A History of Human Exploitation of Alpine Regions

Kevin James Walsh; Charline Giguet-Covex

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11908-6

A History of Human Exploitation of Alpine Regions

Kevin James Walsh, Charline Giguet-Covex

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Abstract

Today, some still consider the higher elevations of the European Alps as mostly wild or “natural” landscapes; biomes that have
to some extent avoided the consequences of human economic activities. This article explains how this notion is misplaced via an
overview of the interplay of climate, topography and human activity. Offering a synthesis of recent research from across the alpine
arc, this contribution considers how human-environment interactions have developed through the Holocene. The evidence employed
here focusses on palaeoenvironmental archaeological evidence spanning the Alps, from Austria to France.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
Publisher	Elsevier
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-12-409548-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11908-6
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 28 Jun 2019

Keywords

Alps
Holocene
Palaeoecology
Geoarchaeology
landscape archaeology

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