Massive storage in As Laias/O Castelo (Ourense, NW Spain) from the Late Bronze Age/Iron Age transition to the Roman period: a palaeoethnobotanical approach

Tereso, João Pedro; Rego, Pablo Ramil; González, Yolanda Alvarez; González, Luis López; Almeida, Rubim

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2013.05.007

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“…We must stress the presence of naked barley in Torroso in such late chronology as by this time it had already ceased to be a staple crop in many Iberian regions (Buxó and Piqué, 2008). It is possibly present in Senhora da Guia and it was also found in As Laias, in what seems to have been the oldest storage structure studied in the site up to now (Tereso et al, 2013). However, the chronology of this structure is problematic.…”

Section: Bronze Age Crops According To Carpological Datamentioning

confidence: 96%

“…However, the chronology of this structure is problematic. Storage facilities made of wattle and daub are abundant in As Laias (Álvarez González and López González, 2000;Tereso et al, 2013). Most storage structures are from the Iron Age and the transition of the Era.…”

Section: Bronze Age Crops According To Carpological Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Direct radiocarbon dating of problematic material is needed so to confirm such early introduction of Panicum miliaceum and T. spelta. So far, a Chalcolithic chronology for the introduction of spelt in western Iberia would clearly contrast with the state of the art of this crop's history in the Iberian Peninsula (Buxó, 1997;Buxó et al, 1997;Tereso, 2012;Tereso et al, 2013). In what Panicum miliaceum is concerned, it has been found in several Bronze Age sites (Alonso, 2000;Buxó and Piqué, 2008;Moreno-Larrazabal et al, 2015) thus its cultivation seems to have begun in this period.…”

Section: Bronze Age Crops According To Carpological Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Agriculture in NW Iberia during the Bronze Age: A review of archaeobotanical data

Tereso

Bettencourt

Rego³

et al. 2016

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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The wide and diverse array of palaeoenvironmental studies that were carried out in Northwestern Iberia indicate that the Bronze Age corresponds to a phase of great landscape changes. Strong deforestation and erosion episodes are key-features and they are usually assumed to be anthropogenic. The archaeological and archaeobotanical records demonstrate that these trends are coincident with modifications on settlement pattern and agricultural systems. This work consists on a thorough revision of carpological data from 19 Bronze Age sites in order to understand agricultural practices in the region in this time period. Results reveal the increasing relevance of Panicum miliaceum and decreasing presence of naked barley which contrast with the previous periods. Carpological remains are not available in Early Bronze Age sites. Middle Bronze Age crops include naked and hulled forms of barley (Hordeum spp.) and wheat (Triticum spp.). Only one site provided occasional grains of Panicum miliaceum. Non-cereal crops are rare and comprise Linum, Papaver, Pisum sativum and Vicia faba. Still, there are few Middle Bronze Age sites with crop macroremains. Late Bronze Age sites with carpological remains of crops are more abundant but no new crop is added. This is the phase when Panicum miliaceum became a conspicuous crop in regional agricultural strategies. Overall, a small diversity of pulses is recorded throughout the Bronze Age, contrasting with other Iberian regions. Acorns (Quercus) are the only wild fruits consistently present in the archaeological sites and they probably had some relevance within the regional subsistence. It was possible to detect changes on settlement and agricultural levels and suggest how these are related to environmental and social changes. It is argued that agricultural productivity increased and pits were the main storage facilities used by Bronze Age communities. Although these structures are abundant in several sites, caution is needed while interpreting them and their fills. Only in one site -Freixo -remains of crops were found in primary deposition in a storage pit. Increasing agricultural productivity, including functionally diverse winter and spring crops seems to have been connected to settlement diversification. This trend may have led to a more complementary and profuse use of local resources, enhancing the anthropogenic changes in the landscape mentioned above. This was a further step in the territorialisation process that would eventually lead to the complex scenario recorded in the Iron Age.

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Section: Bronze Age Crops According To Carpological Datamentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Bronze Age Crops According To Carpological Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Bronze Age Crops According To Carpological Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Agriculture in NW Iberia during the Bronze Age: A review of archaeobotanical data

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Bettencourt

Rego³

et al. 2016

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“…Pits are not the only type of storage facilities found in Iron Age Northwest Iberia. Crops and wild fruits were also recovered in wattle and daub storage structures at As Laias (Cenlle) (Tereso 2012;Tereso, Ramil-Rego, Álvarez González et al 2013) and possibly Castrovite (A Estrada) (Carballo Arceo 1998; Rey Castiñeira et al 2011) and in horrea at Castelinho (Torre de Moncorvo) (Santos et al 2012) and Quinta de Crestelos (Mogadouro) (Pereira et al 2015). The carpological study from these horrea is ongoing.…”

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“…Hulled wheat (Triticum spelta, Triticum dicoccum and, more rarely, Triticum monococcum) has been found in several sites in the region. Naked wheats include Triticum aestivum, identified through rachis fragments at As Laias (Tereso, Ramil-Rego, Álvarez González et al 2013), as well as T. aestivum/durum/turgidum grains. Hulled 1 Bettencourt, A. M. S. 1999 (Panicum miliaceum) is also one of the main crops in the region.…”

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Diversidad de cultivos y estructuras de almacenaje en el poblado de Crastoeiro (Noroeste de la Península Ibérica): nuevos enfoques

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El yacimiento de la Edad del Hierro de Crastoeiro (Mondim de Basto, Vila Real, Norte de Portugal) reveló un interesante conjunto de fosas excavadas en la roca. De su interior se recogieron muestras de sedimento y se realizó un estudio carpológico con el objetivo de obtener información sobre la diversidad de cultivos y prácticas agrícolas y de caracterizar las estructuras de almacenamiento. Los resultados del estudio de 19 muestras procedentes de 4 fosas son relevantes para la comprensión de la agricultura y las prácticas de almacenaje en el Crastoeiro. La espelta (Triticum spelta) fue el cultivo predominante en el interior de las fosas estudiadas. La presencia de espiguillas sugiere que el grano se almacenó parcialmente procesado, o bien se trató de una estrategia que permitía un almacenaje a largo plazo. Se han encontrado otros cereales, entre ellos, el mijo (Panicum miliaceum), la cebada vestida (Hordeum vulgare), el centeno (Secale cereale) y el panizo (Setaria italica). Fechas de radiocarbono a partir de granos de centeno mostraron que éstos son los más antiguos de la Península Ibérica, lo que sugiere que el centeno se introdujo en la región hacia el final de la Edad del Hierro, en el marco de los primeros contactos con los romanos. Desde una perspectiva regional los resultados obtenidos en el yacimiento de Crastoeiro se corresponden con el uso de cultivos poco exigentes, bien adaptados a entornos adversos, incluyendo los climas fríos y suelos pobres.

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Ethnobotany of millet cultivation in the north of the Iberian Peninsula

Moreno-Larrazabal

Teira-Brión

Sopelana-Salcedo

et al. 2015

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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Massive storage in As Laias/O Castelo (Ourense, NW Spain) from the Late Bronze Age/Iron Age transition to the Roman period: a palaeoethnobotanical approach

Cited by 28 publications

References 9 publications

Agriculture in NW Iberia during the Bronze Age: A review of archaeobotanical data

Agriculture in NW Iberia during the Bronze Age: A review of archaeobotanical data

Diversidad de cultivos y estructuras de almacenaje en el poblado de Crastoeiro (Noroeste de la Península Ibérica): nuevos enfoques

Ethnobotany of millet cultivation in the north of the Iberian Peninsula

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