Changes in vegetation and fuel use from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages in the western Catalan plain

• Autores: Raquel Piqué i Huerta, Sílvia Vila Moreiras, Natalia Alonso i Martínez
• Localización: Saguntum: Papeles del Laboratorio de Arqueología de Valencia-Extra, ISSN 2253-7295, ISSN-e 2254-0512, Nº. Extra 13, 2012 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Wood and charcoal evidence for human and natural history), págs. 85-96
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper presents a synthesis of charcoal analysis data from the West Catalan plain, from the Neolithic to Medieval times. We discuss the changes and trends in the consumption of firewood. Collecting firewood was carried out in an environment characterized by open vegetation, which appears to have been dominating in the area since the Bronze Age. In this environment Pinus halepensis has played a fundamental role. On the other hand one can observe a progressive extension of the firewood catchment areas in more recent periods, espe- cially in Roman and medieval times.