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In many societies, livelihood strategies are based on a combination of economic strategies, including natural resources such as trees for wood, leaves, and fruits. Archeological wood charcoals are residues of human activity related to fire.
Alexa Dufraisse +7 more
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X-ray microtomography has emerged as a valuable technique in archaeology for over a decade, aiding in the recording, preservation, and analysis of artifacts.
Cristina Marilin Calo +2 more
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Anthracology: Charcoal Science in Archaeology and Palaeoecology [PDF]
E. Asouti, Ceren Kabukcu
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AbstractThis paper presents results from the first collaborative anthracological (archaeological wood charcoal analysis) study in northern Australia’s southwest Gulf of Carpentaria region. The analysis focused on charcoal from a Late Holocene combustion feature and surrounding dispersed charcoal on a buried floor surface.
Matthew Walsh +7 more
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Examining Fuel Use in Antiquity: Archaeobotanical and Anthracological Approaches in Southwest Asia
This article considers the study of wood and dung fuel use in antiquity across Southwest Asia by anthracologists and archaeobotanists. In recent years, the socially conditioned nature of fuel use has been highlighted and many scholars are stressing the ...
Alexia Smith +4 more
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Les données paléoenvironnementales sur les sites archéologiques. Constats et retours d’expérience
In the framework of archaeological operations, palaeo-environmental data have always had particular status. Taking them into account is not a new phenomenon, but this was formalized only in the last decades, and their use was once more highlighted by the
Élise Nectoux +3 more
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The cremation structures of the Roman Empire: anthracological data versus historical sources [PDF]
ISSN: : 0210-3729International audienceDuring the excavation of the Roman necropolis site Richeaume (Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France), cremation primary structures have been identified.
Cenzon-Salvayre, Carine, Durand, Aline
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Medieval rural landscapes and social change in Northern Spain: the archaeobotanical record for Zaballa (Alava, Basque Country) [PDF]
In this paper, anthracological and palynological records of the Medieval deserted village of Zaballa in Alava (Basque Country, Northern Spain) are used to examine the transformation of rural landscapes.
Riccardo Santeramo +2 more
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ABSTRACT The record of open‐air Middle Palaeolithic sites in the Iberian Peninsula—specifically in the Mediterranean basin—is scarce, hampering the interpretation of the landscape use strategies developed by Neanderthals in this area. In this work, we present Los Aljezares, a new Middle Palaeolithic site found in Pleistocene fluvio‐lacustrine deposits ...
ALEIX EIXEA +10 more
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