Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees

This study presents a pilot systematic analysis of rotative grinding stones from the highland site of El Castellot de Bolvir (La Cerdanya, eastern Pyrenees), occupied continuously from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman Republican period. Focusing on the transitional phase between the Late Iron Age an...

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Autores: Guimerà Martínez, Ariadna|||0000-0002-8605-0900, Portillo, Marta|||0000-0002-2703-031X, Carrasco López, José María, Morera Camprubí, Jordi|||0000-0001-6425-2627, Oller Guzmán, Joan|||0000-0001-5002-4914, Muñoz Puig, Marta, Olesti, Oriol|||0000-0003-2184-5312
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:324808
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/324808
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s12520-025-02352-x
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Cereal processing
Eastern Pyrenees
El Castellot de Bolvir
Grinding stones
Late Iron Age
Phytoliths
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spelling Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyreneesgrinding at Late Iron Age of El Castellot de Bolvir (La Cerdanya, Spain)Guimerà Martínez, Ariadna|||0000-0002-8605-0900Portillo, Marta|||0000-0002-2703-031XCarrasco López, José MaríaMorera Camprubí, Jordi|||0000-0001-6425-2627Oller Guzmán, Joan|||0000-0001-5002-4914Muñoz Puig, MartaOlesti, Oriol|||0000-0003-2184-5312Cereal processingEastern PyreneesEl Castellot de BolvirGrinding stonesLate Iron AgePhytolithsThis study presents a pilot systematic analysis of rotative grinding stones from the highland site of El Castellot de Bolvir (La Cerdanya, eastern Pyrenees), occupied continuously from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman Republican period. Focusing on the transitional phase between the Late Iron Age and early Roman influence (3rd-2nd centuries BCE), the research combines typological and microbotanical (phytolith) records to investigate domestic food production strategies and the role of grinding technologies. The assemblage reveals a standardized and specialized use of granite rotative grinding stones (namely catilli and metae), indicative of cereal processing practices. Phytolith results indicate the nature of the processed matter, including hulled barley, free-threshing wheat, and broomcorn millet, consistent with macrobotanical records at the site suggesting broader regional patterns of intensified agriculture and technological adaptation. This work fills a critical gap in Pyrenean archaeobotanical and technological studies and contributes to a more nuanced understanding of household economies and food technologies during a critical period of socio-political transformations driven by Romanization in northeastern Iberia. 22026-01-0120262026-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/324808https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s12520-025-02352-xreponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3248082026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees
grinding at Late Iron Age of El Castellot de Bolvir (La Cerdanya, Spain)
title Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees
spellingShingle Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees
Guimerà Martínez, Ariadna|||0000-0002-8605-0900
Cereal processing
Eastern Pyrenees
El Castellot de Bolvir
Grinding stones
Late Iron Age
Phytoliths
title_short Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees
title_full Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees
title_fullStr Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees
title_full_unstemmed Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees
title_sort Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Guimerà Martínez, Ariadna|||0000-0002-8605-0900
Portillo, Marta|||0000-0002-2703-031X
Carrasco López, José María
Morera Camprubí, Jordi|||0000-0001-6425-2627
Oller Guzmán, Joan|||0000-0001-5002-4914
Muñoz Puig, Marta
Olesti, Oriol|||0000-0003-2184-5312
author Guimerà Martínez, Ariadna|||0000-0002-8605-0900
author_facet Guimerà Martínez, Ariadna|||0000-0002-8605-0900
Portillo, Marta|||0000-0002-2703-031X
Carrasco López, José María
Morera Camprubí, Jordi|||0000-0001-6425-2627
Oller Guzmán, Joan|||0000-0001-5002-4914
Muñoz Puig, Marta
Olesti, Oriol|||0000-0003-2184-5312
author_role author
author2 Portillo, Marta|||0000-0002-2703-031X
Carrasco López, José María
Morera Camprubí, Jordi|||0000-0001-6425-2627
Oller Guzmán, Joan|||0000-0001-5002-4914
Muñoz Puig, Marta
Olesti, Oriol|||0000-0003-2184-5312
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cereal processing
Eastern Pyrenees
El Castellot de Bolvir
Grinding stones
Late Iron Age
Phytoliths
topic Cereal processing
Eastern Pyrenees
El Castellot de Bolvir
Grinding stones
Late Iron Age
Phytoliths
description This study presents a pilot systematic analysis of rotative grinding stones from the highland site of El Castellot de Bolvir (La Cerdanya, eastern Pyrenees), occupied continuously from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman Republican period. Focusing on the transitional phase between the Late Iron Age and early Roman influence (3rd-2nd centuries BCE), the research combines typological and microbotanical (phytolith) records to investigate domestic food production strategies and the role of grinding technologies. The assemblage reveals a standardized and specialized use of granite rotative grinding stones (namely catilli and metae), indicative of cereal processing practices. Phytolith results indicate the nature of the processed matter, including hulled barley, free-threshing wheat, and broomcorn millet, consistent with macrobotanical records at the site suggesting broader regional patterns of intensified agriculture and technological adaptation. This work fills a critical gap in Pyrenean archaeobotanical and technological studies and contributes to a more nuanced understanding of household economies and food technologies during a critical period of socio-political transformations driven by Romanization in northeastern Iberia.
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