Eastern Pyrenees have been often regarded as peripheral zones, slightly affected by the broad socio-economic changes that took place in the Iberian Peninsula, and more in general in the Mediterranean Europe during the middle Holocene. During prehistory, mountainous areas were mainly associated to the Megalithic phenomenon, and only in later periods, to transhumance practices. However, during the last ten years a number of paleoecological and archaeological researches demonstrated that an increasing anthropic pressure over the mountain environment already starts since 6500 years cal BP. In this work we present the results of the study of three different sites of the Central Eastern Pyrenees dated between the V–IV millennium cal BC. On the basis of the analysis of the lithic record, both in term of provenance, technological and functional analyses, we suggest that since the early phases of the period, Neolithic populations exploited the mountainous environment adopting a differential settlement pattern involving regional seasonal mobility and specific economic strategies.

The Human Occupation of the Eastern Pyrenees between V-IV millennium cal BC: a view from the lithic record

Niccolò Mazzucco;
2013-01-01

Abstract

Eastern Pyrenees have been often regarded as peripheral zones, slightly affected by the broad socio-economic changes that took place in the Iberian Peninsula, and more in general in the Mediterranean Europe during the middle Holocene. During prehistory, mountainous areas were mainly associated to the Megalithic phenomenon, and only in later periods, to transhumance practices. However, during the last ten years a number of paleoecological and archaeological researches demonstrated that an increasing anthropic pressure over the mountain environment already starts since 6500 years cal BP. In this work we present the results of the study of three different sites of the Central Eastern Pyrenees dated between the V–IV millennium cal BC. On the basis of the analysis of the lithic record, both in term of provenance, technological and functional analyses, we suggest that since the early phases of the period, Neolithic populations exploited the mountainous environment adopting a differential settlement pattern involving regional seasonal mobility and specific economic strategies.
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