Evolution and management of humid landscapes in northern Dauphiné (Rhone valley, France): Contribution of charcoal and wood studies

Delhon, Claire; Bernigaud, Nicolas; Berger, Jean‐François; Salvador, Pierre‐Gil; Thièbault, Stéphanie; Ploton, Maheul

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“…Heiss and Oeggl, 2008; Wright et al, 2015), most publications concerning Bronze Age charcoal primarily concentrate on environmental reconstruction only, as opposed to archaeological wood use interpretation (e.g. Allué et al, 2009; Delhon et al, 2013; Delhon and Thiébault, 2008; Figueiral and Bettencourt, 2004; Heinz et al, 2004; Jude et al, 2015; Schwartz and Oeggl, 2013). This focus on environmental reconstruction has meant that the investigation of how Bronze Age woodlands were used for activities other than fuel, for example, building or metal-working, has suffered.…”

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“…The method of archaeological charcoal analysis has been well utilised for palaeoecological reconstruction in many countries (e.g. Allué et al, 2009; Asouti et al, 2015; Delhon et al, 2013; Heinz et al, 2004; Jansen and Nelle, 2014: Ludemann, 2006; Marguerie and Hunot, 2007; Out, 2010), but not on the island of Ireland, despite it being one of the most intensively archaeologically excavated countries in Europe in the last 25 years (UCD, 2006).…”

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Woodland dynamics and use during the Bronze Age: New evidence from Irish archaeological charcoal

O’Donnell

2017

The Holocene

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Swathes of roads and pipelines cut through the Irish landscape during the ‘Celtic Tiger’ years (approximately 1994–2008) leading to an unprecedented number of archaeological excavations and creating a unique opportunity for extensive research of past landscapes on a broad scale. The vast quantities of bulk soil samples suddenly available necessitated the development and adaptation of new methodologies. Despite the huge volumes of these samples, of which charcoal is the most ubiquitous ecofact, to date charcoal analysis has been considerably under-utilised in the study of past Irish woodlands. This research presents one of the largest Bronze Age archaeological charcoal datasets in Europe. It provides new palaeoecological evidence contributing to the understanding of woodland cover transformation on the island of Ireland during the late-Holocene period. The most common taxa identified in the charcoal assemblage compare well with regional pollen diagrams, particularly the use of Quercus and Corylus. With intensifying human activity during the middle Bronze Age, the proportion of Maloideae, a light demanding family rose. This is the first clear evidence of anthropogenic influence during the middle Bronze Age in Ireland derived from archaeological charcoal. The size of the charcoal dataset makes it possible to evaluate woodland cover and resourcing from two perspectives – both archaeological and palaeoecological.

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Woodland dynamics and use during the Bronze Age: New evidence from Irish archaeological charcoal

O’Donnell

2017

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“…Since the end of 1970s, soil/sediment charcoal analyses have been widely used in Central Europe to investigate the occurrences of fire events and the correlated burnt woody vegetation (Nelle et al, 2013). In the Mediterranean environment, these researches are currently limited to local contexts and lack a macro-regional narrative (Carcaillet et al, 1997; Delhon et al, 2009, 2013; Henry et al, 2010; Moser et al, 2017; Piqué et al, 2018).…”

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Shaping Mediterranean landscapes: The cultural impact of anthropogenic fires in Tyrrhenian southern Tuscany during the Iron and Middle Ages (800–450 BC / AD 650–1300)

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Charcoal analysis, applied in sediment facies analysis of the Pecora river palaeochannel (Tyrrhenian southern Tuscany, Italy), detected the occurrence of past fire events in two different fluvial landforms at 800–450 BC and again at AD 650–1300. Taking place in a central Mediterranean district adequately studied through palaeoenvironmental and archaeological research, the investigation determined land changes, time phases and socio-economic driving forces involved in dynamic processes of fire. The fire sequences had purely anthropogenic origins and were linked to forest opening and reduction by local communities. Introduced by the Etruscans, fires dated to 800–450 BC involved mainly the forest cover on the hilly slopes, ensuring agricultural exploitation. From AD 650, fires contributed to Medieval upstream reclamation and vegetation clearing of flat swamplands. From AD 850 to 1050, the use of fire spread over a wider area in the river valley, increasing arable lands. Between AD 1150 and 1300, fires belonged to a regional forest clearance phase. Medieval fire episodes had a paramount importance in shaping and determining the character of the Tuscan Mediterranean landscape. From AD 850, Medieval fire clearing influenced regional vegetation history contributing to the decline of the dominant deciduous Quercus woodland. Open habitats became the new form of a clearly detectable agricultural landscape from AD 950. The use of fire clearing and the resulting landscape changes in the Pecora river valley depended on the political strategies adopted by Medieval authorities and marked, in fact, the progression of a cultural landscape still characterizing central Tyrrhenian Italy.

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The evolution of Mediterranean wetlands in the first millennium AD: The case of Les Arenes floodplain (Tortosa, NE Spain)

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Evolution and management of humid landscapes in northern Dauphiné (Rhone valley, France): Contribution of charcoal and wood studies

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Woodland dynamics and use during the Bronze Age: New evidence from Irish archaeological charcoal

Woodland dynamics and use during the Bronze Age: New evidence from Irish archaeological charcoal

Shaping Mediterranean landscapes: The cultural impact of anthropogenic fires in Tyrrhenian southern Tuscany during the Iron and Middle Ages (800–450 BC / AD 650–1300)

The evolution of Mediterranean wetlands in the first millennium AD: The case of Les Arenes floodplain (Tortosa, NE Spain)

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