Llorenç Picornell-Gelabert
Biographic Data
| ID | 128409 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Llorenç Picornell-Gelabert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Llorenç |
| FAMILY NAME | Picornell-Gelabert |
| SIGNATURE | PICORNELL-GELABERT L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de les Illes Balears |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0662-110X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 248 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Beyond 2,000 meters, first evidence of intense prehistoric occupation in the Pyrenees
Cave 338 is a high-altitude prehistoric site located at 2,235 m a. s.l. in the eastern Pyrenees (Queralbs, Girona, NE Iberian Peninsula). Excavated between 2021 and 2023, the site preserves an exceptional and well-stratified archaeological sequence documenting recurrent episodes of human occupation spanning from at least the early 5th millennium cal BC to the late 1st millennium cal BC. Radiocarbon dates indicate that these occupations occurred d…
Wooden beams from Talayot 1 of Sant Agustí Vell (Menorca)
A truncated conical-shaped building constructed using the cyclopean technique, called Talayot 1 or East Talayot, is conserved in the Talayotic settlement of Sant Agustí Vell. The monument has an internal chamber with two polylithic columns and a pilaster that helps holding up a roof made of large stone slabs, below which three well-conserved wooden beams can be seen, as well as the remains of two other beams, only one end of each is conserved. Th…
Woodlands, tree management, and fuel economy in Bronze Age eastern Crete
From spreadsheets to open repositories
Pyre wood fuel and food remains in a necropolis of Barcino (Barcelona, NE Iberian Peninsula)
Wood fuel consumption in the city of Barcelona in the medieval and early modern periods. An overview based on archaeological wood charcoal analysis
Wood fuel was essential for urban development in the Mediterranean area during the Middle Ages. Therefore, wood gathering practices and supply can be investigated through the study of wood-charcoal fragments obtained from urban archaeological contexts. This paper considers anthracological remains from 14 archaeological rescue-interventions in Barcelona (NE Iberia), to reconstruct the city’s wood-fuel usage from the 6th to the 17th century ce . Th…
Multianalytical approach to the exceptional Late Roman shipwreck of Ses Fontanelles (Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain)
The paper presents the results of an interim analytical approach to the Late Roman shipwreck of Ses Fontanelles recently found in the island of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). The excellent state of preservation of the hull and the cargo, including amphorae with painted inscriptions (tituli picti), and its location in shallow waters offshore of one of the main touristic beaches of the island makes this a unique finding in the Mediterranean. A…
The “island laboratory” revisited
We wish to dedicate this Special Issue to the memory of our dear friend and colleague Carole McCartney (1965–2021), whose significant contribution to the archaeology of Cyprus remains fundamental to our understanding of island archaeology in the Mediterranean and beyond.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors
Multi-site archaeobotanical analysis reveals wood-fuel supply, woodland impact and land use around Roman urban centres
Ses Fontanelles Shipwreck (Mallorca, Balearic Islands)
This article summarises the results of the underwater rescue excavation of the shipwreck of Ses Fontanelles (Mallorca, Balearic Islands). The excavation documented the remains of a vessel, 12 m long and 5 m beam, loaded with two tiers of amphorae, which had set sail from the south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. The cargo includes numerous amphorae which were still sealed and bearing tituli picti , allowing for the analysis of their content. There is …
Mediterranean polyculture revisited
This paper examines agriculture, farming and dietary resources in east Crete, and re-evaluates the role of grape and olive in its prehistoric economy, these being key in debates on the emergence of social complexity. To do so bioarchaeological, paleoenvironmental and landscape survey data from the Bronze Age town at Palaikastro and its territory are combined. The results indicate a highly compartmentalised landscape, including intensive crop cult…
Late Holocene Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller) woodlands in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean)
An archaeological approach to people-tree interactions
Pith location tool and wood diameter estimation
Modelling dendro-anthracological parameters with dendrochronological reference datasets
Dying in the Hallstatt Plateau
From influence to impact
Archaeobotany is used to discover details on local land uses in prehistoric settlements developed during the middle and beginning of late Holocene. Six archaeological sites from four countries (Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey) have pollen and charcoal records showing clear signs of the agrarian systems that had developed in the Mediterranean basin during different cultural phases, from pre-Neolithic to Recent Bronze Age. A selected list of polle…
