Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, Pieria

Throughout the Aegean, the Late Bronze Age (LBA) to the Early Iron Age (EIA) has been characterised as a period of societal change. After the collapse of palatial economies in the south (c.1200 BC), Greece entered a phase referred to in the past as the ‘Dark Ages’. Research into the nature of EIA ag...

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Autores: Diffey, Charlotte, Styring, A., Orengo, Hector A., Athanassiadou, A., Bessios, M., Morris, S., Noulas, K., Papadopoulos, J., Livarda, Alexandra
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
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spelling Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, PieriaDiffey, CharlotteStyring, A.Orengo, Hector A.Athanassiadou, A.Bessios, M.Morris, S.Noulas, K.Papadopoulos, J.Livarda, AlexandraRestes de plantes (Arqueologia) -- GrèciaEdat del ferro -- Grècia90Throughout the Aegean, the Late Bronze Age (LBA) to the Early Iron Age (EIA) has been characterised as a period of societal change. After the collapse of palatial economies in the south (c.1200 BC), Greece entered a phase referred to in the past as the ‘Dark Ages’. Research into the nature of EIA agriculture has been relatively limited and although this situation has improved within the last decade there are still significant knowledge gaps. This paper will shed new light on LBA-EIA arable agriculture by presenting crop stable isotope analysis from the site of Methone in northern Greece. These data are used to examine site-specific agricultural strategies as well as allowing for an evidence-based understanding of economic variability in this region. The results reported show that at Methone and likely throughout Greece in the Early Iron Age, inhabitants continued to pursue relatively ‘low-input’ agricultural systems that were adapted to specific local settings and environmental conditions, even in the face of a period of potential aridity. Ultimately, this research provides a fresh approach to Iron Age (IA) Aegean agriculture whilst also highlighting the need to proceed with further research from other IA Aegean sites.This project was conducted as part of Dr. Diffey’s Marie Sklodowska Curie Action (MSCA, H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-MSCA-IF-2020-101024917, DarkSeeds, supervisors Dr. Livarda and Prof. Orengo) and Dr. Livarda’s project ‘DarkRevisited’ funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (I + D + i PID2019-107605GB-100). Dr. Styring acknowledges the Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF; Grant reference number 204826/Z/16/Z) and the John Fell Fund for funding the EA-IRMS at the Oxford Stable Isotope Laboratory.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionInforma UK Limited2025info:eu-repo/semantics/article14 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2072/489490https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2025.2535768RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésEnvironmental Archaeology, 1–14 (2025)© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:recercat____::e09604a90a3b66fedef5aea315c053232026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, Pieria
title Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, Pieria
spellingShingle Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, Pieria
Diffey, Charlotte
Restes de plantes (Arqueologia) -- Grècia
Edat del ferro -- Grècia
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title_short Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, Pieria
title_full Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, Pieria
title_fullStr Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, Pieria
title_full_unstemmed Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, Pieria
title_sort Late Bronze – Early Iron Age Agro-systems in Northern Greece: New Insights Through Stable Isotope Analysis from Methone, Pieria
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Diffey, Charlotte
Styring, A.
Orengo, Hector A.
Athanassiadou, A.
Bessios, M.
Morris, S.
Noulas, K.
Papadopoulos, J.
Livarda, Alexandra
author Diffey, Charlotte
author_facet Diffey, Charlotte
Styring, A.
Orengo, Hector A.
Athanassiadou, A.
Bessios, M.
Morris, S.
Noulas, K.
Papadopoulos, J.
Livarda, Alexandra
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Orengo, Hector A.
Athanassiadou, A.
Bessios, M.
Morris, S.
Noulas, K.
Papadopoulos, J.
Livarda, Alexandra
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author
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Restes de plantes (Arqueologia) -- Grècia
Edat del ferro -- Grècia
90
topic Restes de plantes (Arqueologia) -- Grècia
Edat del ferro -- Grècia
90
description Throughout the Aegean, the Late Bronze Age (LBA) to the Early Iron Age (EIA) has been characterised as a period of societal change. After the collapse of palatial economies in the south (c.1200 BC), Greece entered a phase referred to in the past as the ‘Dark Ages’. Research into the nature of EIA agriculture has been relatively limited and although this situation has improved within the last decade there are still significant knowledge gaps. This paper will shed new light on LBA-EIA arable agriculture by presenting crop stable isotope analysis from the site of Methone in northern Greece. These data are used to examine site-specific agricultural strategies as well as allowing for an evidence-based understanding of economic variability in this region. The results reported show that at Methone and likely throughout Greece in the Early Iron Age, inhabitants continued to pursue relatively ‘low-input’ agricultural systems that were adapted to specific local settings and environmental conditions, even in the face of a period of potential aridity. Ultimately, this research provides a fresh approach to Iron Age (IA) Aegean agriculture whilst also highlighting the need to proceed with further research from other IA Aegean sites.
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