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En este trabajo se exponen los datos completos sobre los macrorestos botánicos localizados en el yacimiento de Santa Catalina (Lekeitio, Bizkaia). Cada nivel de Santa Catalina puede incluir pulsaciones climáticas cálidas y frías dentro de... more
En este trabajo se exponen los datos completos sobre los macrorestos botánicos localizados en el yacimiento de Santa Catalina (Lekeitio, Bizkaia). Cada nivel de Santa Catalina puede incluir pulsaciones climáticas cálidas y frías dentro de una dinámica general de mejora climática y con el paréntesis frío del Dryas Reciente a caballo entre el Nivel II y el Nivel I. El estudio antracológico de los restos conservados en el Nivel III refleja la existencia de un paisaje vegetal en el que están presentes las coníferas (pino y enebro) junto a abundante madroño y elementos arbustivos como las Fabáceas, brezos y Rosáceas. Seguramente persiste una vegetación preforestal con elementos típicos de las condiciones frías del Último Máximo Glacial. Están presentes ya en este momento elementos que serán muy importantes en los niveles siguientes como el abedul y el grupo de los Quercus.
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Los resultados disponibles hasta el momento para Euskal Herria en los primeros milenios del Holoceno muestran en la vertiente atlántica una explotación intensiva de las formaciones de robledal de Quercus subg. Quercus (roble albar,... more
Los resultados disponibles hasta el momento para Euskal Herria en los primeros milenios del Holoceno muestran en la vertiente atlántica una explotación intensiva de las formaciones de robledal de Quercus subg. Quercus (roble albar, pedunculado, pubescente, quejigo, melojo), mientras que en la vertiente meditárrena el protagonismo es para el pino, siendo posteriormente sustituido por el roble.
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Resultados de la cuarta campana de excavacion en el yacimiento medieval de Albalat (T.M. Romangordo, Caceres)
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Poster presentado en el 2nd International APLE-APLF Congress: "Pollen biotechnology, diversity and function in a changing environment" celebrado en Madrid del 17 al 20 de septiembre 2013
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Información del artículo Los macrorrestos vegetales recuperados en flotación del yacimiento de Benàmer.
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Se presenta el estudio antracológico de los carbones recuperados en el abrigo de Peña Parda (Laguardia, Álava). El Nivel III, de cronología calcolítica, es el de mayor fiabilidad estratigráfíca ya que el Nivel I incluye con bastante... more
Se presenta el estudio antracológico de los carbones recuperados en el abrigo de Peña Parda (Laguardia, Álava). El Nivel III, de cronología calcolítica, es el de mayor fiabilidad estratigráfíca ya que el Nivel I incluye con bastante probabilidad restos vegetales de cronología reciente. En el Nivel III la madera más abundante es el boj (42%), seguido del tejo (33%). Otros taxones menores, presentes en porcentajes inferiores al 5% son: enebro, pino, gayuba/madroño, cornejo, fresno, hiedra, leguminosas, pomoidea, cerezo, roble/quejigo, grosellero y morrionera. Sugerimos que en el momento de ocupación del yacimiento las formaciones de bojedo debieron ser importantes en el entorno. La presencia del tejo debe responder a su capacidad de colonizar suelos delgados y rocosos.
