Pierre vive et clapas mort
In 2011, the inscription on UNESCO’s list of world heritage of “The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape“ drew attention to the clapas, the results of the way stones were cleared, during the past, from fields and pastures. But are they simply little piles of inert...
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| description | In 2011, the inscription on UNESCO’s list of world heritage of “The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape“ drew attention to the clapas, the results of the way stones were cleared, during the past, from fields and pastures. But are they simply little piles of inert matter that punctuate the limestone plateau? The clapas are not really buildings, but they are not natural either. Not only are they a consequence of agro-pastoralism, but they also become remanent traces of a palimpsest landscape, living traces of evolving agro-pastoralism. Clearing stones is the removal, by hand, of the stones from a ploughed field or a pasture, piling the stones up at the edge of the field. Today, hand work is replaced by machines which crush the stone in order to remove it. For the inhabitants of the Causses, the clapas now form elements of an unchanging landscape, as spatial and temporal markers of the territory, a hindrance to modern agropastoralism, or, at best, a source of materials. But they also have other functions. Sometimes they hide ancient structures that today excite the curiosity of archaeologists; they offer a habitat for some protected species that the managers of natural parklands are keen to save; they are the markers of an agro-pastoral landscape two millennia old, recognised by UNESCO. Caught between destruction and protection, the clapas, a marker that has become a heritage trace, are today at the heart of conflicts in usages and representations, at a point of convergence between different heritage issues (landscape ones, archaeological ones and natural ones), as well as economic and agro-pastoral questions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-279d98c34a79482b8df2c60fd265f3e42024-12-09T14:08:20ZfraMinistère de la Culture et de la CommunicationIn Situ1630-73052024-04-015210.4000/insitu.41123Pierre vive et clapas mortIndio VignesCéline TastetRichard DumezIn 2011, the inscription on UNESCO’s list of world heritage of “The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape“ drew attention to the clapas, the results of the way stones were cleared, during the past, from fields and pastures. But are they simply little piles of inert matter that punctuate the limestone plateau? The clapas are not really buildings, but they are not natural either. Not only are they a consequence of agro-pastoralism, but they also become remanent traces of a palimpsest landscape, living traces of evolving agro-pastoralism. Clearing stones is the removal, by hand, of the stones from a ploughed field or a pasture, piling the stones up at the edge of the field. Today, hand work is replaced by machines which crush the stone in order to remove it. For the inhabitants of the Causses, the clapas now form elements of an unchanging landscape, as spatial and temporal markers of the territory, a hindrance to modern agropastoralism, or, at best, a source of materials. But they also have other functions. Sometimes they hide ancient structures that today excite the curiosity of archaeologists; they offer a habitat for some protected species that the managers of natural parklands are keen to save; they are the markers of an agro-pastoral landscape two millennia old, recognised by UNESCO. Caught between destruction and protection, the clapas, a marker that has become a heritage trace, are today at the heart of conflicts in usages and representations, at a point of convergence between different heritage issues (landscape ones, archaeological ones and natural ones), as well as economic and agro-pastoral questions.https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/41123clapasagro-pastoralismstone removalcaussesnatural and cultural heritagemanagement conflicts |
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