Vegetation changes and human action from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (7000?4000 B.P.) in Alicante, Spain, based on charcoal analysis

Badal, Ernestina; Bernabeu, Joan; Vernet, Jean

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“…However, charred remains are the final result of diverse human activities; consequently, archaeological charcoals are not haphazardly distributed by the sole effect of climatic and environmental conditions. Methods for the ecological interpretation of plant remains from anthropogenic combustion elements are well developed and established (e.g., Chabal, 1992;Figueiral, 1993;Badal et al, 1994;Vernet, 1997), but few studies successfully deepen the value and understanding of the charcoal assemblages from pyrotechnic and non-pyrotechnic features. Furthermore, few studies have focused on the human behavioral perspective (but see Figueiral, 1996;Buxó and Piqué, 2008;Marston, 2009).…”

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The use of forest resources in central Iberia during the Late Iron Age. Insights from the wood charcoal analysis of Pintia, a Vaccaean oppidum

Rubiales

Hernández

Romero

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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a b s t r a c tCharred woods may be used to effectively reconstruct past wood acquisition strategies. We used anthracological data from the pre-Roman settlement of Pintia (Padilla de Duero, Valladolid) to examine the use of forest resources at the local scale. Palaeoecological data revealed heterogeneous landscapes in the inland northern meseta with environments that offered diverse sources of wood for the inhabitants of Pintia, one of the first cities of inland Iberia. Pines (Pinus pinea/pinaster and Pinus sylvestris/nigra) and both evergreen and deciduous Quercus L. and Juniperus L. were the main taxa identified as both fuelwood and construction elements, but the assemblages and frequencies of these taxa differed depending on their use. We also examined the potential of models from human ecology by considering the frequency, handling time and the relative technological value of each taxon to model how people gathered wood resources. The results suggest that although local availability affected the forest resources that were used by the Vaccaei people, specific taxa were positively selected for specific uses.

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The use of forest resources in central Iberia during the Late Iron Age. Insights from the wood charcoal analysis of Pintia, a Vaccaean oppidum

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Hernández

Romero

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“…Human influence on the environment throughout eastern Spain has been repeatedly invoked to explain anthracologica! findings dated from c. 7000 yr BP onwards (Bernaheu & Badal, 1992;Badal et al, 1994). However, the evidence from charcoal analysis does not suggest the replacement of Pinus forests by sclerophyllous Quercus-dominzted scrub.…”

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“…Palaeoanthracaological research (e.g. Badal, Bernabeu & Vernet, 1994) suggests that Pinus nigra was the most abundant pine species during late-glacial times in the region. This pine continued to be important in coastal areas up to 7000' BP.…”

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“…However, the evidence from charcoal analysis does not suggest the replacement of Pinus forests by sclerophyllous Quercus-dominzted scrub. On the contrary, the information charcoal diagrams from Cova de I'Or and Cova de Ies Centres (Alicante) (Badal et at., 1994) show that (a) the development of the Neolithic (from 7000 BP) on the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula took place in the context of a dominant evergreen oak forest, (6) localized vegetational degradation probably started between 7000 and 6000 BP, (C) clearance of Quercus forest between 6000 and 4700 BF favoured development of Pinus halepensis and Olea, and (d) later, in tbe Subboreal period, there are both maximum decline of Quercus and important expansion of matorral -ftdth Rosmarinus officinalis. Erica multiflora, Cistus, Fabaceae and Pistacia lentiscus, although Pinus halepensis is still the dominant tree in the charcoal spectra.…”

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Late Quaternary vegetational history at Navarrés, Eastern Spain. A two core approach

Carrión

Dupré

1996

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S U M MARYPercentage and concentration pollen diagrams are presented for two cores (taken 5 m apart) at an upper Pleistocene and Hoiocene site at Navarres (Valencia, eastern Spain). Chronological information is provided by an internally consistent radiocarbon dating series that extends from c. 20700 to 3075 yr BP. The results highlight the dangers of relying on a single core in interpreting the patterns of variation of particular taxa. Significant palynological differences, seemingly locational, are described between the two cores. The upper Pleistocene records accords well with the widely recognized European sequence of (a) upper Plenigiacial, (A) BoUing-Allerod warm period, and (c) Younger Dryas crisis. However, the sequence does not show-disruption of vegetation patterns following the commencement of the Hoiocene, and Pinus continues to be dominant up to c. 5500-6000 yr BP. Later, there is evidence for Ouercus forest, mesophilous trees, and xerosclerophyllous Mediterranean vegetation, which is coincident with eutrophication of the study site. These vegetation changes are discussed in the context of anthropogenic disturbance by Neolithic people, competitive exclusion, and climatic change.

