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Revista de Menorca 102, 2023
Following the Muslim conquest of the Balearic Islands by ʿIsam al- Ḫawlāni in 902 AD, a new popul... more Following the Muslim conquest of the Balearic Islands by ʿIsam al- Ḫawlāni in 902 AD, a new population migrated to the island, primarily from al-Andalus. Drawing on excavation data from two archaeological sites on Menorca, Torre d’en Galmés and Torrepetxina, this study shows how Andalusian farming groups settled among the prehistoric Talayotic ruins and built clusters of houses following the characteristic structure of an Islamic house.
Agronomy, 2024
The Berber and Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 711 C.E. led to a profound transformatio... more The Berber and Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 711 C.E. led to a profound transformation of the agricultural landscape. The layout of the irrigated areas, both rural and urban, is recognisable because it is the result of social and technological choices. But irrigated agriculture was not the only option in Al-Andalus. Rainfed agriculture is supposed to have been the main form of agriculture in large areas of the centre and west of the peninsula, although the field systems have been scarcely identified. In regions where irrigation was the preferred option, rainfed crops were complementary. In regions where dry farming was the only possible agriculture, there were settlement networks linked to livestock breeding and to droveways and pasture areas. The original selections made by the Berber and Arab farmers can still be recognized despite the expansion that has mainly taken place since modern times. However, the more recent and destructive capitalist agriculture is erasing the last vestiges of the Andalusi agricultural landscape.
1 Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics (CaSEs), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, I... more 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
The archaeology of the medieval peasantry in Spain and Europe has attracted renewed attention in ... more The archaeology of the medieval peasantry in Spain and Europe has attracted renewed attention in recent decades. This article is an overview of the research carried out in the last 30 years into the peasantry and their cultivated areas in the early-medieval societies in the north of the Iberian Peninsula and al-Andalus. Special attention is paid to the interpretations archaeologists make of the archaeological record. Approaches from two distinct perspectives are analysed, these being the excavation of settlements, and the archaeology of agrarian spaces. Both approaches do not usually come together in the research. It is increasingly clear that the 8th century was a turning point in the forms of peasant settlement and the creation of new cultivated areas. The consolidation of the migration in al-Andalus or the new forms of peasant settlement that arose from the end of the 7th century in the north of the Peninsula were essential for the later urban development. This development is clo...
espanolEl conocimiento adquirido sobre los molinos harineros hidraulicos de epoca andalusi en las... more espanolEl conocimiento adquirido sobre los molinos harineros hidraulicos de epoca andalusi en las Baleares es fruto de la investigacion realizada por M. Barcelo y su equipo de investigacion de la Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona a lo largo de los anos 90. Una de las caracteristicas de estos molinos es que forman parte de los sistemas hidraulicos construidos por los primeros grupos clanicos asentados en las Islas Baleares a partir del siglo X. La presente comunicacion tiene por objetivo dar a conocer el proyecto de excavacion arqueologica programada de los restos de un molino situado en el torrente de ses Fonts, en el municipio de Sant Josep de sa Talaia, en la isla de Eivissa, denominado Es Molinot. Los restos del molino se situan al final del sistema hidraulico de epoca andalusi con posteriores reutilizaciones. Aunque la investigacion se encuentra en una fase inicial, uno de los retos del proyecto es conseguir datar la construccion del molino y ponerlo en relacion con el sistema i...
Agricultural Landscapes of Al-Andalus, and the Aftermath of the Feudal Conquest, 2021
The evidence provided by the written record generated after the conquest of Tortosa in 1148 and t... more The evidence provided by the written record generated after the conquest of Tortosa in 1148 and the results of archaeological survey have allowed the identification of the boundaries of several farmland areas and their associated settlements in both banks of the Ebro River, in the hinterland of Madîna Ṭurṭuša. Detailed mapping has been carried out in order to describe how these cultivated areas were organized. Modern hydraulic technology and infrastructures, such as the big canals built in banks and the regulation of the river flow by means of large dams have deeply transformed the agricultural landscape. Nevertheless, it is still possible to recognize the ancient boundaries and plot morphology of some of the cultivated areas, as well as the remains of drainage and irrigation channels that came not from the river but from the mountains. In the Andalusi period, field systems, always located in the vicinity of rural settlements and near the madîna of Tortosa, formed compact and discon...
