The “island laboratory” revisited: Integrating environmental and sociocultural approaches

Dawson, Helen; Picornell-Gelabert, Llorenç; Calvo-Trias, Manuel; Servera-Vives, Gabriel; Valenzuela-Oliver, Alejandro

doi:10.1080/15564894.2023.2235673

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“…Then, the term 'islandscapes' was introduced to underline the human element in island lifestyles and landscape awareness (Broodbank, 2000). The dichotomy between isolation and interaction has been largely discussed (Terrell et al, 2001;Fitzpatrick & Anderson, 2008), stressing that island communities should be studied with other geographic systems (Terrell, 2020;Dawson et al, 2023).…”

Section: Island Settlement and Archaeological Theorymentioning

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Who, Why, When, and Where From? The Peopling of the Canary Islands and the Challenges of Archaeometry

Cuello del Pozo

2024

Eur. j. archaeol

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Archaeologists in the Canary Islands have gathered substantial quantitative data from radiocarbon measurements and aDNA analyses. While undeniably helpful and necessary for apprehending past human activity, their interpretation, based on theories underpinning models developed for island chains, has lagged, leaving a gap in our understanding of processes of occupation and social network systems. The decontextualized nature of the archaeological landscape of the Canaries and a lack of consensus about proper radiocarbon methodologies are some of the factors contributing to heated scholarly debate. Here, for the Canary Islands, the author reviews the current literature on aDNA and discusses settlement theories, the chronological evidence used for occupation models, and how such perspectives align with current thinking on island colonization.

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Section: Island Settlement and Archaeological Theorymentioning

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Who, Why, When, and Where From? The Peopling of the Canary Islands and the Challenges of Archaeometry

Cuello del Pozo

2024

Eur. j. archaeol

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Retrospective Approach to the Endemic Dianthus fruticosus L. ssp. fruticosus on Serifos Island (Cyclades, Greece)

Rhizopoulou,

Pouris

2024

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The carnation Dianthus fruticosus L. ssp. fruticosus (Caryophyllaceae) is a range-restricted perennial, endemic plant that grows on cliffs, rocks, ravines, terraces, and boulders on Serifos Island in the Cyclades in the Aegean archipelago (Greece), possessing an impressive, aesthetic blossoming during the dry season. This indigenous carnation of Serifos has attracted the interest of naturalists and scientists. Specimens of this subspecific taxon from the island of Serifos (Greece) were collected during botanical explorations in preindustrial times by the French naturalist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1702) and in the late eighteenth century by the English Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford John Sibthorp (1787). Those specimens, documented in relevant publications and labelled with different names (i.e., Caryophyllus Graecus arboreus and Caryophyllus arboreus Seriphius in the early eighteenth century and Dianthus fruticosus in the early nineteenth century), are related to aspects of vegetation history, linking the past to the present and (most probably) to the future. Today, a thorough understanding of the in situ development and functionality of this endemic carnation is still required, as is a framework of its sustainability and management in small-scale insular habitats. The timeless perception of the emblematic wild carnation Dianthus fruticosus ssp. fruticosus, which is still growing on inland and coastal sites of Serifos and neighboring islands in the Cyclades (Greece), is also a reminder that a native plant is often a repository to which local communities may look when crafting their identity.

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The “island laboratory” revisited: Integrating environmental and sociocultural approaches

Cited by 2 publications

References 42 publications

Who, Why, When, and Where From? The Peopling of the Canary Islands and the Challenges of Archaeometry

Who, Why, When, and Where From? The Peopling of the Canary Islands and the Challenges of Archaeometry

Retrospective Approach to the Endemic Dianthus fruticosus L. ssp. fruticosus on Serifos Island (Cyclades, Greece)

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