Francesc Burjachs
Biographic Data
| ID | 173200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesc Burjachs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesc |
| FAMILY NAME | Burjachs |
| SIGNATURE | BURJACHS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7200-9552 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 236 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Youngest Iberian Holocene volcanic eruptions and paleoenvironmental evolution of a barrier-paleolake in the Garrotxa Volcanic Field (NE Spain)
Volcanic eruptions are key drivers of climate variability, with complex environmental consequences at regional and local scales that are rarely documented in high-resolution sedimentary records. In this work we present the results of a 15 m long paleolake core (Pla de les Preses core, Vall d’en Bas, Girona, NE Spain) covering the Late Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Multiproxy analyses including chronostratigraphy, sedimentology, micropalaeontol…
Archaeobotany in an era of change and challenge
Apart from helping us understand past communities' response to climate change and their plant management resilience mechanisms, archaeobotanical information may also serve as a basis to rethink our economic system and implement new solutions to current challenges (e.g. re-adopt forgotten crops or implement circular economy models). Already fragile by nature, the integrity of archaeobotanical heritage is affected by current climate events, such as…
Late Holocene Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller) woodlands in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean)
Socio-Ecological Contingencies with Climate Changes over the Prehistory in the Mediterranean Iberia
We conducted palynological, sedimentological, and chronological analyses of a coastal sediment sequence to investigate landscape evolution and agropastoral practices in the Nao Cap region (Spain, Western Mediterranean) since the Holocene. The results allowed for a reconstruction of vegetation, fire, and erosion dynamics in the area, implicating the role of fire in vegetation turnover at 5300 (mesophilous forests replaced by sclerophyllous scrubs)…
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…
Prehistoric palaeodemographics and regional land cover change in eastern Iberia
Much attention has been placed on the drivers of vegetation change on the Iberian Peninsula. While climate plays a key role in determining the species pools within different regions and exerts a strong influence on broad vegetation patterning, the role of humans, particularly during prehistory, is less clear. The aim of this paper is to assess the influence of prehistoric population change on shaping vegetation patterns in eastern Iberia and the …
Interdisciplinary approach to the landscape and firewood exploitation during the Holocene at La Garrotxa (Girona, NE Iberia)
The Distribution and Use of Box ( Buxus sempervirens L . ) in the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula During the Holocene
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the distribution of box (Buxus sempervirens L.) in the Holocene vegetation of NE Spain and its use during prehistory. The scarcity of box in pollen records contrasts with the frequent presence of box charcoal at archaeological sites in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Box charcoal has been documented in 41 Holocene sites, indicating its systematic use as firewood. To date, wooden artefacts have only been d…
Use of space and site formation processes in a Neolithic lakeside settlement. Pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs spatial analysis in La Draga (Banyoles, NE Iberia)
Filling in the gaps
Human trace on the landscape during the Holocene at El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
The archaeological research focusing on El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) has revealed a succession of occupation levels in a dung layers context that span from the early Neolithic to the middle Bronze Age. The robustness and coherence of the chronological dates of the sequence have contributed to framing the beginning of farming practices on the northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula. This study focuses on the palynological analysi…
Lateglacial to Early Holocene recursive aridity events in the SE Mediterranean Iberian Peninsula
Taphonomic approach to the palynological record of burnt and unburnt samples from El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)
Wood uses at El Mirador Cave (Atapuerca, Burgos) based on anthracology and dendrology
The Mas del Pepet experimental programme for the study of prehistoric livestock practices
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
Archeological deposits at Abric Romaní extend to 110 ka
The Middle Pleistocene site of La Cansaladeta (Tarragona, Spain)
Level TE9c of Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
Landscape transformation and economic practices among the first farming societies in Lake Banyoles (Girona, Spain)
This paper focuses on the high-resolution pollen analysis of one new pollen record from Lake Banyoles \n(Girona, Spain) and its contextualisation with other archaeobotanical records (charcoal, seed and wood \nremains) from the early Neolithic lakeshore settlement of La Draga. Around ca.7250 cal BP, coinciding \nwith the first settlement phase of La Draga, a rapid fall of the pollen values of deciduous Quercus sp. is \nobserved, and a stabilisatio…
All about yew
Neanderthal Landscapes and Their Home Environment
Defending the early human occupation of Vallparadís (Barcelona, Iberian Peninsula)
One million years of cultural evolution in a stable environment at Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)
Palaeoecology of Neanderthals during Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles in northeastern Iberia (Abric Romaní)
Level TE9c of Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
Eurasian Gates
This paper revises the current state of the debate about the earliest hominin dispersals out of Africa. First we review the archaeological evidence for the earliest occupation of Asia and Europe. Next we summarize the environmental parameters related to the earliest phases of human evolution--specifically, climatic implications for human adaptations andfaunal dispersals. We discuss which were the first hominins to leave Africa, and we propose the…
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…
Prehistoric palaeodemographics and regional land cover change in eastern Iberia
Much attention has been placed on the drivers of vegetation change on the Iberian Peninsula. While climate plays a key role in determining the species pools within different regions and exerts a strong influence on broad vegetation patterning, the role of humans, particularly during prehistory, is less clear. The aim of this paper is to assess the influence of prehistoric population change on shaping vegetation patterns in eastern Iberia and the …
The Middle Pleistocene site of La Cansaladeta (Tarragona, Spain)
Archeological deposits at Abric Romaní extend to 110 ka
Landscape transformation and economic practices among the first farming societies in Lake Banyoles (Girona, Spain)
