Airolo-Madrano (TI): Palaeoenvironment and subsistence strategies of a hilltop settlement in the southern Swiss Alps during the Bronze and Iron Ages

Jacquat, Christiane; Della Casa, Philippe

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.02.003

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Jacquat, C., & Della Casa, P. (2018). Airolo-Madrano (TI): Palaeoenvironment and subsistence strategies of a hilltop settlement in the southern Swiss Alps during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Quaternary International: The Journal of the International Union for Quaternary Research, 484, 32–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.02.003

Abstract

The study of the Leventina valley site of Airolo-Madrano “In Grop” (Ticino, Switzerland; altitude 1156 m asl), inhabited during the Bronze and Iron Ages, is important in the current debate about mountain societies and economies in pre- and protohistoric times. The compilation of botanical data (seeds, pollen, charcoal) gathered during the excavations helps to define the type of occupation, the subsistence and the human impact on the upper Leventina valley between c. 1650 and 200 cal. BCE. Subsistence and husbandry activities, includin