Keeping the fire alive

A research developed over the last 25 years in different high mountain areas of the Pyrenees has confirmed continuous human occupation of these areas over time. Of the various economic activities carried out in these areas, livestock farming is particularly notable. Thanks to extensive excavations,...

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Autores: Obea Gómez, Laura|||0000-0003-4512-8473, Gassiot Ballbè, Ermengol|||0000-0003-0457-4805, Piqué Huerta, Raquel|||0000-0002-8253-6874, Martín-Seijo, María|||0000-0003-2924-7763, López-Bultó, Oriol|||0000-0001-5327-1881
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2026
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:uabarcelona_::c65548e22763dd51de136e256b033b84
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/328292
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.13131/UNIPI/7640-3542
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Anthracology
Central Pyrenees
Firewood
Maintenance activities
Landscape management
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Resumo:A research developed over the last 25 years in different high mountain areas of the Pyrenees has confirmed continuous human occupation of these areas over time. Of the various economic activities carried out in these areas, livestock farming is particularly notable. Thanks to extensive excavations, the daily activities that sustained and promoted the well-being of the area's inhabitants are increasingly well documented. Notably, the collection and use of fuel for households sheds light on the relationships that societies established with their environ- ment. In this diachronic, regional-scope study we have unified all available anthracological records for dwelling sites in the southern Central Pyrenees dating from the 9th millennium BCE in a single database. A total of 34 taxa have been identified, although only a few were probably used as the main fuel. Changes and continuities detected over time are related to both the altitude of the site and the historical dynamics of land use in the area.