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Resumen: En este trabajo exponemos nuestra investigación sobre los usos de la tierra en el valle de altura de Jutia (Yeste-Nerpio, Albacete) dentro del Prebético interno y de la cuenca alta del río Segura. Hemos considerando el valle como... more
Resumen: En este trabajo exponemos nuestra investigación sobre los usos de la tierra en el valle de altura de Jutia (Yeste-Nerpio, Albacete) dentro del Prebético interno y de la cuenca alta del río Segura. Hemos considerando el valle como unidad de trabajo y hemos integrado fotointerpretación, prospección arqueológica y geofísica, sondeos y una serie de análisis físicoquímicos y paleoambientales. Los resultados nos llevan a proponer un largo uso agrario en dos zonas de este valle. Esta amplia diacronía incluye el I milenio cal BC y época ibérica, además de otros momentos como la antigüedad tardía y la explotación vinculada al poblamiento en cortijos dispersos, hoy abandonados. Enfatizamos la discusión en torno a algunos de los resultados, como la posible identificación de infraestructuras antiguas relacionadas con la actividad agraria para el drenaje. Esta aproximación a la agricultura en los sistemas béticos nos permite además plantear una reflexión crítica sobre ciertos a priori frecuentes en el acercamiento a los paisajes de montaña y a concebirlos, en vez de espacios agrestes, despoblados o casi exclusivamente ganaderos, como microrregiones mediterráneas, con una producción económica diversificada, conectada e integrada en las regiones circundantes del occidente del Mediterráneo. Palabras clave: Paisajes agrarios, arqueología de montaña, I milenio cal BC, Iberos, Mediterráneo occidental Summary: In this work we present our research on land use in the high Jutia Valley (Yeste-Nerpio, Albacete) within the Internal Pre-Baetic and the upper Segura River basin. We have considered the entire valley and we have integrated photo-interpretation, archaeological and geophysical surveys, excavations and a series of physical chemical and paleoenvironmental analyses. The results allow us to propose a long-term use of land in two areas of this valley. This broad diachrony covers the I millennium cal BC, including the Iberian period, as well as other moments such as Late Antiquity and the use related to traditional farms, now abandoned. We emphasize the discussion around some of the results, such as the posible identification of ancient infrastructures related to a drainage system. This approach to agriculture in the Baetic systems also allows us to propose a critical consideration of certain a priori that are frequent in the studies of mountain landscapes. We conceive them as Mediterranean micro-regions, with a diversified economic production, connected and integrated with the surrounding regions of the western Mediterranean, instead of wild, depopulated spaces or almost exclusively dedicated to livestock farming. Keywords: Agricultural landscapes, mountain archaeology I millennium cal BC, Iberian culture, western Mediterranean
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Research Interests: Geography, Humanities, Art, Arqueología, Edad Del Bronce, and 13 moreCultura Material, Metalurgia, Península Ibérica, Ceramica, Motilla, Prehistòria, Paleoecologia, Paleoecología, Castillejo del Bonete, Edad del Cobre, Menga. Revista de Prehistoria de Andalucía, Castilla La Mancha, and Junta de Andalucía
Este trabajo es una contribucion a una serie de proyectos proyectos como Origins and spread of agriculture in the western Mediterranean region (ERC‑AdG 230561) financiado poer European Research Council y Origenes y expansion de la... more
Este trabajo es una contribucion a una serie de proyectos proyectos como Origins and spread of agriculture in the western Mediterranean region (ERC‑AdG 230561) financiado poer European Research Council y Origenes y expansion de la agricultura en el sur peninsular y norte de Marruecos: aportaciones desde la arqueobotanica y la genetica (HAR2008‑01920/ HIST) del MICIIN ambos dirigidos por L. Pena‑Chocarro y HAR2008‑06477‑C03‑03/ HIST dirigido por J.A. Lopez Saez. Ademas forma parte de los trabajos realizados en el marco del Programa Consolider de Investigacion en Tecnologias para la valoracion y conservacion del Patrimonio Cultural ‑TCP‑CSD2007‑00058, y ha sido financiado tambien por los proyectos de investigacion y del proyecto Los ultimos cazadores‑recolectores y las primeras sociedades productoras del sur de la Peninsula Iberica y el norte de Africa (Marruecos). Una aproximacion socio‑economica a traves de la gestion de los instrumentos liticos de produccion y de la explotacion de ...
