Transcript research and valorisation on cultural landscapes in the NW

A meeting point for diversity:
research and valorisation on cultural landscapes
in NW Iberian Peninsula
María Ruiz del Árbol, Almudena Orejas, F. Javier Sánchez-Palencia
Research Group EST-AP (CSIC) / Las Médulas Foundation
1. LANDSCAPES AND THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
- Landscapes are a high synthetic expression of human
relationships through time.
- “Landscape” means an area, as perceived by people,
whose character is the result of the action and interaction
of natural and/or human factors (European Landscape
Convention, art.1a).
The temporal dimension defines the essential
archaeological historical character of landscape
and leads it to play a relevant role in the present research
and management of European Cultural Heritage.
2. FROM THE REGIONAL TO THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT: THE
EXAMPLE OF NW IBERIAN PENINSULA
SOME GOOD
EXAMPLES
The Andalusian Institute
of Historic Heritage
Galician Autonomous Region
The Medina Azahara’s Project
The Ensenada de Bolonia’s Project
The Galician Archaeological
Heritage Network
2. FROM THE REGIONAL TO THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT: THE
EXAMPLE OF NW IBERIAN PENINSULA
The case of Las Médulas Cultural Landscape
From the pre-Roman peasant
landscape
to the mining Roman
landscape
3. SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND TERRITORY. LANDSCAPE
ARCHAEOLOGY: RESEARCH AS A MEAN FOR CULTURAL
HERITAGE PROTECTION AND VALORISATION
Las Médulas
3. SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND TERRITORY. LANDSCAPE
ARCHAEOLOGY: RESEARCH AS A MEAN FOR CULTURAL
HERITAGE PROTECTION AND VALORISATION
Historical
Landscape
Tourism
+
+
Environment
+
Economic
Resource
4. THE INTEGRATION OF REGIONAL INITIATIVES INTO THE
EUROPEAN CONTEXT
LANDMARKS.
Understanding pre-industrial structures in
rural and mining landscapes
COST Action A27
TC Social Sciences and Humanities
5. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS
 Landscapes as Cultural Heritage in the
European Research
 The relevance of landscape in
establishing Europe’s common Heritage
 Work on landscapes is inter- and
trans- disciplinarian. Potential for
crossing borders within Cultural Heritage
research
 Cultural landscapes have an important
role within the creation of a “knowledgebased society” – European integration
and regional identities.
 Landscapes, European Research,
sustainable and economic development
Almudena Orejas ([email protected])
María Ruiz del Árbol ([email protected])
F.-Javier Sánchez-Palencia ([email protected])
Research Group
Social Structure and Territory - Landscape Archaeology
Institute of History - CSIC
Madrid
http://www.ih.csic.es/lineas/territorio