20.500.12556/ReVIS-13297 Tracing Conflict Through Canals: An Archaeological Perspective on Water Management in Cerdanya and Sierra Nevada Water resource management has long shaped the social construction of space in both its material and jurisdictional dimensions, making Cerdanya and Sierra Nevada particularly interesting case studies of irrigation societies. The sharing of water (through artefacts, practices, and actions) emerges as a key factor in ensuring continuity despite the jurisdictional conflicts documented historically. Revisiting the debate on collective resources, this study highlights the positive role of conflict as a mechanism for regulating access and examines the contribution of objects to the persistence and transformation of resource use. Objects such as canals are not passive infrastructures but active devices through which water is distributed, social relations are mobilised and maintenance becomes a collective practice. The article explores how the maintenance and use of conduits shaped the social life of groups engaged in irrigation, and how these practices are reflected in negotiation mechanisms documented in disputes over access rights. Drawing on case studies from Barranco de la Poqueira (Sierra Nevada) and Ribeira d’Eyne (Cerdanya), carried out by the Laboratory of Environmental Archaeology and History, the contribution examines the links between material infrastructures, resource sharing, and community structures, and assesses how sustainability depends on the interplay of conflict, solidarity, and collective maintenance. rural archaeology and history topographic approach conflicts and access rights water perimeters water societies true true false Angleški jezik Ni določen Delo ni kategorizirano 2026-03-14 07:53:12 2026-06-09 09:10:38 2026-06-10 03:15:02 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 327-346 no. 3 Vol. 18 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-12-31 1855-3362 2232-6022 10.70908/2232-6022/18.327-346 18.327-346.pdf 18.327-346.pdf 1 DE212317743883582BB088F8A95F8D0D 87104cbde03bc8d1ac90e7d93ac296b1e1d558bc2adbc5c2bad1a23068802e80 7f00bcb6-1f72-11f1-acf8-001a4af901a5 https://revis.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=15809 https://ijems.emuni.si/index.php/home/article/download/358/77 1 78c6e6be-1f72-11f1-acf8-001a4af901a5 https://revis.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=15808 Euro-Mediterranean University 0 0 0