Mediterranean polyculture revisited: Olive, grape and subsistence strategies at Palaikastro, East Crete, between the Late Neolithic and Late Bronze Age

Livarda, Alexandra; Orengo, Hector H.; Cañellas-Boltà, Núria; Riera-Mora, Santiago; Picornell-Gelabert, Llorenç; Tzevelekidi, Vasiliki; Veropoulidou, Rena; Martín, Ricard Marlasca; Krahtopoulou, Athanasia

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101271

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“…There is little doubt that olive exploitation continued during the Minoan period. That is in good accordance with archaeological evidence of oil storage , presence of archaeobotanical remains of olive wood, fruits and pollen (Badal and Ntinou, 2013;Cañellas-Bolt a et al, 2018;Ghilardi et al, 2018;Livarda et al, 2021;Moody, 2012). The socioeconomic importance of olive trees in Minoan Crete is documented by archaeological finds (e.g.…”

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Olive groves around the lake. A ten-thousand-year history of a Cretan landscape (Greece) reveals the dominant role of humans in making this Mediterranean ecosystem

Jouffroy‐Bapicot

Pedrotta

Debret

et al. 2021

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Section: Land Use Land Cover and Biodiversitysupporting

confidence: 83%

Olive groves around the lake. A ten-thousand-year history of a Cretan landscape (Greece) reveals the dominant role of humans in making this Mediterranean ecosystem

Jouffroy‐Bapicot

Pedrotta

Debret

et al. 2021

Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…However, our results show that there are LS types of agricultural character of low fire-proneness (e.g., "MedAgr", "ShpAgr") located in LM types with high fire-proneness (e.g., "Steep"). Indeed, LS types linked with livestock grazing [35,64,65] or permanent crops (e.g., vineyards, olive trees), often with terracing practice to prevent soil erosion and facilitate farming operations, are historically adapted to steep areas [66,67].…”

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Exploring Land System Options to Enhance Fire Resilience under Different Land Morphologies

Silva,

Pena,

Cunha

et al. 2023

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Fire is the origin of serious environmental and social impacts in Mediterranean-like landscapes, such as those in California, Australia, and southern Europe. Portugal is one of the southern European countries most affected by fire, which has increased in intensity and extent in the recent decades in response to variations in climate, but mostly due to changes in land systems (LSs), characterized by land use and land cover and also by factors such as management intensity, livestock composition, land ownership structure, and demography. Agricultural activities, which contributed to the management of fuel in the overall landscape, were allocated to the most productive areas, while the steepest areas were occupied by extensive areas of shrubland and monospecific forests, creating landscapes of high fire-proneness. These challenging circumstances call for landscape transformation actions focusing on reducing the burned area, but the spatial distribution of LS is highly conditioned by land morphology (LM), which limits the actions (e.g., farming operations) that can be taken. Considering the constraints posed by the LM, this study investigates whether there is a possibility of transforming the landscape by single modifying the LS from more to less fire prone. To better understand landscape–fire relationships, the individual and interactive effects of the LS and LM on burned areas were also analyzed. Even in the more fire-prone LM types, a 40% proportion of agricultural uses in the landscape results in an effective reduction in the burned area.

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“…[3][4][5][6]. The current dataset, combined with environmental [7] and landscape archaeology [8], has contributed to significant new insights into the socioeconomic organisation of the eastern part of Crete in prehistory, highlighting a strong emphasis on extensive, integrated olive and sheep/goat management ( [9], for details on the analysis and interpretation of the results of each of the four datasets presented here see [10][11][12][13]). (2) METHODS…”

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Archaeobotanical and Zooarchaeological (Large Mammal Bone, Shell and Fish Remains) Data from the ‘Palace and Landscape at Palaikastro’ (PALAP) Excavation Project, Crete, Greece

Livarda

Tzevelekidi

Veropoulidou

et al. 2023

Journal of Open Archaeology Data

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The dataset presented here includes four .csv files with primary archaeobotanical, large mammal bone, mollusc and fish remains data, recovered during the PALAP project at Palaikastro, east Crete, Greece, between 2013 and 2015. The data describe bioarchaeological remains from the south-east sector of the Bronze Age town at Palaikastro, recovered with systematic sampling and employing flotation, dry-sieving and hand collection. All remains were identified and quantified using established methodologies and were then stored at the premises of the British School at Athens in Crete (Ayios Antonios centre, Palaikastro). The dataset will be of use to archaeologists working in the Aegean and beyond and can contribute to key debates related to the Bronze Age, such as the emergence and economic organisation of urban centres.

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Mediterranean polyculture revisited: Olive, grape and subsistence strategies at Palaikastro, East Crete, between the Late Neolithic and Late Bronze Age

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

Olive groves around the lake. A ten-thousand-year history of a Cretan landscape (Greece) reveals the dominant role of humans in making this Mediterranean ecosystem

Olive groves around the lake. A ten-thousand-year history of a Cretan landscape (Greece) reveals the dominant role of humans in making this Mediterranean ecosystem

Exploring Land System Options to Enhance Fire Resilience under Different Land Morphologies

Archaeobotanical and Zooarchaeological (Large Mammal Bone, Shell and Fish Remains) Data from the ‘Palace and Landscape at Palaikastro’ (PALAP) Excavation Project, Crete, Greece

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