Convivencia and Medieval Spain
Arqueologia Espacial, 1998
... Tierras de clanes: Espacios hidraúlicos y clanes andalusíes en la isla de Yabisa (Ibiza). Aut... more ... Tierras de clanes: Espacios hidraúlicos y clanes andalusíes en la isla de Yabisa (Ibiza). Autores:Helena Kirchner; Localización: Arqueología espacial, ISSN 1136-8195, Nº 19-20, 1998 , págs. 351-372. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
this article is a reflexion on the achievements of field system archaeology in medieval spanish a... more this article is a reflexion on the achievements of field system archaeology in medieval spanish archaeology. it goes throught the recent orientations in agrarian history and the limited involvement of archaeologists in this subject matter until recently. only the so-called 'hydraulic archaeology', developed for the study of the irrigated areas of al-Andalus, which has some application in feudal hydraulic systems, and the research undertaken in the mountain fieldsystems of Asturias stand out as archaeological approaches before the end of the 20th century. more recently, several archaeologists have begun to develop new methodologies for the study of medieval farmlands, most notably among which are the application of archaeological excavation techniques, radiocarbon dating, and microgeomorphological analysis of the actual forming areas. in this way hydraulic archaeology is applied to the study of the impact of the feudal conquest upon the agrarian landscape of al-Andalus. finally, this article reflects on the necessity of satisfactorily combining the resources provided by archaeology and textual records in research 1 .
Arqueologia Medieval Revista Catalana D Arqueologia Medieval, 2006
Castillos Y Territorio En Al Andalus 1998 Isbn 84 922847 6 5 Pags 450 469, 1998
... Redes de alquerías sin husün. Una reconsideración a partir de los asentamientos campesinos an... more ... Redes de alquerías sin husün. Una reconsideración a partir de los asentamientos campesinos andalusíes de las islas orientales. Autores: Helena Kirchner; Localización: Castillos y territorio en Al-Andalus / coord. por Antonio Malpica Cuello, 1998, ISBN 84-922847-6-5 , pags. ...
Studia Historica Historia Medieval, Feb 21, 2011
1. º Congresso de …, 1995
Información del artículo Buscastell, un sistema hidráulico andalusí en Ibiza: lo viejo y lo nuevo.
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Revista de Menorca 102, 2023
Following the Muslim conquest of the Balearic Islands by ʿIsam al- Ḫawlāni in 902 AD, a new popul... more Following the Muslim conquest of the Balearic Islands by ʿIsam al- Ḫawlāni in 902 AD, a new population migrated to the island, primarily from al-Andalus. Drawing on excavation data from two archaeological sites on Menorca, Torre d’en Galmés and Torrepetxina, this study shows how Andalusian farming groups settled among the prehistoric Talayotic ruins and built clusters of houses following the characteristic structure of an Islamic house.
Agronomy, 2024
The Berber and Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 711 C.E. led to a profound transformatio... more The Berber and Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 711 C.E. led to a profound transformation of the agricultural landscape. The layout of the irrigated areas, both rural and urban, is recognisable because it is the result of social and technological choices. But irrigated agriculture was not the only option in Al-Andalus. Rainfed agriculture is supposed to have been the main form of agriculture in large areas of the centre and west of the peninsula, although the field systems have been scarcely identified. In regions where irrigation was the preferred option, rainfed crops were complementary. In regions where dry farming was the only possible agriculture, there were settlement networks linked to livestock breeding and to droveways and pasture areas. The original selections made by the Berber and Arab farmers can still be recognized despite the expansion that has mainly taken place since modern times. However, the more recent and destructive capitalist agriculture is erasing the last vestiges of the Andalusi agricultural landscape.
