Evidence of forestry management and arboriculture practices in waterlogged wood remains from three wells at the Roman and late antiquity sites of Iesso and Vilauba (Catalonia, Spain)
Lopez Castillo, Eva Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
López-Bultó, Oriol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Barberà Berrocal, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Castanyer Masoliver, Pere (Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya-Empúries)
Pera i Isern, Joaquim (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l'Antiguitat i de l'Edat Mitjana)
Rodrigo Requena, Esther (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències de l'Antiguitat i de l'Edat Mitjana)
Piqué Huerta, Raquel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	The aim of this paper is to provide new data on forest management and arboricultural practices in the Roman and Late Antique periods in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula. In this study, the waterlogged branches found in three wells at the sites of Iesso and Vilauba in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula were analysed. To determine management practices the roundwood method, based on the correlation between age and diameter, has been applied. The study has revealed the presence of a wide range of species collected on surrounding forests, especially in riparian forest. Moreover, it is remarkable the abundance of fruit trees at both sites, being the most abundant Prunus sp. The comparison of the archaeological branches with a reference collection of modern twigs from cultivated and non-managed individuals of the Prunaceae family, Salix sp. and Sambucus nigra, has provided clear evidence of management practices in these taxa. In addition, direct evidence of pruning was observed on some branches of Vitis vinifera.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2019-104120GB-I00 Generalitat de Catalunya CLT009/18/00099
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Note:	Altres ajuts: Joan Oró fellowship for pre-doctoral training awarded by the AGAUR (Government of Catalonia); ICREA Acadèmia (Government of Catalonia).
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Waterlogged wood ; Dendrology ; Roundwood method ; Arboriculture ; Roman period ; Late antiquity
Published in:	Quaternary international, Vol. 699 (July 2024) , p. 35-46, ISSN 1040-6182

DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2024.01.008

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