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T1 Geochemical fingerprint of agricultural liming as a regular management practice in Modern-period Basque farming
A1 Narbarte Hernández, Josu
A1 Iriarte Avilés, Eneko
A1 Carrancho Alonso, Ángel
A1 Olazabal Uzkudun, Asier
A1 Rad Moradillo, Juan Carlos
A1 Arriolabengoa, Martin
A1 Aranburu, Arantza
A1 Quirós Castillo, Juan Antonio
K1 Liming
K1 Agroecosystems
K1 Agricultural intensification
K1 Soil geochemistry
K1 Archaeomagnetism
K1 Magnetism
K1 Paleontology
K1 Magnetismo
K1 Paleontología
AB The Modern period in Europe is marked by the introduction of deep agricultural changes. In the Basque Country (northern Spain), the implantation of an intensive crop rotation was made possible by the expansion of agricultural liming, although the extent and implications of this practice have not been previously explored in depth. The present paper proposes a multidisciplinary approach to this question, based on the combined analysis of archival sources, toponymy, visual prospection focused on the presence of limekilns, and agricultural soil coring in four local contexts of the Atlantic Basque Country. The results show, for the first time, evidence of concurrent and widespread liming in this territory at the edge of the 18th century, with strong implications for the model of agricultural management in the communities involved. The spreading of mineral fertilisation reflects an intensification in the forms of agricultural management, in the framework of a new relationship between land and labour that emerged after the introduction of American crops. Continuous liming for more than 200 years exerted a deep impact in the analysed soils, with interesting socio-economic and ecological implications that are representative of the potential short-term effects that changing relationship between humans and their socio-ecological environment may produce in agricultural soils.
PB Elsevier
SN 0048-9697
YR 2021
FD 2021-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6106
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6106
LA spa
NO This paper is the result of two research projects carried out in 2016 and 2018 with the financial support of the provincial government of Gipuzkoa (Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia). Logistic support was provided by the Municipalities of Zestoa, Alkiza and Zizurkil. Á. Carrancho's research was funded by the project BU235P18 (Junta de Castilla y León, Spain & European Regional Development Fund, ERDF) and the project PID2019-105796GB-I00 of the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI/10.13039/501100011033).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 23-abr-2024