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In 2018 we began the archaeological study of Extremo fortified landscape, identifying a defensive complex similar to the one preserved to the north, on the Galician-Portuguese border, the result of the construction process that accompanied the Restoration War. These structures had a great impact on earlier landscapes, and were subsequently transformed by new processes, such as the construction of cultivation terraces.
Extremo is a privileged place to develop a research focused on the paradigm Science, Technology and Society, oriented by the following research hypothesis: this cultural landscape in the historical period responds to two overlapping construction processes in the Modern Age that correspond to very different macro-structural logics (the War of Restoration in the 17th century and the construction of an agro-pastoral landscape that intensified in the 18th century).
We also aim to understand how current socio-economic processes (depopulation, emigration, extractive activities) are generating new litter in this landscape. Its understanding must be part of the search for solutions to reverse them, together with the population that inhabits them, a fundamental objective of this project.
This project contributes to Thematic Lines TL1 and TL2.
Research Team
IMAGES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM Reconstruction of the fortifications built in the Portela-Extremo mountain pass in the 17th century © Luís Taklim, 2021 | Bragandelo Fort (17th century) dominates the mountain pass of Extremo, Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal, between Boalhosa and Peneda © Drone image by José Manuel Costa-García | Neighbors at Extremo, in a sequence from the documentary A festa do emigrante, 2021 © Sara Traba
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IN2PAST – Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory is funded by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I. P. under reference LA/P/0132/2020 (DOI 10.54499/LA/P/0132/2020)
