Archaeological predictive modelling of alpine pastoralism: A case study in the Orobie Alps, Italy

The study of ancient mountain landscapes has always been difficult due to the low visibility of archaeological sites, especially of those associated with pastoralism. In order to tackle this issue, a new approach to pastoral landscape, based on the integration of inductive predictive modelling and ethnoarchaeology, has been recently proposed for the Italian Alps, in Trento province. The new modelling protocol was then tested on a different context in the Orobie Alps (Bergamo province, Italy). A GIS-based inductive model was implemented using modern pastoral sites in the area of Carona (Bergamo, Italy) as training sample.