
H 276 x W 203 mm
220 pages
50 figures, 2 tables (colour throughout)
Published Aug 2026
Archaeopress Access Archaeology
ISBN
Paperback: 9781805833406
Digital: 9781805833413
Keywords
Late Antiquity; Middle Ages; Landscape Archaeology; Local agency; Social structures; Rural communities; Landscape transformation; Iberian peninsula; Italy; Southern Europe
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Historical Archaeologies Series
Edited by Juan Antonio Quir??s Castillo
Paperback
£40.00
This volume examines local societies in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, exploring how rural communities, power structures and landscapes interacted. Through interdisciplinary case studies from Iberia and Italy, it investigates agency, connectivity, social mobility and broader socio-political change, revealing the complexity of local worlds.
Authors
Abstract / Resumen / Resumo
Local Societies, Small Worlds, Micro-politics and Relational Agencies ??? Juan Antonio Quir??s Castillo
Local Societies in Early Medieval Archaeology: a Multiscale Approach to the Peasant Record in Western Iberia ??? Sara Prata
The Archaeology of Early Medieval Rural Communities, Connectivity and Power in Central Iberia: a Social Network Analysis ??? Carlos Tejerizo-Garc??a
Societ?? locali altomedievali del centro-nord Italia: il registro materiale attraverso un caso studio ??? Giovanna Bianchi
Movilidad, migraciones y agencia del campesinado en el noroeste de la pen??nsula ib??rica ??? Juan Antonio Quir??s Castill
Micropol??ticas y microcristiandades: los centros eclesi??sticos del noroeste hisp??nico altomedieval ??? Gonzalo J. Escudero Manzano
The Development of Economic Complexity in Early Medieval Cantabria, c.850???c.1050: Reflections from the Written Sources ??? Robert Portass
Gardens and Water Management in Northern Iberia in the Early Middle Ages ??? Wendy Davies
Torres m??s altas... La construcci??n pol??tica de los paisajes campesinos en las monta??as septentrionales del ??arq al-Andalus (siglos III/IX???VII/XIII) ??? Juli??n M. Ortega
Paisaje y pr??cticas sociales: una aproximaci??n microhist??rica al estudio de las sociedades locales del Pa??s Vasco en la Edad Media y la Edad Moderna ??? Josu Narbarte, Bixente Hirigarai Lab??guerie, Mattin Aiestaran, Oihane Mendizabal Sandon??s
Juan Antonio Quir??s Castillo is Professor of Archaeology at the University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. His research focuses on the study of historical landscapes, subaltern groups, and social history. He directs the research project ???Iberian Local Societies in the Early Medieval European Context: Settings, Practices and Territorialities???, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Among his recent works are ???Arqueolog??a de las sociedades locales en la Alta Edad Media. San Juli??n de Aistra y las residencias de las ??lites rurales??? (2023) and ???Local Societies and Peasantry Agencies in Medieval Iberia??? (2024). He is currently preparing a volume on the archaeology of the medieval peasantry.