Circulation of olives, figs and grapes in the area of El Argar culture in south-eastern Spain

Martínez, Mireia Celma; Stika, Hans‐Peter

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“…Así, la dieta vegetal de cereales y leguminosas cultivados se complementaría con los recursos obtenidos no solo de la cría de una cabaña ganadera, sino también a través de labores cinegéticas, pesca, marisqueo y recolección de frutos silvestres, como de hecho se viene constatando en el registro arqueológico (Contreras Cortés 2000; Jover Maestre y López Padilla 2020; López Padilla y Jover Maestre 2014). En el ámbito argárico advertimos la presencia de bellotas, aceitunas, uvas silvestres, peras, lentisco, madroño, lino, adormidera, higos y moras, además de otras especies para usos culinarios y medicinales o aromáticos -lavanda- (Buxó 1997;Celma Martínez y Stika 2020;Peña-Chocarro 2000;Pérez Jordá 2013;Rovira 2007), adoptando diferentes estrategias en la obtención y gestión de los recursos alimenticios en función de las condiciones del territorio del lugar de residencia (Knipper et al 2020;Mora-González 2017).…”

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Agricultura y control social: de la tendencia al monocultivo a la diversidad agrícola en el Argar

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Se presenta una nueva hipótesis sobre el modo de vida y el grado de control social de la producción agrícola en la sociedad argárica (2200-1550 BCE). Si bien hace décadas se propuso para la cuenca de Vera (Almería) que en la fase final de su desarrollo se daría un proceso de intensificación productiva basado en un monocultivo extensivo de cebada (Hordeum vulgare L.), la revisión efectuada del conjunto de los datos paleobotánicos disponibles, con las limitaciones existentes y analizados de forma global a nivel cronológico, permiten considerar otras posibilidades interpretativas. Los datos apuntan hacia la práctica de una agricultura diversa durante todo el desarrollo de la sociedad argárica, aunque de base esencialmente cerealista, asociada a la puesta en práctica de diferentes estrategias coherentes con los principios de la racionalidad de la economía campesina.

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Agricultura y control social: de la tendencia al monocultivo a la diversidad agrícola en el Argar

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“…In south-eastern Spain, the large number of figs in archaeobotanical samples, combined with the presence of charcoal, suggests that the fig tree was already cultivated in the Bronze Age of El Argar (2,200-1,500 BC) (Stika, 1988). Figs, together with grapes and olives, may even have been transported from producer to consumer areas within the El Argar territory (Celma Martínez and Stika, 2020).…”

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Talkin’ About a Revolution. Changes and Continuities in Fruit Use in Southern France From Neolithic to Roman Times Using Archaeobotanical Data (ca. 5,800 BCE – 500 CE)

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The use and socio-environmental importance of fruits dramatically changed after the emergence of arboriculture and fruit domestication in the eastern Mediterranean, between the 5th and the 3rd millennia BCE. Domesticated fruits together with cultivation techniques apparently reached the western Mediterranean via colonial activities during the 1st millennium BCE – early 1st millennium CE. However, the pace and chronology of this diffusion as well as the recompositions in diversity, to adapt to new socio-environmental conditions, remain poorly known. In this study we investigate archaeobotanical records in Southern France from the Neolithic to the end of the Roman empire (ca. 5,800 BCE – 500 CE) to assess changes in fruit use as well as the emergence, spread and evolution of fruit cultivation. We explore changes in native traditions faced with innovations brought by Mediterranean colonization and how domesticated fruit cultivation spread from the Mediterranean to more temperate areas. Archaeobotanical data from 577 assemblages were systematically analyzed distinguishing two datasets according to preservation of plant remains (charred vs. uncharred), as this impacts on the quantity and diversity of taxa. The 47 fruit taxa identified were organized in broad categories according to their status and origin: exotic, allochtonous cultivated, indigenous cultivated, wild native. We also analyzed diversity, quantity of fruits compared to the total of economic plants and spatio-temporal variations in the composition of fruit assemblages using correspondence factor analyses. Archaeobotanical data reflect variations and continuities in the diversity of species used through time and space. In the Mediterranean area, significant changes related to the arrival of new plants and development of fruit cultivation occurred mainly, first during the Iron Age (6th-5th c. BCE), then in the beginning of the Roman period. Large cities played a major role in this process. In agreement with archeological information, archaeobotanical data reveal the predominance of viticulture in both periods. However, arboriculture also included other fruit species that have been subject to less intensive and specialized cultivation practices. Most significantly, this study pinpoints the continuous contribution of native, supposedly wild fruits throughout the chronology. Despite the homogenizing Roman influence, results reveal clear differences between the Mediterranean and temperate regions.

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Circulation of olives, figs and grapes in the area of El Argar culture in south-eastern Spain

Cited by 2 publications

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Agricultura y control social: de la tendencia al monocultivo a la diversidad agrícola en el Argar

Agricultura y control social: de la tendencia al monocultivo a la diversidad agrícola en el Argar

Talkin’ About a Revolution. Changes and Continuities in Fruit Use in Southern France From Neolithic to Roman Times Using Archaeobotanical Data (ca. 5,800 BCE – 500 CE)

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