juan Antonio QuiroÌ s Castillo: University of the Basque Country

Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, 2020, issue 82, 209-243

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse early medieval economic trends and social change in the Basque Country, using a bottom-up approach that includes multiproxy archaeological evidence. Though comparisons will be made with other Northern Iberian areas, the study focuses on the 3,000 km2 Basque province of à lava, where research has been intense in the last decade. The work primarily relies on records of settlement patterns, paleoenvironmental evidence, field systems, livestock management, food patterns and crop production. Diachronic study of farming and livestock practices show patterns of socio-political interaction between local communities and elite agency in the Early Medieval Age. The main topics analysed are the emergence of local communities, the nucleation process, the use of common resources, the agency of village leaders and the formation of lordships.

Keywords: agrarian economy; village formation; mixed farming; animal husbandry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N00 Q00 R14 R20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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