Geoarchaeology and Castlescapes: Heritage Management Case Studies in Spain and the Eastern Baltic

Banerjea, Rowena; Ruiz, Guillermo García-Contreras; Kalniņš, Gundars; Karczewski, Maciej; Pluskowski, Aleks; Valk, Heiki; Brown, Alexander

doi:10.1080/14662035.2020.1861716

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“…Nature-culture entanglements concerning land-use history, cultural history, human experience, political territory, and current environmental issues (Bartolini 2020;Butzer 2008;Katić et al 2017;Latour 1993) can be integrated and translated into geo-educational itineraries for visitors within the 'castlescape' and, where feasible, heritage trails could retrace routeways of the past. Geoarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental research add colour not only to stories about contested pasts within the soil history (Banerjea et al 2019), but also to other aspects of cultural identity such as food and wine tourism (Metro-Roland & Soica 2019), where soils play a fundamental role in past, present and future production (e.g. Bevan & Connolly 2011;Brown et al 2021;Goodman-Elgar 2008;Lal 2009;Lang & Stump 2017;Stanchi 2012;Stump 2010;Turner et al 2021).…”

Section: On-site and Off-site Geoarchaeological Heritage And Nature-c...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Following the designation of the Molina and Alto-Tajo UNESCO Global Geopark in 2015, the geological history of the territory is now disseminated (Saiz et al 2015). However, the cultural and geoheritage within the Geopark still require further integration in a landscape archaeological context (Banerjea et al 2019) where the castle is incorporated into current georoutes and activities (Fernández-Martínez et al 2014; Geoparque Comerca de Molina-Alto Tajo 2021) .…”

Section: On-site and Off-site Geoarchaeological Heritage And Nature-c...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Research in Italy has taken important steps to integrate cultural heritage, geoscience, and landscape archaeology in tourist trails (Brandolini et al 2019;Giordano et al 2016); the geomorphological focus to the interpretation of heritage sites provides foundations that can be built on to integrate on-site with off-site geoarchaeological data for translation into the visitor experience (Banerjea et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This paper proposes to enhance heritage routeways by using geoarchaeological and other environmental data not only to explain how daily life and the landscape looked at the time, but also how scientific data are collected and analysed to reach conclusions, in order to avoid a 'a static and sanitised version of culture' (MacLeod 2017), which could be the end-product of a linear trail that simply linked cultural points of interest. It examines the important role that geoarchaeology plays in understanding past landscapes and daily life within and around a fortification, and how this information is translated into heritage and tourist trails relating to frontier landscapes in the Middle Ages with reference to 'castlescapes' (Banerjea et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The bodily engagement of movement is central to the way we structure space and understand our identity and place in the world Bell & Leary 2020;Nuninger et al 2020). Landscapes, routeways and tourist trails can be strongly linked to identity and embedded within a range of social, political and cultural aspects of movement along them (Bell & Leary 2020;Bender & Winer 2001;Hanrahan et al 2017;Holley-Kline & Papzian 2020;MacLeod 2017;Santos 2002), and 'castlescapes' can be equally evocative and contested, and conflicts of the Middle Ages can still resonate in present day politics and recent conflicts (Banerjea et al 2019;Harrison 2013;Link 2015;Pluskowski 2012;Vandekerckhove 2020: xi). Equally, tourist trails can be experienced simply for the pleasure of walking and engagement with the contemporary landscape (Menzel 2017).…”

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Geophysical survey at the frontier of medieval Iberia: The castles of Molina de Aragón and Atienza (Guadalajara, Spain)

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Fry

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This paper presents the results of geophysical surveys conducted within two castles in central Iberia: the fortifications of Molina de Aragón and Atienza, both located within the modern province of Guadalajara in Spain. They represent essential case studies for understanding the transformations of the frontier societies of medieval south‐western Europe, because both were founded during the Andalusi period, both played a fundamental role at the time of the military confrontations between opposing Islamic and Christian states, and both became capitals within the feudal dependencies of the Crown of Castile during the Late Middle Ages. At present, these castles are uninhabited and protected archaeological sites, with no modern developments within their wards; the adjacent towns have developed on the outskirts of their outer walls. Although both castles have been the focus of uneven amounts of archaeological research, geophysical surveys, the first conducted at these sites, have proved to be a fundamental tool not only for planning future archaeological investigations but also for the data that they have provided on the potential roles of these castle wards.

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Geoheritage of the Kaliningrad Region, SE Baltic Coast

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The Kaliningrad Region is physiographically a mosaic and travel-attractive part of the SE Baltic coast. The Sambia Peninsula, the geomorphically most interesting, E-W-oriented extension of the mainland, has been shaped by past dynamic processes, starting with the Precambrian tectonics, the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sea transitions, the Last Ice Age glaciations, the post-glacial riverine network formation, and the present shoreline erosion. The complex geological and palaeogeographical history generated a broad variety of geo-forms and landscapes, relicts of which are seen from the sea coast to the mainland. Rich fossils sealed in ancient, well-stratified formations of specific lithologies, with the famous Palaeogene amber beds, provide witness of past natural settings with flourishing life forms. The great geo-diversity of the peninsula underscores its scientific value as well as national and international tourism significance, adding to the historical architectural sites of this area. Some of these geomorphologically and geologically valuable places are increasingly threatened, besides anthropogenic factors, by storm surges, gravity flows and aeolian activity, causing progressing erosion along undercut cliffs, slumping and degradation of sand dune fields, among other geo-hazards. Survey, mapping and publicity of unique geo-sites are a proviso for their registration in natural heritage programmes with the implementation of appropriate geo-environmental protection strategies in balance with land-use management. This paper outlines the scientific, educational and touristic potential of the national geoheritage in the frame of the Baltic Sea coast geo-conservation initiatives.

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Geoarchaeology and Castlescapes: Heritage Management Case Studies in Spain and the Eastern Baltic

Cited by 8 publications

References 53 publications

Environment, Archaeology and Landscape: Papers in honour of Professor Martin Bell

Environment, Archaeology and Landscape: Papers in honour of Professor Martin Bell

Geophysical survey at the frontier of medieval Iberia: The castles of Molina de Aragón and Atienza (Guadalajara, Spain)

Geoheritage of the Kaliningrad Region, SE Baltic Coast

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