首页 | 本学科首页   官方微博 | 高级检索  
     


Integrated archaeobotanical research into vegetation management and land use in El Llano de la Horca (Santorcaz, Madrid, central Spain)
Authors:Paloma Uzquiano  Cosimo D’Oronzo  Girolamo Fiorentino  Blanca Ruiz-Zapata  Ma. José Gil-García  Gonzalo Ruiz-Zapatero  Gabriela M?rtens  Miguel Contreras  Enrique Baquedano
Affiliation:1. Department of Prehistory, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, C/Mediodía Grande, 17, 28005, Madrid, Spain
2. Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology, Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Salento, Via D. Birago 64, 73100, Lecce, Italy
3. Department of Geology, University of Alcalá de Henares, Ed. Ciencias, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
4. Department of Prehistory, Universidad Complutense, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040, Madrid, Spain
5. Regional Museum of Archaeology, Plaza de las Bernardas s/n, 28801, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Abstract:This paper presents an integrated archaeobotanical analysis carried out at the site known as “El Llano de la Horca”, a Bronze and Late Iron Age (3rd–1st century b.c.) Carpetanian settlement in central Spain (3600?±?80 b.p.). Pollen and spore analysis indicates an open landscape dominated by the herb taxa Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae and Poaceae with an important representation of Glomus. The combination of pollen and charcoal studies also reveals the presence of Pinus sylvestris-nigra, P. pinaster-pinea, Juniperus thurifera, Quercus faginea, Q. ilex and Q. suber as the main trees used. Occurrences of Alnus, Corylus, Fraxinus and Juglans suggest the existence of water courses nearby. The archaeobotanical data is correlated with the geographical setting and archaeological context. The evolution of settlement patterns in central Spain, as well as the economy of other Carpetanian sites, is also considered to evaluate how this territory was managed for its vegetational resources since the Bronze Age (BA). Changes are expected as a consequence of different socio-economic factors at this site, especially when the settlement became an important Carpetanian oppidum. The combined results demonstrate a subsistence system based on cereal agriculture, in which naked wheat was dominant, together with some hulled barley and some erratic occurrences of hulled wheat. Furthermore, livestock breeding and metalwork activities seem to have resulted in a significant loss of woodland in order to clear land for crop fields and cattle grazing to cope with the needs of the growing Carpetanian community.
Keywords:
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录!
设为首页 | 免责声明 | 关于勤云 | 加入收藏

Copyright©北京勤云科技发展有限公司  京ICP备09084417号