The Production and Use of Cordage in the Balearic Bronze Age
The study of plant-fibre remains in the Mediterranean is limited due to the scarce archaeological sites where this organic material has been preserved. However, the Late Bronze Age burial site of Cova des Pas in Minorca (1100–800 cal BC) has provided an extraordinary assemblage of well-preserved organic materials, including an important number of cordage remains. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the study of more than 600 cordag…
Wood for Building
Woodlands provide human societies with a wide range of plant materials that are crucial to social life. Wood fulfils different kinds of needs, from energy supply to timber; so its use in a large variety of socio-economic activities makes it an essential plant material. This continued material interaction between people and trees in the past left behind an archaeological record that constitutes a primary source of information with which to study h…
Pollen Signatures of a Ritual Process in the Collective Burial Cave of Cova des Pas (Late Bronze Age, Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain)
International audience
Landscape and firewood procurement at the prehistoric and protohistoric site of Ses Païsses (island of Mallorca, Western Mediterranean)
Landscape practices and everyday life in domestic spaces in Bronze Age Mallorca (Balearic Islands)
Reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment and anthropogenic activity from the Upper Pleistocene/Holocene anthracological records of the NE Iberian Peninsula (Barcelona, Spain)
Agriculture between the third and first millennium bc in the Balearic Islands
Palaeoenvironmental record of the Cal Maurici wetland sediment archive in Barcelona (NE Iberian Peninsula) between c. 6000 and 4000 cal. yr BP
This study presents the results of a multi-proxy analysis conducted to improve our understanding of the palaeoenvironmental conditions of the freshwater and brackish marshes of Cal Maurici (Barcelona, Spain) and the human impact on them during the mid-Holocene (6171–3891 cal. yr BP). The study integrates data from pollen, phytolith, diatom, charcoal, seeds and malacological analyses and helps to reconstruct the ecological conditions during the ea…
The ethnoarchaeology of firewood management in the Fang villages of Equatorial Guinea, central Africa
Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade, and the Colonization of Small Offshore Islands in Eastern African Prehistory
Recent archaeological research has firmly established eastern Africa's offshore islands as important localities for understanding the region's pre-Swahili maritime adaptations and early Indian Ocean trade connections. While the importance of the sea and small offshore islands to the development of urbanized and mercantile Swahili societies has long been recognized, the formative stages of island colonization—and in particular the processes by whi…
Reinvestigation of Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, reveals Later Stone Age coastal habitation, early Holocene abandonment and Iron Age reoccupation
The late Pleistocene and Holocene history of eastern Africa is complex and major gaps remain in our understanding of human occupation during this period. Questions concerning the identities, geographical distributions and chronologies of foraging, herding and agricultural populations — often problematically equated with the chronological labels ‘Later Stone Age (LSA)’, ‘Neolithic’ and ‘Iron Age’ — are still unresolved. Previous studies at the sit…
From influence to impact
Archaeobotany is used to discover details on local land uses in prehistoric settlements developed during the middle and beginning of late Holocene. Six archaeological sites from four countries (Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey) have pollen and charcoal records showing clear signs of the agrarian systems that had developed in the Mediterranean basin during different cultural phases, from pre-Neolithic to Recent Bronze Age. A selected list of polle…
Agriculture between the third and first millennium bc in the Balearic Islands
An archaeology of fuels
Overview of environmental changes and human colonization in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean) and their impacts on vegetation composition during the Holocene
Etnoarqueología del combustible
En este artículo expongo algunas reflexiones en torno al uso de la etnoarqueología como escenario para el estudio de las relaciones entre los humanos y su entorno. Partiendo de una revisión bibliográfica (que no pretende ser exhaustiva) y de diversos casos de estudio de mi trabajo de campo en Ghana y Guinea Equatorial, discuto como las relaciones entre personas y árboles para el uso de la madera – leña – como combustible constituye una arena soci…
Dying in the Hallstatt Plateau
Early Iron Age Burials from Equatorial Guinea
