Early farmers, megalithic builders and the shaping of the cultural landscapes during the Holocene in Northern Iberian mountains. A palaeoenvironmental perspective

Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián; López‐Sáez, José Antonio; Fuente, Sara Núñez de la; Alonso, Mónica Ruíz

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.01.043

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“…Similarly, research suggests that remnants of charcoal fragments in subalpine soils and in lacustrine sediments are due to manmade fires designed to open up the forest during the Neolithic and the Bronze Ages (Connor et al, 2019). These activities occurred in the Pyrenees (Bal et al, 2011;Gassiot et al, 2014), other ranges of the Iberian Peninsula such as the Urbión Massif in the Iberian Range (García-Ruiz et al, 2016), and in the Cantabrian Mountains (Carracedo et al, 2017;Pérez-Díaz et al, 2018). However, other researchers emphasized that these fires could have had mainly a natural origin, and that deforestation had minor effect prior to the Middle Ages (González-Sampériz et al, 2019).…”

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Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees: An interdisciplinary approach

García‐Ruiz

Tomás-Faci

Blasco

et al. 2020

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Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees: An interdisciplinary approach

García‐Ruiz

Tomás-Faci

Blasco

et al. 2020

CATENA

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“…El clima seguirá siendo un agente esencial, e incluso dominante en muchos casos y localidades a la hora de determinar la dinámica de la vegetación, pero ya no actuará en solitario, sino reforzado en muchos casos por actividades socio-económicas (Carrión et al, 2010). Granos de polen de cereal y otras plantas cultivadas empiezan a aparecer en las secuencias palinológicas, incluso en las procedentes de registros lacustres y turbosos (Miras et al, 2007;Pèlachs et al, 2009;Ejarque et al, 2010;López-Merino et al, 2010;Aranbarri et al, 2015;Revellés, 2017), completando la información proporcionada por los yacimientos arqueológicos (López-Sáez et al, 2009;Pérez-Díaz et al, 2018), y muy especialmente por la carpología (Zapata et al, 2004;Peña-Chocarro et al, 2005, 2018. Las proporciones de polen arbóreo-arbustivo descienden, o al menos fluctúan intensa y bruscamente, interpretándose tradicionalmente como la expansión intencionada de áreas abiertas con el objetivo de cultivar y/o pastorear (Carrión et al, 2010;López-Merino et al, 2010).…”

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Escenarios, tempo e indicadores paleoambientales para la identificación del Antropoceno en el paisaje vegetal del Pirineo Central (NE Iberia)

González-Sampériz

Montes

Aranbarri

et al. 2019

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The Anthropocene is related to the origin of current landscape configuration, and in terms of vegetation, with the consideration of human action as main forcing of clear, intense and permanent changes through time. In this paper we compile and compare data from palynological sequences, microcharcoal records, archaeological sites and radiocarbon dates from palaeofires located in the Central Pyrenees besides historical documents, and we argue that some evidences related to early deforestation processes and use of human fire are not so clear than some authors point. Conversely, indicators of unequivocal human use and the origin of cultural landscapes are located only a few centuries and not a few millennia ago. In fact, high temporal and spatial variability is recorded until the Middle Ages (last 700 years, 1300 AD), when a series of consistent and permanent changes suggest the onset of the Anthropocene.

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“…Before the presence of humans, lightning-induced fire was the main agent that affected vegetation and generated dynamic renewal, both in time and space [1]. Since Neolithic times, rural communities in the mountains of Southern Europe have traditionally used fire, shrub clearing and grazing as tools to manage mountain landscapes [2][3][4]. For example, in Spain, in the Middle Ages, deforestation was carried out to extend summer grasslands for livestock.…”

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Medium-Term Comparative Effects of Prescribed Burning and Mechanical Shredding on Soil Characteristics in Heathland and Shrubland Habitats: Insights from a Protected Natural Area

Cadenas,

Castedo-Dorado,

Valbuena

2024

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Parts of the Cantabrian Mountains (N Spain) have been colonized by woody species in the past six or seven decades as a result of a decline in livestock activity and changes in the fire regime. Various management strategies have been used to prevent the expansion of shrubs and recover grassland ecosystems for grazing activities. However, it is not clear how different vegetation treatments affect soils, which are crucial in supporting life and providing nutrients in these ecosystems. The aim of the present study was to compare the dynamics of the physicochemical and biological soil properties after two vegetation treatments: prescribed burning and shredding. Samples were obtained from plots representing alkaline and acidic soils dominated by gorse shrub (Genista hispanica subsp. occidentalis) and heath (Calluna vulgaris) plant communities, respectively. The soil samples were collected immediately before and after the treatments and one and two years later. The level of available P varied depending on the soil pH, and it only increased after the treatments in the acidic soils in the heathland community. The total N and available P concentrations were higher after the prescribed burning, and the enzymatic activity tended to be higher after the shredding treatment. Despite the significant effects on some soil variables, prescribed burning and shredding did not have important short- and medium-term effects on the chemical and soil enzymatic properties. These treatments can therefore be considered sustainable vegetation management tools, at least in the medium term.

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Early farmers, megalithic builders and the shaping of the cultural landscapes during the Holocene in Northern Iberian mountains. A palaeoenvironmental perspective

Cited by 7 publications

References 53 publications

Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees: An interdisciplinary approach

Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees: An interdisciplinary approach

Escenarios, tempo e indicadores paleoambientales para la identificación del Antropoceno en el paisaje vegetal del Pirineo Central (NE Iberia)

Medium-Term Comparative Effects of Prescribed Burning and Mechanical Shredding on Soil Characteristics in Heathland and Shrubland Habitats: Insights from a Protected Natural Area

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