Pub Date : 2023-07-07DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2222978
Borut Toškan, Anja Ragolič
{"title":"The Economic Role of Animals Amid the Chaos of the Crumbling Roman Empire. A Look at the South-eastern Alpine Region in Late Antiquity Based on Archaeozoology and Ancient Literary Sources","authors":"Borut Toškan, Anja Ragolič","doi":"10.1080/14614103.2023.2222978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2023.2222978","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48745,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47435996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-06DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2231695
Z. Hazell, R. Pelling, David Smith
{"title":"Pests of Society: Introduction to the Special Issue","authors":"Z. Hazell, R. Pelling, David Smith","doi":"10.1080/14614103.2023.2231695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2023.2231695","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48745,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41802530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-21DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2223406
Tina Roushannafas, Mark McKerracher
{"title":"Diversity of Free-Threshing Wheat in Early Medieval England Supported by Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Grains","authors":"Tina Roushannafas, Mark McKerracher","doi":"10.1080/14614103.2023.2223406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2023.2223406","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48745,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47699667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-13DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2220505
F. Astudillo
{"title":"Evaluation of the Rapid Phytolith Extraction Protocol to Identify the Fuel-mix Used at the Nineteenth-century Sugar Mill of El Progreso Plantation, Galápagos","authors":"F. Astudillo","doi":"10.1080/14614103.2023.2220505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2023.2220505","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48745,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43336040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2218126
J. J. Cantillo-Duarte, G.-Ch. Weniger, P. Cantalejo, S. Domínguez-Bella, E. Molina-Piernas, T. Otto, M. Rotgänger, M. Kehl, M. Espejo, D. Fernández-Sánchez, Y. Tafelmaier, E. Vijande-Vila, S. Becerra-Martín, L. Gómez-Sánchez, J. Ramos-Muñoz
{"title":"Molluscs as Personal Adornment in a Gravettian Context from Cueva de Ardales (Málaga, Spain)","authors":"J. J. Cantillo-Duarte, G.-Ch. Weniger, P. Cantalejo, S. Domínguez-Bella, E. Molina-Piernas, T. Otto, M. Rotgänger, M. Kehl, M. Espejo, D. Fernández-Sánchez, Y. Tafelmaier, E. Vijande-Vila, S. Becerra-Martín, L. Gómez-Sánchez, J. Ramos-Muñoz","doi":"10.1080/14614103.2023.2218126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2023.2218126","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48745,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48997138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2217016
V. Pescini, G. Certini, G. Mastrolonardo
ABSTRACTThis contribution presents interdisciplinary research on charcoal hearth remains carried out at Poggio di Montieri, Central Italy, a hill heavily exploited in the Middle Ages for the extraction of silver-bearing ore, and then managed until the nineteenth century with a multiple land use system based on pasture. Linking together pedological and archaeological surveys with anthracological, dendro-anthracological and chemical analyses, as well as with information from historical texts and maps, this research outlines the environmental dynamics that occurred in this area in the last few centuries. Although ore processing undoubtedly required large quantities of charcoal as fuel, no evidence of charcoal hearth remains from the Middle Ages have been found, while at least two charcoal production phases, starting from the seventeenth century, were individuated. Despite an increase in charcoal production at the end of the last phase, in the eighteenth–nineteenth centuries, no over-exploitation of the forest resources at Poggio di Montieri was documented. The lack of such an expected over-exploitation could be due to the use of wood from pruning and shredding, which allowed the sustainable management of the forest resource and was the legacy of the multiple land use systems of previous centuries.KEYWORDS: pedologydendro-anthracologyforest soilhistorical ecologycharcoal kilnstopographic analysis Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThe author GM has benefited a Marie-Curie COFUND postdoctoral fellowship, co-founded by the European Commission and the University of Liege (ref. number: 600405). The author VP