TY - JOUR
T1 - The Early Medieval Peasant Economy
T2 - An Analysis of Archaeological Data from Central Portugal
AU - Prata, Sara
AU - Tente, Catarina
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F00749%2F2020/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F00749%2F2020/PT#
UIDB/00749/2020
UIDP/00749/2020
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This article presents and compares direct and indirect markers of economic and social strategies of peasant communities from two territories in central Portugal. Over the last fifteen years, several archaeological research projects have revealed new data on the settlements and economic strategies of peasant communities between the fifth and the eleventh centuries. These new data revealed much about the daily lives of such communities, the products consumed and their economic activities. Archaeological markers of peasant economic strategies can be approached through direct evidence: remains of productive structures, tools, produce, and material culture. Likewise, indirect markers, such as occupation patterns and settlement layout, help shed light on shifting priorities and alterations in land use. To adequately frame these peasant communities in relation to broader economic scales, it is also necessary to consider the possible relationships between rural settlements and contemporary administrative, political, and religious centres.
AB - This article presents and compares direct and indirect markers of economic and social strategies of peasant communities from two territories in central Portugal. Over the last fifteen years, several archaeological research projects have revealed new data on the settlements and economic strategies of peasant communities between the fifth and the eleventh centuries. These new data revealed much about the daily lives of such communities, the products consumed and their economic activities. Archaeological markers of peasant economic strategies can be approached through direct evidence: remains of productive structures, tools, produce, and material culture. Likewise, indirect markers, such as occupation patterns and settlement layout, help shed light on shifting priorities and alterations in land use. To adequately frame these peasant communities in relation to broader economic scales, it is also necessary to consider the possible relationships between rural settlements and contemporary administrative, political, and religious centres.
KW - Early middle ages
KW - Peasantry
KW - Archaeology
KW - Alto Alentejo
KW - Beira Alta
KW - Portugal
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85163033459&doi=10.1080%2f09503110.2023.2222023&origin=inward&txGid=9ab09cff6a3d2695fe68fe40b622693a
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2023.2222023
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2023.2222023
M3 - Article
SN - 0950-3110
VL - 35
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - Al-Masaq
JF - Al-Masaq
IS - 3
ER -