NDLI: Wood use in a medieval village: the contribution of wood charcoal analysis to the history of land use during the 13th and 14th centuries a.d. at Pobla d’Ifach, Calp, Alicante, Spain

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Author	Ntiu, Maria Badal, Ernestina Carrión, Yolanda Fueyo, José Luis Menéndez Carrión, Roberto Ferrer Mira, Joaquín Pina
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Excavations on the Rock of Ifach, Alicante, Spain have revealed the remains of a medieval settlement that flourished between a.d. 1297 and 1359. Wood charcoal analysis combined with archaeological evidence and historical records allow an assessment of the local vegetation of the area during the medieval period, the obtaining and use of firewood and the commercial routes for supplying timber. Pinus halepensis and to a lesser degree various matorral taxa were used for fuel during the main occupation phases at the settlement. The resource exploitation network of the settlement expanded over the adjacent coastal area, with firewood obtained from pine woodlands there. The timbers used in the construction of the settlement were mainly from pines that originated nearby (P. halepensis) or which were transported by river from woodland areas to the north which were controlled by the Crown of Aragon (P. nigra/sylvestris, P. pinaster). The partial destruction of the village in a.d. 1359 and its gradual abandonment are reflected in changes observed in fuel supplying practices that then concentrated on the local matorral vegetation of the rock itself.
Starting Page	115
Ending Page	128
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09396314
Journal	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Volume Number	22
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	16176278
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-02-05
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Wood charcoal remains Firewood Timber Medieval settlement Mediterranean Spain Paleontology Biogeosciences Climate Change Anthropology Archaeology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Plant Science Archeology (arts and humanities) Paleontology

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