has benefited a PhD grant by the University of Genoa and a Juan de la Cierva – formacion (FJC2019-040406-I) postdoctoral fellowship at the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology.Notes on contributorsV. PesciniV. Pescini is an Environmental Archaeologist, specialising in anthracology and archaeobotany. Her research focuses on the study of agro-sylvo-pastoral practices and their environmental effects through time. She received her Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Medieval Archaeology (2010) and Archaeobotany (2013) respectively at the University of Siena (Italy). In 2019 she completed her PhD in Historical Geography which was followed by a post-doctoral position at the University of Genoa (Italy). In 2020 she was awarded a Juan de la Cierva – formation (FJC2019-040406-I) scholarship at the Catalan Institute of Classical (ICAC) of Tarragona and in 2022 she obtained a Ramon y Cajal junior (RYC2021-034621-I). Throughout her career she has collaborated in interdisciplinary research projects with archaeologists, naturalists, historians and geographers.G. CertiniG. Certini is Full Professor of Pedology at the University of Florence, Italy. His current research interests are soil genesis and degradation, soil carbon sequestration, fire effects on soil properties, land take, and
摘要本文介绍了在意大利中部的Poggio di Montieri进行的木炭炉遗迹的跨学科研究,该山丘在中世纪被大量开采用于提取含银矿石,然后直到19世纪以牧场为基础的多种土地利用系统进行管理。结合人类学、树木人类学和化学分析的土壤学和考古调查,以及历史文献和地图的信息,本研究概述了过去几个世纪发生在该地区的环境动态。虽然矿石加工无疑需要大量的木炭作为燃料,但没有中世纪的木炭炉遗迹的证据被发现,而从17世纪开始,至少有两个木炭生产阶段是独立的。尽管在18 - 19世纪的最后阶段,木炭产量有所增加,但没有记录显示Poggio di Montieri的森林资源被过度开采。没有这种预期的过度开发可能是由于使用了修剪和切碎的木材,这使得森林资源得以可持续管理,并且是前几个世纪多种土地利用制度的遗产。关键词:土壤学、树木学、人类学、森林、土壤历史生态学、木炭窑学分析披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。作者GM获得了由欧盟委员会和列日大学共同创立的居里夫人共同基金博士后奖学金(参考编号:600405)。作者VP获得热那亚大学博士学位,并在加泰罗尼亚古典考古研究所获得Juan de la Cierva - formion (FJC2019-040406-I)博士后奖学金。关于贡献者的说明。PesciniV。佩西尼是一名环境考古学家,专攻人类学和考古植物学。她的研究重点是农林牧实践及其对环境的影响。她分别在意大利锡耶纳大学获得中世纪考古学学士学位(2010年)和考古植物学硕士学位(2013年)。2019年,她完成了历史地理学博士学位,随后在意大利热那亚大学获得博士后职位。2020年,她被塔拉戈纳加泰罗尼亚古典学院(ICAC)授予Juan de la Cierva - formation奖学金(FJC2019-040406-I),并于2022年获得Ramon y Cajal junior奖学金(RYC2021-034621-I)。在她的职业生涯中,她曾与考古学家、博物学家、历史学家和地理学家合作过跨学科的研究项目。CertiniG。Certini是意大利佛罗伦萨大学的教育学正教授。他目前的研究兴趣是土壤的发生和退化、土壤碳固存、火灾对土壤性质的影响、土地占用和人类世。MastrolonardoG。马斯特罗罗纳多是研究土壤有机组分和土地退化的土壤科学家专家。他的兴趣之一是研究受野火影响的土壤的化学和物理特性以及碳化有机物质的积累。2013年,他在佛罗伦萨大学和巴黎大学获得双博士学位。2016年,他获得了由比利时里昂热大学共同资助的居里夫人博士后奖学金,自2021年以来,他一直是佛罗伦萨大学农业、食品、环境和林业科学与技术系(DAGRI)的研究员。
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Pub Date : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2216531
Santeri Vanhanen, Aivar Kriiska, Kerkko Nordqvist
Plant use of the Corded Ware Culture (2800–2000 cal BC) communities in Estonia and more broadly in the eastern Baltic area has not been systematically studied using archaeobotanical methods. This article presents the first archaeobotanical study from a Stone Age context in Estonia, and discusses plant use at the Corded Ware Culture settlement and burial site of Narva-Jõesuu IIB in the north-eastern part of the country. Analysis revealed the first occurrence of water chestnut (Trapa natans) from a Stone Age context in Estonia and numerous common hazel (Corylus avellana) nutshells. Otherwise, the plant material preserved in the sandy soils of Narva-Jõesuu IIB consisted of charred remains of conifers and heathland species, as well as plants from scrubs or forest edges. The plant species that were found reflect the mosaic nature of the environment surrounding the site. Only wild plants were gathered and used at Narva-Jõesuu IIB; no domesticated plants or signs of plant cultivation were identified.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-29DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2216530
N. Polat
ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the ancient water collection and storage systems near the Karahantepe Neolithic Site, located 500 m to the north, utilising unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The utilisation of DEM allowed for the examination of the cisterns, pools, and channels in the region. The hydrological analysis gave a comprehensive understanding of the water flow patterns. The findings showed that the channels leading to the cisterns followed a meandering slope and culminated in pools, which could be sedimentation ponds. The study emphasised the benefit of utilising UAV technology in archaeology and inferred that the water collection and storage system in the region was deliberately constructed by ancient civilisations.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-29DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2213021
Yair Elmakayes, D. Ben‐Shlomo, Yaakov Anker, A. Frumkin
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