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Paleoenvironment and cultural changes in the early Holocene: the rock shelter of Artusia (Unzué, Navarra) This paper presents the results of the 2009 and 2010 excavation campaigns of the Artusia rock shelter (Unzué, Navarre, Spain). Five... more
Paleoenvironment and cultural changes in the early Holocene: the rock shelter of Artusia (Unzué, Navarra) This paper presents the results of the 2009 and 2010 excavation campaigns of the Artusia rock shelter (Unzué, Navarre, Spain). Five different Mesolithic occupation phases (Artusia I-V) have been identified, specifically in the Mesolithic of Notches and Denticulates (Artusia I and II) and the Geometric Mesolithic (Artusia III, IV and V). In addition, the sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental record allowed to clearly define several climatic events which developed around 6550 cal BC 8500 cal BP and 6250 cal BC 8200 cal BP. Here we present a description of these events and their (pre)historical interpretation with the aim of recognizing how they influenced the Mesolithic hunter-gatherer groups living in the Ebro Basin of the Iberian Peninsula.
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This article is about three structures that we discovered and excavated in Beaskinarte (Aralar mountain range, Gipuzkoa). One of them is a cremation tomb with a stele, before which there was a bone deposit. The nearest places to the stele... more
This article is about three structures that we discovered and excavated in Beaskinarte (Aralar mountain range, Gipuzkoa). One of them is a cremation tomb with a stele, before which there was a bone deposit. The nearest places to the stele were altered, probably due to attempts during the Middle Ages to check if it was a haustarri –shieling marking stone. Cremated bones (approximately 100 gr) were deposited on a small loculus excavated in the bedrock. Next to the deposit there were found fragment of four ceramic vessels, out of context, two of which present only one fragment. One of the vessels is apparently without any decoration and the other three are decorated (with grooved motives, with triangular excised themes; and with a cordon decorated with fingernail impressions). The recovered charcoals fragments were dated to Late Bronze Age (BP 2770±30). This new cremation tomb is a sign of the possible complexity of the funerary practices of these mountain areas, up to now represented ...
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We present the result of the analises of plant macroremains (charcoal, fruits and seeds) from the archaeological excavation carried out at Santa Maria La Real (Zarautz). One group of samples is dated to the roman age and the others are... more
We present the result of the analises of plant macroremains (charcoal, fruits and seeds) from the archaeological excavation carried out at Santa Maria La Real (Zarautz). One group of samples is dated to the roman age and the others are medieval. The earliest ones include a bigger diversity of crops (hulled wheats such as Triticum dicoccum and Triticum spelta, free-threshing wheats, barley and Italian millet). The most recent ones include wheat and Italian millet. In both cases Setaria italica (Italian millet) is the most abundant crop. A minimum number of 15 arboreal species are represented in the charcoal analysis. Deciduous oaks sum more than half the fragments followed by alder.
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Research Interests: Geography, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Geology, Iberian Studies, and 15 moreArchaeological GIS, Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula, Upper Paleolithic, Quaternary, Magdalenian, Upper Palaeolithic, Magdaleniense, Reconstruction of human diet, Arqueología espacial, La Peña de Estebanvela, Tafonomia, Espatial Archaeology, Paleolítico superior, Upper Magdalenian, and Social organisation
Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Geology, Paleoclimatology, Mesolithic Archaeology, and 12 moreQuaternary Geology, Paleoclimate, Mesolithic (Iberian Prehistory), Quaternary, Mesolithic, Quaternary Sedimentology and Geomorphology, Chronology, Travertine and Tufa formation, Holocene, Event, Iberian Peninsula, and 8.2 cal kyr BP climatic event
This chapter reports the results of archaeobotanical analyses of the Middle Magdalenian (ca. 14.450-14.200 BP), Upper Magdalenian (ca. 12.530-12.070 BP) and Late Magdalenian (ca. 11.700-10.640 BP) of La Peña de Estebanvela (Ayllón,... more
This chapter reports the results of archaeobotanical analyses of the Middle Magdalenian (ca. 14.450-14.200 BP), Upper Magdalenian (ca. 12.530-12.070 BP) and Late Magdalenian (ca. 11.700-10.640 BP) of La Peña de Estebanvela (Ayllón, Segovia). Palynological and carpological analyses provided no significant results. Among the anthracological samples, the wood of Salix sp. was the most common throughout the sequence, particularly so in the Middle and Upper Magdalenian layers. This is probably related to the exploitation of the forested area close to the River Aguisejo. Greater anthracological diversity was recorded for the Late Magdalenian, with significant numbers of rosaceas (Prunus and pomoideas) detected. This might be the consequence of an increase in forest diversity or of a change in the areas where wood was collected. Levels V, IV and III are characterised by the very infrequent presence of tree phytoliths and an abundance of Poaceae specimens, while Levels II and I show an incr...
