A Palaeoenvironmental contribution to the study of trashumance in the Gredos Mountain Range (Ávila)

Authors

  • José Antonio López Sáez Instituto de Historia, CSIC
  • Lourdes López Merino Instituto de Historia, CSIC
  • Francisca Alba Sánchez Universidad de Granada
  • Sebastián Pérez Díaz Universidad del País Vasco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/hispania.2009.v69.i231.97

Keywords:

Palaeopalynology, Historical Ecology, Palaeoclimatology, Cultural Landscape, Trashumance, Holocene, Gredos Mountain, Ávila

Abstract


The Avilan sector of the Gredos Mountain Range represents one of the Iberian Peninsula’s most valuable cultural landscapes. From Prehistory to the present, the importance of trashumance in this region has played a key role in shaping its ecosystyems. Using pollen analysis to examine historical transformations in the region’s ecology, both those engendered by human activity and those relating to palaeoclimatic dynamics, this paper examines the diachronic evolution of the vegetation of the Serranillos Mountain Pass during the Late Holocene.

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Published

2009-04-30

How to Cite

López Sáez, J. A., López Merino, L., Alba Sánchez, F., & Pérez Díaz, S. (2009). A Palaeoenvironmental contribution to the study of trashumance in the Gredos Mountain Range (Ávila). Hispania, 69(231), 9–38. https://doi.org/10.3989/hispania.2009.v69.i231.97

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