This paper focuses on the high-resolution pollen analysis of one new pollen record from Lake Banyoles \n(Girona, Spain) and its contextualisation with other archaeobotanical records (charcoal, seed and wood \nremains) from the early Neolithic lakeshore settlement of La Draga. Around ca.7250 cal BP, coinciding \nwith the first settlement phase of La Draga, a rapid fall of the pollen values of deciduous Quercus sp. is \nobserved, and a stabilisatio…
All about yew
Overview of environmental changes and human colonization in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean) and their impacts on vegetation composition during the Holocene
Archaeobotany in an era of change and challenge
Apart from helping us understand past communities' response to climate change and their plant management resilience mechanisms, archaeobotanical information may also serve as a basis to rethink our economic system and implement new solutions to current challenges (e.g. re-adopt forgotten crops or implement circular economy models). Already fragile by nature, the integrity of archaeobotanical heritage is affected by current climate events, such as…
Surviving on the isle of Formentera (Balearic Islands)
Human trace on the landscape during the Holocene at El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
The archaeological research focusing on El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) has revealed a succession of occupation levels in a dung layers context that span from the early Neolithic to the middle Bronze Age. The robustness and coherence of the chronological dates of the sequence have contributed to framing the beginning of farming practices on the northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula. This study focuses on the palynological analysi…
Quaternary pollen analysis in the Iberian Peninsula
Most unsuccessful palynological work is never published. As a consequence, pollen analysts waste time re-processing sterile sediments, and the available literature exhibits a uniformly positive record of success in pollen extraction. Here we report failures with Quaternary pollen analyses in the Iberian Peninsula; that is, case studies where it was not possible to extract palynomorphs for pollen counting. Both totally sterile and partially steril…
The Distribution and Use of Box ( Buxus sempervirens L . ) in the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula During the Holocene
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the distribution of box (Buxus sempervirens L.) in the Holocene vegetation of NE Spain and its use during prehistory. The scarcity of box in pollen records contrasts with the frequent presence of box charcoal at archaeological sites in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Box charcoal has been documented in 41 Holocene sites, indicating its systematic use as firewood. To date, wooden artefacts have only been d…
Abrupt Climatic Changes during the Last Glaciation Based on Pollen Analysis of the Abric Romani, Catalonia, Spain
The Abric Romani continental pollen record provides evidence of abrupt climate variations during the last glaciation. The pollen record reveals a pattern of high-frequency variations similar to that in ice cores as shown by oxygen isotopes or dust content. Analyses of 14 travertine samples yield coherent U-series ages in correct stratigraphic order, ranging from 40,000 to 70,000 yr. According to changes in the composition and structure of the veg…
Les sédiments d'Homo Antecessor de Gran Dolina, (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Espagne). Interprétation micromorphologique des processus de formation et enregistrement paléoenvironnemental des sédiment…
Eurasian Gates
This paper revises the current state of the debate about the earliest hominin dispersals out of Africa. First we review the archaeological evidence for the earliest occupation of Asia and Europe. Next we summarize the environmental parameters related to the earliest phases of human evolution--specifically, climatic implications for human adaptations andfaunal dispersals. We discuss which were the first hominins to leave Africa, and we propose the…
Formation processes through archaeobotanical remains
Landscape and climatic changes during the end of the Late Prehistory in the Amblés Valley (Ávila, central Spain), from 1200 to 400cal BC
Quaternary pollen analysis in the Iberian Peninsula
Most unsuccessful palynological work is never published. As a consequence, pollen analysts waste time re-processing sterile sediments, and the available literature exhibits a uniformly positive record of success in pollen extraction. Here we report failures with Quaternary pollen analyses in the Iberian Peninsula; that is, case studies where it was not possible to extract palynomorphs for pollen counting. Both totally sterile and partially steril…
Expected trends and surprises in the Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation history of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands
A new Lower Pleistocene archeological site in Europe (Vallparadís, Barcelona, Spain)
Here we report the discovery of a new late Lower Pleistocene site named Vallparadís (Barcelona, Spain) that produced a rich archeological and paleontological sequence dated from the upper boundary of the Jaramillo subchron to the early Middle Pleistocene. This deposit contained a main archeological layer with numerous artifacts and a rich macromammalian assemblage, some of which bore cut marks, that could indicate that hominins had access to carc…
One million years of cultural evolution in a stable environment at Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)
Palaeoecology of Neanderthals during Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles in northeastern Iberia (Abric Romaní)
Neanderthal Landscapes and Their Home Environment
Defending the early human occupation of Vallparadís (Barcelona, Iberian Peninsula)
Landscape transformation and economic practices among the first farming societies in Lake Banyoles (Girona, Spain)
This paper focuses on the high-resolution pollen analysis of one new pollen record from Lake Banyoles \n(Girona, Spain) and its contextualisation with other archaeobotanical records (charcoal, seed and wood \nremains) from the early Neolithic lakeshore settlement of La Draga. Around ca.7250 cal BP, coinciding \nwith the first settlement phase of La Draga, a rapid fall of the pollen values of deciduous Quercus sp. is \nobserved, and a stabilisatio…
All about yew
Archeological deposits at Abric Romaní extend to 110 ka
The Middle Pleistocene site of La Cansaladeta (Tarragona, Spain)
Level TE9c of Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
Lateglacial to Early Holocene recursive aridity events in the SE Mediterranean Iberian Peninsula
Taphonomic approach to the palynological record of burnt and unburnt samples from El Mirador Cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)
Wood uses at El Mirador Cave (Atapuerca, Burgos) based on anthracology and dendrology
The Mas del Pepet experimental programme for the study of prehistoric livestock practices
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
Use of space and site formation processes in a Neolithic lakeside settlement. Pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs spatial analysis in La Draga (Banyoles, NE Iberia)
Filling in the gaps
Geography (34 works) · Archaeology (32 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (27 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 works) · Ecology (21 works) · Biology (18 works) · Geology (18 works) · Holocene (15 works) · Paleontology (13 works)