1 Complexity and Socio-Ecological Dynamics (CaSEs), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, I... more 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
The archaeology of the medieval peasantry in Spain and Europe has attracted renewed attention in ... more The archaeology of the medieval peasantry in Spain and Europe has attracted renewed attention in recent decades. This article is an overview of the research carried out in the last 30 years into the peasantry and their cultivated areas in the early-medieval societies in the north of the Iberian Peninsula and al-Andalus. Special attention is paid to the interpretations archaeologists make of the archaeological record. Approaches from two distinct perspectives are analysed, these being the excavation of settlements, and the archaeology of agrarian spaces. Both approaches do not usually come together in the research. It is increasingly clear that the 8th century was a turning point in the forms of peasant settlement and the creation of new cultivated areas. The consolidation of the migration in al-Andalus or the new forms of peasant settlement that arose from the end of the 7th century in the north of the Peninsula were essential for the later urban development. This development is clo...
espanolEl conocimiento adquirido sobre los molinos harineros hidraulicos de epoca andalusi en las... more espanolEl conocimiento adquirido sobre los molinos harineros hidraulicos de epoca andalusi en las Baleares es fruto de la investigacion realizada por M. Barcelo y su equipo de investigacion de la Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona a lo largo de los anos 90. Una de las caracteristicas de estos molinos es que forman parte de los sistemas hidraulicos construidos por los primeros grupos clanicos asentados en las Islas Baleares a partir del siglo X. La presente comunicacion tiene por objetivo dar a conocer el proyecto de excavacion arqueologica programada de los restos de un molino situado en el torrente de ses Fonts, en el municipio de Sant Josep de sa Talaia, en la isla de Eivissa, denominado Es Molinot. Los restos del molino se situan al final del sistema hidraulico de epoca andalusi con posteriores reutilizaciones. Aunque la investigacion se encuentra en una fase inicial, uno de los retos del proyecto es conseguir datar la construccion del molino y ponerlo en relacion con el sistema i...
Agricultural Landscapes of Al-Andalus, and the Aftermath of the Feudal Conquest, 2021
The evidence provided by the written record generated after the conquest of Tortosa in 1148 and t... more The evidence provided by the written record generated after the conquest of Tortosa in 1148 and the results of archaeological survey have allowed the identification of the boundaries of several farmland areas and their associated settlements in both banks of the Ebro River, in the hinterland of Madîna Ṭurṭuša. Detailed mapping has been carried out in order to describe how these cultivated areas were organized. Modern hydraulic technology and infrastructures, such as the big canals built in banks and the regulation of the river flow by means of large dams have deeply transformed the agricultural landscape. Nevertheless, it is still possible to recognize the ancient boundaries and plot morphology of some of the cultivated areas, as well as the remains of drainage and irrigation channels that came not from the river but from the mountains. In the Andalusi period, field systems, always located in the vicinity of rural settlements and near the madîna of Tortosa, formed compact and discon...
Convivencia and Medieval Spain
Arqueologia Espacial, 1998
... Tierras de clanes: Espacios hidraúlicos y clanes andalusíes en la isla de Yabisa (Ibiza). Aut... more ... Tierras de clanes: Espacios hidraúlicos y clanes andalusíes en la isla de Yabisa (Ibiza). Autores:Helena Kirchner; Localización: Arqueología espacial, ISSN 1136-8195, Nº 19-20, 1998 , págs. 351-372. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
this article is a reflexion on the achievements of field system archaeology in medieval spanish a... more this article is a reflexion on the achievements of field system archaeology in medieval spanish archaeology. it goes throught the recent orientations in agrarian history and the limited involvement of archaeologists in this subject matter until recently. only the so-called 'hydraulic archaeology', developed for the study of the irrigated areas of al-Andalus, which has some application in feudal hydraulic systems, and the research undertaken in the mountain fieldsystems of Asturias stand out as archaeological approaches before the end of the 20th century. more recently, several archaeologists have begun to develop new methodologies for the study of medieval farmlands, most notably among which are the application of archaeological excavation techniques, radiocarbon dating, and microgeomorphological analysis of the actual forming areas. in this way hydraulic archaeology is applied to the study of the impact of the feudal conquest upon the agrarian landscape of al-Andalus. finally, this article reflects on the necessity of satisfactorily combining the resources provided by archaeology and textual records in research 1 .
