Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, Spain

Waterlogged preservation is rare in the Mediterranean, but when present, it enables the recovery of a particularly wide variety of plants. The Roman site of Guissona (Iesso, Catalonia, Spain) is one of the very few sites in the Iberian Peninsula with such conditions. This study focuses on waterlogge...

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Autores: Baniou, Theoni, Romaní Sala, Núria, Vandorpe, Patricia, Sabato, Diego, Rodrigo Requena, Esther, Livarda, Alexandra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2025.2565856
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Palabra clave:Restes de plantes (Arqueologia) -- Guissona (Catalunya)
Guissona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romana
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spelling Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, SpainBaniou, TheoniRomaní Sala, NúriaVandorpe, PatriciaSabato, DiegoRodrigo Requena, EstherLivarda, AlexandraRestes de plantes (Arqueologia) -- Guissona (Catalunya)Guissona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romana90Waterlogged preservation is rare in the Mediterranean, but when present, it enables the recovery of a particularly wide variety of plants. The Roman site of Guissona (Iesso, Catalonia, Spain) is one of the very few sites in the Iberian Peninsula with such conditions. This study focuses on waterlogged archaeobotanical material from four wells excavated at Guissona, dating from the mid-1st century BCE to the late 2nd/early 3rd century CE, and a few available dry samples. The spatial and temporal analysis of the material provided useful insights into the local environment and food plant practices across the site. The assemblage included a wide variety of wild plants that allowed reconstruction of the site's natural environment, while their potential involvement in everyday life was explored. The study also identified a wide range of food crops, many of which were Roman imports, reflecting trade links. Notably, seeds of bottle gourd, rye, and coriander are among the earliest found in Spain. The rich assemblage finally sheds light on arboriculture, viticulture, and horticulture at the site. Ultimately, this study illuminates how people in this western province of the Roman empire engaged and intertwined in their everyday life the local environment within the broader, ‘global’ Roman world.The research of Theoni Baniou was funded by the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC (CIN21 (26.59)).). The archaeological research on the site of Iesso that has allowed the excavation of the last 3 wells and the collection of the archaeobotanical samples for this study were part of the Quadrennial Archaeological Projects 2014–2017 ‘Implantació i model de ciutat del conuentus Tarraconensis. Els jaciments arqueològics de Iesso (Guissona), Can Tacó-Turó d’en Roina/Mons Observans (Montmeló-Montornès del Vallés) i Iulia Libica (Llívia) (2014/100660)’, 2018–2021 ‘La ciutat romana de Iesso (Guissona). L’urbanisme i l’articulació dels espais públics i privats (CLT009/18/00099)’ and 2022–2025 ‘Transformacions urbanístiques, dinàmiques constructives i vida urbana a la ciutat romana de Iesso (Guissona, Segarra) (CLT009/22/00039)’ funded by the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Guissona City Council and the Institute for Catalan Studies. Funding of GIAP-ICAC’s archaeobotany group led by Dr Livarda also supported this research.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionTaylor & Francis2025info:eu-repo/semantics/article1-20 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2072/487686https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2025.2565856RECERCAT (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, 2025, 1–20© Association for Environmental Archaeology 2025This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Environmental Archaeology on 06 Nov 2025, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2025.2583561. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any wayhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:recercat.cat:2072/4876862026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, Spain
title Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, Spain
spellingShingle Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, Spain
Baniou, Theoni
Restes de plantes (Arqueologia) -- Guissona (Catalunya)
Guissona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romana
90
title_short Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, Spain
title_full Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, Spain
title_fullStr Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, Spain
title_full_unstemmed Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, Spain
title_sort Foodways, Plant Management and Environment in the Western Roman Provinces: An Archaeobotanical Approach Using as a Case Study the Site of Iesso, Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Baniou, Theoni
Romaní Sala, Núria
Vandorpe, Patricia
Sabato, Diego
Rodrigo Requena, Esther
Livarda, Alexandra
author Baniou, Theoni
author_facet Baniou, Theoni
Romaní Sala, Núria
Vandorpe, Patricia
Sabato, Diego
Rodrigo Requena, Esther
Livarda, Alexandra
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Vandorpe, Patricia
Sabato, Diego
Rodrigo Requena, Esther
Livarda, Alexandra
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Restes de plantes (Arqueologia) -- Guissona (Catalunya)
Guissona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romana
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topic Restes de plantes (Arqueologia) -- Guissona (Catalunya)
Guissona (Catalunya) -- Arqueologia romana
90
description Waterlogged preservation is rare in the Mediterranean, but when present, it enables the recovery of a particularly wide variety of plants. The Roman site of Guissona (Iesso, Catalonia, Spain) is one of the very few sites in the Iberian Peninsula with such conditions. This study focuses on waterlogged archaeobotanical material from four wells excavated at Guissona, dating from the mid-1st century BCE to the late 2nd/early 3rd century CE, and a few available dry samples. The spatial and temporal analysis of the material provided useful insights into the local environment and food plant practices across the site. The assemblage included a wide variety of wild plants that allowed reconstruction of the site's natural environment, while their potential involvement in everyday life was explored. The study also identified a wide range of food crops, many of which were Roman imports, reflecting trade links. Notably, seeds of bottle gourd, rye, and coriander are among the earliest found in Spain. The rich assemblage finally sheds light on arboriculture, viticulture, and horticulture at the site. Ultimately, this study illuminates how people in this western province of the Roman empire engaged and intertwined in their everyday life the local environment within the broader, ‘global’ Roman world.
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