The long road: ethnoarchaeology, pastoralism and the reconfiguration of archaeological knowledge
This article addresses the transformative role of ethnoarchaeology in reshaping the study of pastoralism. Long marginalized by dominant scientific and political discourses, pastoralism is now increasingly seen as a sophisticated, adaptive livelihood strategy - especially in contexts of high environm...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10230/72899 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10230/72899 https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dry.2025.10011 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ethnoarchaeology Pastoralism Drylands |
| Sumario: | This article addresses the transformative role of ethnoarchaeology in reshaping the study of pastoralism. Long marginalized by dominant scientific and political discourses, pastoralism is now increasingly seen as a sophisticated, adaptive livelihood strategy - especially in contexts of high environmental variability. Since pastoralism is predominantly practiced in drylands - arid and semiarid regions historically viewed as peripheral - its study has helped reframe these environments as dynamic landscapes of innovation and resilience. This reevaluation has been pushed, this article argues, also by the contributions of ethnoarchaeology. As a field that bridges past and present, it has enabled the generation of new concepts, the challenge of traditional archaeological frameworks and the integration of Indigenous knowledge systems. |
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