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Poster presentado en el XVII International A.P.L.E. Symposium of Palynology celebrado en Vigo (España) del 7 al 10 de julio de 2010Peer Reviewe
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Research Interests: Geography, Geoarchaeology, Palaeoenvironment, Magdalenian, Seasonality, and 15 moreMagdaleniense, Chronostratigraphy, Geoarqueología, Iberian Peninsula, Organización espacial, Península Ibérica, Movilidad, Industries, Personal Ornaments, Arte mueble, Paleoambiente, Industrias, Spatial Organisation, Estacionalidad, and Meseta Norte
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The littoral site of Ifri Oudadane is one of the most important recently excavated sites in the Mediterranean Maghreb. The shelter presents Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic layers and therefore offers the possibility to investigate the... more
The littoral site of Ifri Oudadane is one of the most important recently excavated sites in the Mediterranean Maghreb. The shelter presents Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic layers and therefore offers the possibility to investigate the Neolithic transition in the region. Besides introducing the archaeological context, this paper focuses on palaeobotanical data in order to reconstruct Holocene environmental change and human use of plant resources for the period c. 11 to 5.7 ka cal. BP. Results show intense landscape transformations resulting from anthropic and climatic factors. First human occupations start at the beginning of the Holocene with favourable conditions in this otherwise harsh semi-arid stretch of land. A wooded environment with evergreen sclerophyllous oaks and riparian forests is documented and exploited by hunter-gatherers. From c. 7.6 ka cal. BP farming activities are well attested together with significant human impact, herding pressure and a progressive decline of arb...
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Research Interests: Geography, Archaeology, Geology, Climate Change, Landscape Archaeology, and 15 moreLithic Technology, Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula, Lower Paleolithic, Cave, Magdalenian, Lithic Analysis, Lithic Raw Material Sourcing, Magdaleniense, Iberian Peninsula, Late Upper Palaeolithic, La Peña de Estebanvela, Paleolítico superior, Middle Magdalenian, Hunter Gatherer Archaeology, and Ayllón
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Research Interests: Geography, Archaeology, Geochemistry, Environmental Education, Ethnobotany, and 15 moreArchaeobotany, Mediterranean prehistory, Archaeological Science, Agriculture, Agricultural History, Mediterranean and North Africa, Indigenous knowledge systems, Maghreb, Early Neolithic, Macro, Basketry, Epipalaeolithic, CBNRM, Education for Sustainable Development, and Epipalaeollithic
... de ello, dentro del marco cronológico seleccionado en esta exposición, lo constituyen los dos milenios más antiguos: de los más de 65 depósitos que ... En la cueva de Arenaza I (Galdames, Bizkaia) el porcentaje de polen arbóreo (AP)... more
... de ello, dentro del marco cronológico seleccionado en esta exposición, lo constituyen los dos milenios más antiguos: de los más de 65 depósitos que ... En la cueva de Arenaza I (Galdames, Bizkaia) el porcentaje de polen arbóreo (AP) oscila entre 25-30% (Isturiz y Sánchez Goñi ...