Arqueologia Medieval Revista Catalana D Arqueologia Medieval, 2006
Castillos Y Territorio En Al Andalus 1998 Isbn 84 922847 6 5 Pags 450 469, 1998
... Redes de alquerías sin husün. Una reconsideración a partir de los asentamientos campesinos an... more ... Redes de alquerías sin husün. Una reconsideración a partir de los asentamientos campesinos andalusíes de las islas orientales. Autores: Helena Kirchner; Localización: Castillos y territorio en Al-Andalus / coord. por Antonio Malpica Cuello, 1998, ISBN 84-922847-6-5 , pags. ...
Studia Historica Historia Medieval, Feb 21, 2011
1. º Congresso de …, 1995
Información del artículo Buscastell, un sistema hidráulico andalusí en Ibiza: lo viejo y lo nuevo.
dialnet.unirioja.es
Acceso de usuarios registrados. Acceso de usuarios registrados Usuario Contraseña. ...
The knowledge on islamic watermills in Balearic Islands is due to M. Barceló and his research gr... more The knowledge on islamic watermills in Balearic Islands is due to M. Barceló and his research group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The first condition they stablished is that mills have to be seen as a part of a whole hydraulic system. Most of this sys- tems were analyzed on the three main Balearic islands and, then, in Valencia too. This survey on the watermills allowed to observe trends on the situation of the milling engines in the net of dams, channels, orchards ant other elements belonging the hydraulic systems: generally islamic watermills were built at the end of the main channel. This poster presents the results in the excavation of the remains of a watermill — called Es Molinot — standing at the end of a hydraulic system called Torrent de ses Fonts, on Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Ibiza island. The situation of the watermill would indicate an islamic chronology, on the contrary, other evidences, as the fact that the water came from an independent own channel, might be the sign of a more recent date of construction. The main objective is to establish a chronology throw archaeological materials. Being islamic, Es Molinot would be on the same trend than the other studied watermills, but if it is dated on a later time it might be a proof of the transmission of one technical solution by personal interchange of knowledge, or by imitation. In the case of a post-Islamic chronology the constructive characteristics of this mill could be used to date two other very similar mills located in different places of the island.
by Claudia Theune, Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz, Helena Kirchner, Natascha Mehler, Ingvild Øye, Haio Zimmermann, José Mª Martín Civantos, Rainer Schreg, Eva Svensson, Piers Dixon, Sabine Felgenhauer, Paolo de Vingo, Gunhilt Merker, Csilla Zatykó, Bert Groenewoudt, Benno Furrer, and Susanne Arnold
As President of the RURALIA assossiation I like to present the Program, Abstract Book . For furth... more As President of the RURALIA assossiation I like to present the Program, Abstract Book . For further information and the published conference papers see: ruralia.cz
Servei de publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona., 52, 2002
This book summarizes the study of the foundation and exploitation of the Royal Canal of Puigcerdà... more This book summarizes the study of the foundation and exploitation of the Royal Canal of Puigcerdà and the subsidiary irrigated area, in a very precise context: that of the feudal order. The foundation of the town of Puigcerdà (end of the 12th century) was carried out in an already feudalized space and it can even be said that this foundation represents a destabilizing intrusion in the previous organization of production and the rural space of this . sector of Cerdanya, given the numerous concessions made by the nascent monarchy to the inhabitants of Puigcerdà on the free use of pastures and water.
Readership Scholars and advanced students of medieval and early modern history, and anyone concer... 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
La ciutat islàmica occidental: casos de recerca arqueològica en ciutats abandonades
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