Wood charcoal analysis of Mesolithic archaeological contexts from Portugal: state of the art

[EN] This paper presents the state of the art of wood charcoal analyses carried out from six Mesolithic archaeological sites in Portugal. Summarized data allows observing the presence or absence of wood species in some Mesolithic Portuguese settlements. Data from six sites are here synthesized. Pine...

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Author: Monteiro, Patricia Diogo
Format: article
Publication Date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Universidad del País Vasco
Repository:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/28067
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/28067
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:wood charcoal analysis
mesolithic
palaeoecology
Portugal
antracología
mesolítico
paleoecología
antrakologia
mesolitikoa
paleoekologia
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Summary:[EN] This paper presents the state of the art of wood charcoal analyses carried out from six Mesolithic archaeological sites in Portugal. Summarized data allows observing the presence or absence of wood species in some Mesolithic Portuguese settlements. Data from six sites are here synthesized. Pine wood is clearly the most frequent taxa in almost all archaeological contexts. Quercus wood is also important, especially in Buraca Grande, Povoado da Gaspeia and S. Julião. Other minor taxa appear in Cabeço da Amoreira, Buraca Grande and S. Julião, but with more representation in the latter.