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The multidisciplinary Albalat Project launched in 2009 aims to document a small fortified Islamic establishment, mentioned by textual sources as early as the second half of the 10th century. The site of Albalat became a strategic target... more
The multidisciplinary Albalat Project launched in 2009 aims to document a small fortified Islamic establishment, mentioned by textual sources as early as the second half of the 10th century. The site of Albalat became a strategic target for Christian troops due to its location, leading to its siege and systematic destruction in 1142. Its exceptional condition of complete abandonment offers a valuable record of daily life in the Almoravid era. The material culture of this period is, so far, poorly known. In the site, "House 1" was the first to have been excavated. The collapse of the house allowed the in situ conservation of an abundance of material as well as the preservation of numerous bioarchaeological remains. Some of the architectural characteristics as well as the quality of the archaeological material led us to think that its inhabitants might have had a notable status. For this reason, we decided to synthesize all zooarchaeological and archaeobotanical (charcoal fragments and seeds) data available for this part of the site, in order to document the lifestyle of the inhabitants, and to investigate the resources they consumed as well as the types of environments exploited to produce these resources. Based on the bioarchaeological results, it appears the inhabitants of House 1 had access to a wide diversity of resources from the different environmental contexts probably available near the site (open fields, forest, riverbanks and the river itself). Though diverse, the species encountered in House 1 do not reveal a special or higher status of its inhabitants and are, on the contrary, common in the medieval Muslim settlements of the peninsula.
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This paper presents the results of the first excavation campaign of the Artusia rock shelter in Unzue, Navarre, Spain. Chronocultural and archaeobiological analyses revealed five different occupation phases (Artusia IeV) within the... more
This paper presents the results of the first excavation campaign of the Artusia rock shelter in Unzue, Navarre, Spain. Chronocultural and archaeobiological analyses revealed five different occupation phases (Artusia IeV) within the regional Mesolithic timeline, specifically in the Mesolithic of Notches and Denticulates (Artusia I and II) and the Geometric Mesolithic (Artusia III, IV, and V). In addition, the study of the sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental evolution in the entire record helped to clearly define several climatic events which developed around 6550 cal BCe8500 cal BP and 6250 cal BCe8200 cal BP. Here, we present a description of these events and their (pre)historical interpretation with the aim of recognizing how they influenced the Mesolithic hunteregatherer groups living in the Ebro Basin of the Iberian Peninsula.
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The integration of different disciplines in the study of Taxus baccata indicates the presence of this taxon in SW Europe since the middle Pleistocene. However the bulk of archaeobotanical information comes from the Holocene. Both... more
The integration of different disciplines in the study of Taxus baccata indicates the presence of this taxon in SW Europe since the middle Pleistocene. However the bulk of archaeobotanical information comes from the Holocene. Both Palynological and Anthracological approaches are chronologically and palaeoecologically consistent. Once the yew appears and develops among deciduous forest formation without establishing real plant communities, it is exploited by human groups. According to charcoal data this exploitation starts since the Epipalaeolithic-Mesolithic but it is during the Neolithic when the taxon is largely exploited throughout all the area under study, reaching its highest values during the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. Historical and ethnographic sources also revealed a continuous exploitation of this tree for multiple purposes. Not only humans have exerted a strong pressure on this tree but the ruminants with their constant grazing have also contributed to the regression of yew to the most inaccessible areas of mountains. The various place names related to yew that have been found over the geography of the studied area, testify the former extension reached by this tree in the past. An enlarged number of yews planted from ancient times besides old churches, cemeteries or in the squares of villages (more than 250 yews only in Asturian territory) witnesses the old cult that has always been given to this tree ruling for centuries the destiny of the living and honoring the memory of the dead .
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Wood charcoal retrieved from archaeological contexts dated ca. 700-1200 AD in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Northern Iberia) suggests that Quercus subg. Quercus, Fagus sylvatica and Rosaceae where the main fuels used in domestic activities. The use of... more
Wood charcoal retrieved from archaeological contexts dated ca. 700-1200 AD in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Northern Iberia) suggests that Quercus subg. Quercus, Fagus sylvatica and Rosaceae where the main fuels used in domestic activities. The use of Fagus increases through time and Prunus and Pomoideae are very important in contexts related to metallurgy.