Cipières, in the Alpes-Maritimes, is a French upland landscape rich in archaeology and distinctive in its topography. Cipières: Community and Landscape in the Alpes-Maritimes is a unique exploration which brings together a wealth of documentary sources retained in the village with material evidence in the landscape to produce an interdisciplinary and holistic account of the development of one community and its lands. Beginning with a history of the Project, the volume examines the village’s morphology and archaeology, including a landscape survey and investigation of the agrarian systems of the Plâteau de Calern, before moving on to examine settlement patterns, population, politics, social structure and the local economy from the fifth century through to 1900. After a period of decline, the area is now undergoing regeneration, and history is bought up-to-date and placed in its modern context through reflections of the modern day region.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgements
• Preface: A brief history of the Cipières Project
• Chapter 1: Setting the scene
• Chapter 2: An outline early chronology and an account of the village’s morphology
• Chapter 3: The archaeology of the central part of the Plateau de Calern
• Chapter 4: The Les Baumes landscape survey: dating the basic agrarian landscape of the Plateau de Calern
• Chapter 5: Settlement, social structure and politics from the 5th to the 14th century
• Chapter 6: Population, economy and society, 1050–1531
• Chapter 7: Medieval agrarian systems
• Chapter 8: Agrarian systems in the post-medieval period
• Chapter 9: Population, economy and society, 1531–1900
• Chapter 10: Les Baumes in the modern era
• Chapter 11: Reflections
• Appendix 1: A catalogue and chronology of quartier and other names
• Notes
• Bibliography