Open AccessThe Harvesting Memories Project: Historical ecology and landscape changes of the Sicani Mountains in Sicily
Author(s) -
Angelo Barba,
Claudia Speciale,
Roberto Micciché,
Filippo Pisciotta,
Carla Aleo Nero,
P. Marino,
Giuseppe Bazan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
ecocycles
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2416-2140
DOI - 10.19040/ecocycles.v8i1.219
Subject(s) - paleoethnobotany , landscape ecology , historical ecology , geography , ecology , mosaic , ecotope , landscape history , landscape archaeology , landscape planning , landscape assessment , landscape epidemiology , land use , landscape design , archaeology , environmental resource management , habitat , environmental planning , environmental science , agriculture , biology
The Harvesting Memories project aims to investigate the historical landscape dynamics in an inner area of the Sicani Mountains district in Western Sicily (Contrada Castro, Corleone-Palermo). The interdisciplinary approach of the project allowed us to combine and integrate methods from different disciplines such as historical ecology, landscape archaeology, archaeobotany and GIS-based spatial analysis. In this paper some results have been summarized. The comparison between land mosaic change during the last 60 years, the relationship between site catchment area and land suitability and the correlation between archaeobotanical and phytosociological data. This approach underlined the relevance of the historical ecology for understanding landscape trajectories and planning strategy of suitable development of rural areas.