We present an ethnoarchaeological study of an ‘alzada’, a seasonal habitat in the high mountains of Lugo, linked to summer pastoral activity and, to a lesser extent, to agricultural activity, in order to establish, in accordance with the data obtained through anthropological and geographical fieldwork, an explanatory model of the process of almost total abandonment of the site and the acquisition of new functions and meanings that it has recently taken on. In this way it is possible to understand, in the light of the ethnographic, historical and anthropological context, the archaeological remains of this place of occupation.
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Abstract: We present an ethnoarchaeological study of an alzada, a seasonal habitat in the high mountains of Lugo, linked to summer pastoral activity and, to a lesser extent, to agricultural activity, in order to establish, in accordance with the data obtained through anthropological and geographical fieldwork, an explanatory model of the process of almost total abandonment of the site and the acquisition of new functions and meanings that it has recently taken on. In this way it is possible to understand, in the light of the ethnographic, historical and anthropological context, the archaeological remains of this place of occupation.
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