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“…Nas últimas décadas têm sido ampliadas as pesquisas em antracologia, direcionadas, principalmente, para a reconstituição paleoecológica da Europa e do Mediterrâneo (VERNET e THIÉBAULT, 1987;HEINZ, 1991;VERNET, 1992;BADAL et al, 1994;FIGUEIRAL, 1995;THIÉBAULT, 1997;HEINZ e THIÉBAULT, 1998;THÉRY-PARISOT, 2001;NELLE, 2002;MARGUERIE e HUNOT, 2007;SADORI e GIARDINI, 2007;THÉRY-PARISOT, 2010). Outros estudos de antracologia foram realizados Argentina (SOLARI, 1990(SOLARI, , 1993PIQUÉ I HUERTA, 1999, MARCONETTO, 2002 e na África e no Oriente Próximo (PRIOR e WILLIANS, 1985;TUSENIUS, 1989;NEUMANN, 1989;NEUMANN et al, 1998;WILLCOX, 2002;TENGBERG, 2002).…”

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Anatomia comparada do lenho e do carvão aplicada na identificação de 76 espécies da floresta Amazônica, no estado do Pará, Brasil

Albuquerque¹

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AGRADECIMENTOSAgradeço em primeiro lugar a DEUS por tudo de bom que aconteceu e acontece em minha vida. Sem Ele para agradecer, os momentos de glória não teriam o mesmo sabor e os momentos de infortúneos não teriam o mesmo conforto.A minha família que tanto amo.Ao meu orientador, Prof. Mário Tomazello Filho, por me orientar e direcionar meus passos no "mundo" acadêmico. Por todas as conversas, oportunidades e desafios impostos.A Prof.ª Rita Scheel-Ybert, pela amizade, oportunidades e conhecimento proporcionados durante o período de iniciação científica. A antracologia, como ciência, tem como objetivo a análise da estrutura anatômica dos carvões vegetais arqueológicos e modernos direcionada para a paleoecologia, paleoetnobotânica, identificação das espécies, etc. No Brasil, a identificação de espécies florestais através da análise dos carvões vegetais atuais reveste-se de importante caráter conservacionista, por ser o maior produtor mundial de carvão vegetal, com grande parte produzida pela extração ilegal de madeira de florestas nativas. Com esse objetivo, no presente trabalho, foi avaliada a estrutura anatômica microscópica, a densidade e a contração do lenho e do carvão de 75 espécies da floresta Amazônica, estado do Pará. Os resultados evidenciaram para o parâmetro (i) anatômico, deformação de diferentes níveis dos elementos de vasos (e pontoações), das células do parênquima axial e radial e das fibras entre as espécies, (ii) físico, significativa variação da densidade da madeira e do carvão entre as espécies; as de madeira de maior densidade aparente apresentam carvão de maior densidade; (iii) contração, resultando na alteração da morfologia dos elementos anatômicos da madeira, com variações entre espécies. Além disto, os resultados permitiram (i) avaliar o efeito melhor do processo de carbonização nos parâmetros anatômicos e físicos da madeira, (ii) demonstrar a aplicação da antracologia como ferramenta na identificação de espécies tropicais e seu potencial no controle ambiental e na fiscalização, além de possibilitar a (iv) criação de uma coleção antracológica de referência, iniciando-se com 75 espécies de madeira e de carvão tropical. The anthracology, as science, aims to analyze the anatomical structure of archaeological and modern vegetal charcoal applied for paleoecology, paleoetnobotanical, species identification, etc. In Brazil, the identification of forest species through analysis of vegetal charcoal is important to the nature conservation, considered that the country is the largest producer of charcoal produced, in part, by the illegal logging of native forests. With this objective, in the present study was evaluated the anatomical microcopical structure, density and contraction of wood and charcoal of 75 species of the Amazon forest, from Pará state. The results showed an (i) diferent levels of anatomical deformation of vessels (and pits), axial and radial parenchyma and fibers with variation between species, (ii) significant change of the wood and charcoal density between the tree species; the ...

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Vegetation changes and human action from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (7000?4000 B.P.) in Alicante, Spain, based on charcoal analysis

Cited by 98 publications

References 10 publications

The use of forest resources in central Iberia during the Late Iron Age. Insights from the wood charcoal analysis of Pintia, a Vaccaean oppidum

The use of forest resources in central Iberia during the Late Iron Age. Insights from the wood charcoal analysis of Pintia, a Vaccaean oppidum

Late Quaternary vegetational history at Navarrés, Eastern Spain. A two core approach

Anatomia comparada do lenho e do carvão aplicada na identificação de 76 espécies da floresta Amazônica, no estado do Pará, Brasil

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