Medieval Slash-and-Burn Cultivation
Strategic or Adapted Land Use in the Swedish Mining District
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12304357 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Marie Emanuelsson (Department of Forest Vegetation Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SE – 901 83 Umeå), Ulf Segerström (Department of Forest Vegetation Ecology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SE – 901 83 Umeå) |
| Año | 2002 |
| Volumen | 8 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 173-196 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2002-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Environment and History (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0967-3407 • E-ISSN: 1752-7023 |
| Editorial | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3197/096734002129342639 |
| OpenAlex | W2049632517 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 8 |
| Referencias citadas | 12 |
The general view in Swedish historiography of an inherent conflict between iron-making and the practice of slash-and-burn is questioned on the basis of this palaeoecological case study of repeated slash-and-burn cultivation from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries in the mining district of central Sweden. An alternative thesis of a mutual association between iron-making and the practice of slash-and-burn is put forward. Deliberately used by the mining peasant, slash-and-burn was a way to turn forest resources into cereals, animal fodder and charcoal for iron-making. However, the initial practice of slash-and-burn ceased after c. 400 years, when competition for forest resources arose due to the scarcity of local forest. The new situation seems to have brought about changes in land use from slash-and-burn cultivation to field cultivation and a meadow-field-rotation system. This study also shows that the practice of slash-and-burn and its relationship to the use of forest resources may be crucial for understanding the historical relationship between iron production and agriculture in the Swedish mining district
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Business · Charcoal · Clearing · Economics · Geography · Scarcity · Slash (logging · Slash-and-burn · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Environmental Science · Forestry · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Historical and Archaeological Studies
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| Citas por año | 0,47 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2009 - 2018 (10) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
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