[EN] During a survey undertaken on the Island of Corisco, also known as Mandji (Equatorial Guinea), in 2009, several sites of the Early and Late Iron Age were recorded. The most spectacular discoveries are three Burial Sites, the largest of which has yielded several intact tombs with many artefacts (axes, spears, anklets, bracelets, complete pots) radiocarbon dated to 410-640 AD. Objects, structures and ritual activities are similar to those docu…
Wood for Building
Woodlands provide human societies with a wide range of plant materials that are crucial to social life. Wood fulfils different kinds of needs, from energy supply to timber; so its use in a large variety of socio-economic activities makes it an essential plant material. This continued material interaction between people and trees in the past left behind an archaeological record that constitutes a primary source of information with which to study h…
Surviving on the isle of Formentera (Balearic Islands)
How did the dead turn up to the burial? A technological and experimental approach to the late Bronze Age wooden biers from Cova des Pas (Minorca, Balearic Islands)
The “island laboratory” revisited
We wish to dedicate this Special Issue to the memory of our dear friend and colleague Carole McCartney (1965–2021), whose significant contribution to the archaeology of Cyprus remains fundamental to our understanding of island archaeology in the Mediterranean and beyond.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors
Multi-site archaeobotanical analysis reveals wood-fuel supply, woodland impact and land use around Roman urban centres
An archaeological approach to people-tree interactions
Pith location tool and wood diameter estimation
Multianalytical approach to the exceptional Late Roman shipwreck of Ses Fontanelles (Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain)
The paper presents the results of an interim analytical approach to the Late Roman shipwreck of Ses Fontanelles recently found in the island of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). The excellent state of preservation of the hull and the cargo, including amphorae with painted inscriptions (tituli picti), and its location in shallow waters offshore of one of the main touristic beaches of the island makes this a unique finding in the Mediterranean. A…
Ses Fontanelles Shipwreck (Mallorca, Balearic Islands)
This article summarises the results of the underwater rescue excavation of the shipwreck of Ses Fontanelles (Mallorca, Balearic Islands). The excavation documented the remains of a vessel, 12 m long and 5 m beam, loaded with two tiers of amphorae, which had set sail from the south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. The cargo includes numerous amphorae which were still sealed and bearing tituli picti , allowing for the analysis of their content. There is …
The Production and Use of Cordage in the Balearic Bronze Age
The study of plant-fibre remains in the Mediterranean is limited due to the scarce archaeological sites where this organic material has been preserved. However, the Late Bronze Age burial site of Cova des Pas in Minorca (1100–800 cal BC) has provided an extraordinary assemblage of well-preserved organic materials, including an important number of cordage remains. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the study of more than 600 cordag…
Etnoarqueología del combustible
En este artículo expongo algunas reflexiones en torno al uso de la etnoarqueología como escenario para el estudio de las relaciones entre los humanos y su entorno. Partiendo de una revisión bibliográfica (que no pretende ser exhaustiva) y de diversos casos de estudio de mi trabajo de campo en Ghana y Guinea Equatorial, discuto como las relaciones entre personas y árboles para el uso de la madera – leña – como combustible constituye una arena soci…
Early Iron Age Burials from Equatorial Guinea
[EN] During a survey undertaken on the Island of Corisco, also known as Mandji (Equatorial Guinea), in 2009, several sites of the Early and Late Iron Age were recorded. The most spectacular discoveries are three Burial Sites, the largest of which has yielded several intact tombs with many artefacts (axes, spears, anklets, bracelets, complete pots) radiocarbon dated to 410-640 AD. Objects, structures and ritual activities are similar to those docu…
The ethnoarchaeology of firewood management in the Fang villages of Equatorial Guinea, central Africa
Palaeoenvironmental record of the Cal Maurici wetland sediment archive in Barcelona (NE Iberian Peninsula) between c. 6000 and 4000 cal. yr BP
This study presents the results of a multi-proxy analysis conducted to improve our understanding of the palaeoenvironmental conditions of the freshwater and brackish marshes of Cal Maurici (Barcelona, Spain) and the human impact on them during the mid-Holocene (6171–3891 cal. yr BP). The study integrates data from pollen, phytolith, diatom, charcoal, seeds and malacological analyses and helps to reconstruct the ecological conditions during the ea…
Surviving on the isle of Formentera (Balearic Islands)
Overview of environmental changes and human colonization in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean) and their impacts on vegetation composition during the Holocene
An archaeology of fuels
Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade, and the Colonization of Small Offshore Islands in Eastern African Prehistory
Recent archaeological research has firmly established eastern Africa's offshore islands as important localities for understanding the region's pre-Swahili maritime adaptations and early Indian Ocean trade connections. While the importance of the sea and small offshore islands to the development of urbanized and mercantile Swahili societies has long been recognized, the formative stages of island colonization—and in particular the processes by whi…
Reinvestigation of Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, reveals Later Stone Age coastal habitation, early Holocene abandonment and Iron Age reoccupation
The late Pleistocene and Holocene history of eastern Africa is complex and major gaps remain in our understanding of human occupation during this period. Questions concerning the identities, geographical distributions and chronologies of foraging, herding and agricultural populations — often problematically equated with the chronological labels ‘Later Stone Age (LSA)’, ‘Neolithic’ and ‘Iron Age’ — are still unresolved. Previous studies at the sit…
How did the dead turn up to the burial? A technological and experimental approach to the late Bronze Age wooden biers from Cova des Pas (Minorca, Balearic Islands)
Pollen Signatures of a Ritual Process in the Collective Burial Cave of Cova des Pas (Late Bronze Age, Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain)
International audience
Landscape and firewood procurement at the prehistoric and protohistoric site of Ses Païsses (island of Mallorca, Western Mediterranean)
Landscape practices and everyday life in domestic spaces in Bronze Age Mallorca (Balearic Islands)
Reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment and anthropogenic activity from the Upper Pleistocene/Holocene anthracological records of the NE Iberian Peninsula (Barcelona, Spain)
Agriculture between the third and first millennium bc in the Balearic Islands
The Production and Use of Cordage in the Balearic Bronze Age
The study of plant-fibre remains in the Mediterranean is limited due to the scarce archaeological sites where this organic material has been preserved. However, the Late Bronze Age burial site of Cova des Pas in Minorca (1100–800 cal BC) has provided an extraordinary assemblage of well-preserved organic materials, including an important number of cordage remains. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the study of more than 600 cordag…
Wood for Building
Woodlands provide human societies with a wide range of plant materials that are crucial to social life. Wood fulfils different kinds of needs, from energy supply to timber; so its use in a large variety of socio-economic activities makes it an essential plant material. This continued material interaction between people and trees in the past left behind an archaeological record that constitutes a primary source of information with which to study h…
From influence to impact
Archaeobotany is used to discover details on local land uses in prehistoric settlements developed during the middle and beginning of late Holocene. Six archaeological sites from four countries (Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey) have pollen and charcoal records showing clear signs of the agrarian systems that had developed in the Mediterranean basin during different cultural phases, from pre-Neolithic to Recent Bronze Age. A selected list of polle…
An archaeological approach to people-tree interactions
Pith location tool and wood diameter estimation
Modelling dendro-anthracological parameters with dendrochronological reference datasets
Dying in the Hallstatt Plateau
Mediterranean polyculture revisited
This paper examines agriculture, farming and dietary resources in east Crete, and re-evaluates the role of grape and olive in its prehistoric economy, these being key in debates on the emergence of social complexity. To do so bioarchaeological, paleoenvironmental and landscape survey data from the Bronze Age town at Palaikastro and its territory are combined. The results indicate a highly compartmentalised landscape, including intensive crop cult…
Late Holocene Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller) woodlands in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean)
Ses Fontanelles Shipwreck (Mallorca, Balearic Islands)
This article summarises the results of the underwater rescue excavation of the shipwreck of Ses Fontanelles (Mallorca, Balearic Islands). The excavation documented the remains of a vessel, 12 m long and 5 m beam, loaded with two tiers of amphorae, which had set sail from the south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. The cargo includes numerous amphorae which were still sealed and bearing tituli picti , allowing for the analysis of their content. There is …
Archaeology (30 works) · Geography (30 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (25 works) · Mediterranean climate (15 works) · Ecology (13 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (12 works) · Biology (12 works) · Bronze Age (12 works) · Prehistory (12 works) · Paleoethnobotany (10 works)