Roman and medieval crops in the Iberian Peninsula: a first overview of seeds and fruits from archaeological sites

L Peña-Chocarro, G Pérez-Jordà, N Alonso… - Quaternary …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents an overview of the current state of research on Roman, Late Antique
and medieval agriculture in the Iberian Peninsula through the study of archaeobotanical …

Plants from distant places: the 1st millennium ce archaeobotanical record from Iberia

L Peña-Chocarro, G Pérez-Jordà - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2023 - Springer
The 1st millennium ce in the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a continuous exchange
of people, goods, food, technology, etc. which led to the transformation of agriculture and the …

Transposon activation is a major driver in the genome evolution of cultivated olive trees (Olea europaea L.)

J Jiménez‐Ruiz, JA Ramírez‐Tejero… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The primary domestication of olive (Olea europaea L.) in the Levant dates back to the
Neolithic period, around 6,000–5,500 BC, as some archeological remains attest. Cultivated …

Olive oil pressing waste as a fuel source in antiquity

E Rowan - American Journal of Archaeology, 2015 - journals.uchicago.edu
The recovery of large quantities of fragmented carbonized olive stones from archaeological
sites around the Mediterranean indicates that olive oil pressing waste (pomace) was used …

Food for the dead, fuel for the pyre: symbolism and function of plant remains in provincial Roman cremation rituals in the necropolis of Bracara Augusta (NW Iberia)

FC Vaz, C Braga, JP Tereso, C Oliveira… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper analyses and discusses the fuel and plant offerings found in 174 primary (pyre
remains) and secondary contexts (ritual pits) of the necropolis of Via XVII in Bracara Augusta …

Multi-site archaeobotanical analysis reveals wood-fuel supply, woodland impact and land use around Roman urban centres: The case of Barcino (Barcelona, NE …

S Bianco, SR Mora, O López-Bultó, CM Alaix… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Woodlands are especially important spaces for city fuel provisioning. During Roman times
urban centres carried out numerous activities with frequent wood-energy requirements, and …

First finds of Prunus domestica L. in Italy from the Phoenician and Punic periods (6th–2nd centuries bc)

M Ucchesu, M Sarigu, CD Vais, I Sanna… - Vegetation History and …, 2017 - Springer
During the archaeological excavations in the Phoenician and Punic settlement of Santa
Giusta (Oristano, Sardinia, Italy), dating back to the 6th–2nd centuries bc, several Prunus …

Timber economy in the Roman Age: charcoal data from the key site of Herculaneum (Naples, Italy)

D Moser, O Nelle, G Di Pasquale - Archaeological and Anthropological …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The city of Herculaneum (Naples, southern Italy), buried by the volcanic eruption of
Mount Somma-Vesuvius in 79 ad, is a key site for understanding the timber economy during …

Survey of over 4, 500 monumental olive trees preserved on-farm in the northeast Iberian Peninsula, their genotyping and characterization

A Ninot, W Howad, MJ Aranzana, R Senar… - Scientia …, 2018 - Elsevier
Inventorying, characterising and conserving on-farm ancient olive trees is a priority for
safeguarding their genetic, natural and agricultural value and for protecting ancient …

Los estudios carpológicos en la Península Ibérica: un estado de la cuestión

L Peña-Chocarro, G Pérez-Jordà - Pyrenae, 2018 - raco.cat
En este trabajo se analiza el desarrollo de los estudios arqueobotánicos (semillas y frutos)
en laPenínsula Ibérica desde los inicios de la disciplina en los años sesenta hasta el …