D Ramis
Biographic Data
| ID | 76164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D Ramis |
| GIVEN NAMES | D |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramis |
| SIGNATURE | RAMIS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8940-1956 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Island subsistence during the Late Bronze and Iron Age in Menorca
Isotopes reveal a strongly terrestrial diet at Biniadrís from Bronze to Iron Age. • Bayesian models show balanced livestock use, with rising pig consumption over time. • No marine resource use, despite immediate coastal access. • Evidence points to resilient, adaptive dryland agropastoral strategies. The Biniadrís cave, a Late Bronze and Early Iron Age funerary site in Menorca, Spain, offers exceptional preservation for investigating dietary patt…
Bioavailable 87 Sr/ 86 Sr variability and Bronze and Iron Ages caprine mobility on the Balearic Islands (Spain)
This paper presents the most extensive 87Sr/86Sr datasets from Late Prehistory contexts in addition to bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr values for baseline characterization on the Balearic Islands. A total of 149 caprine dental enamel samples from Mallorca, Menorca, and Formentera islands (Spain), and 35 environmental baseline samples covering the main geologies of these islands are presented here. In addition, a combination of strontium and oxygen sequent…
New contributions to understand animal size fluctuations in the western mediterranean
Integrating microfossil records from livestock dung burned as fuel in Menorca, Balearic Islands
Caprine dental microwear reveals livestock management and exploitation of landscape during the Middle and Late Bronze Age of the Balearic Islands (ca. 1500–850 cal. BC)
In the last few decades, bioarchaeological studies have grown exponentially on the Balearic Islands. In general, animal husbandry based on domestic triad and a Mediterranean macchia landscape is well-attested during the prehistory of this archipelago. Despite providing meaningful data about dietary patterns and livestock practices, dental microwear analyses on animal teeth have not been previously applied to the research of the Balearic Islands. …
Landscape and fuel management in the context of prehistoric and historical occupations of Cova des Moro (Manacor, Mallorca, Spain)
Caprine Mobility on the Balearic Islands During the Middle and Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600–850 BC)
This study presents the 87Sr/86Sr ratios from the tooth enamel of 57 sheep and goat specimens, in order to explore animal mobility in the Middle and Late Bronze Age society of the Balearic Islands (Naviform period). Seven archaeological sites from Mallorca and Menorca located in different biotopes and with different functionalities were selected. The results provide some of the first data on the geographic range of meat provisioning at each site.…
Phenolic metabolites from 5,000-year-old coprolites of Myotragus balearicus, an extinct insular bovid
Nuevos datos sobre el paisaje vegetal de las primeras ocupaciones de Mallorca
El Coval Simó constituye una de las evidencias más antiguas de poblamiento en la isla de Mallorca y en el archipiélago balear. Tiene, además, la particularidad de ser un hábitat en zona de montaña, de modo que los grupos humanos que se asentaron allí debieron de adaptar su sistema agropecuario y de explotación del entorno a este medio. Los restos vegetales (carbones y semillas) recuperados en los niveles de ocupación del yacimiento permiten apr…
Iron Age botanical remains from nuraghe S'Urachi, Sardinia
An agricultural field of Hellenistic date at Pauli Stincus, Terralba, Sardinia
Excavation at Pauli Stincus in Sardinia has revealed an ancient plough soil, with associated evidence of intensive prehistoric agricultural activities
Animal Exploitation in the Early Prehistory of the Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands were the last large islands in the Mediterranean to be settled, with colonization not occurring until the third millennium cal BC. The richest assemblages of zooarchaeological data for reconstructing patterns of animal exploitation and management come from Mallorca, Menorca, and Formentera and date to the late third and second millennia cal BC. In this article, I consider these exploitation and management strategies from the …
La sucesión de ocupaciones entre el Calcolítico y la Edad Media en el yacimiento de Cornia Nou (Menorca, Islas Baleares) = The succession of occupations between the Chalcolithic and Middle Ages in the…
The settlement of Cornia Nou is situated in the eastern side of Minorca. A long chronological sequence in this site, dated from the Chalcolithic to the 13th century AD, has been recorded based on radiocarbon dating and the typological study of the ceramics. Here the archaeological and paleoenvironmental data of the different occupation phases are described
The Protohistoric 'Quicklime Burials' from the Balearic Islands
Traditionally, the Balearic so-called 'quicklime burials' of the Iron Age have been considered to be inhumations in quicklime. The general appearance of the bones, however, resembles more closely that of cremated bones. Laboratory tests reveal that the observed features of the bones from these burials, including cracks, thumbnail fractures and warping, cannot be explained by an inhumation in quicklime. The δ 13C value, Fourier transform infrared …
Direct 14C-dating of Roman and late antique purple dye sites by murex shells
Until late antique times, murex shells were used for the production of true purple. Murex production sites are found all around the Mediterranean. In this paper are studied four sites from the Balearic Islands. Radiocarbon dates from animal bones and charcoal supposed to be synchronic with the murex dye production, are compared to direct dating of the murex shells. In all but one case the terrestrial samples were inconsistent. The murex shells on…
The Chronology of the First Settlement of the Balearic Islands
The goal of this paper is to establish a solid chronology which spans the earliest human presence in each of the three larger Balearic Islands. For this purpose, a review is undertaken of archaeological evidence and associated absolute dating related to the period before the 2nd millennium Cal BC. Additionally, palaeoecological, sedimentological and palaeocultural evidence for human absence on these islands during the middle Holocene is introduce…
A Review of the Evidence for Domestication of Bate 1909 (Artiodactyla, Caprinae) in the Balearic Islands
Focus
Revisiting the Earliest Human Presence in Mallorca, Western Mediterranean
A new date for the assumed first humans in Mallorca disagrees strongly with the earliest dating of them. New light on the first settlement of Mallorca comes from the discussion of dates and the review of the empirical evidence for that settlement. We conclude that human arrival on Mallorca must be situated in the 3rd millennium cal BC
The Chronology of the First Settlement of the Balearic Islands
The goal of this paper is to establish a solid chronology which spans the earliest human presence in each of the three larger Balearic Islands. For this purpose, a review is undertaken of archaeological evidence and associated absolute dating related to the period before the 2nd millennium Cal BC. Additionally, palaeoecological, sedimentological and palaeocultural evidence for human absence on these islands during the middle Holocene is introduce…
Animal Exploitation in the Early Prehistory of the Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands were the last large islands in the Mediterranean to be settled, with colonization not occurring until the third millennium cal BC. The richest assemblages of zooarchaeological data for reconstructing patterns of animal exploitation and management come from Mallorca, Menorca, and Formentera and date to the late third and second millennia cal BC. In this article, I consider these exploitation and management strategies from the …
The Protohistoric 'Quicklime Burials' from the Balearic Islands
Traditionally, the Balearic so-called 'quicklime burials' of the Iron Age have been considered to be inhumations in quicklime. The general appearance of the bones, however, resembles more closely that of cremated bones. Laboratory tests reveal that the observed features of the bones from these burials, including cracks, thumbnail fractures and warping, cannot be explained by an inhumation in quicklime. The δ 13C value, Fourier transform infrared …
Caprine Mobility on the Balearic Islands During the Middle and Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600–850 BC)
This study presents the 87Sr/86Sr ratios from the tooth enamel of 57 sheep and goat specimens, in order to explore animal mobility in the Middle and Late Bronze Age society of the Balearic Islands (Naviform period). Seven archaeological sites from Mallorca and Menorca located in different biotopes and with different functionalities were selected. The results provide some of the first data on the geographic range of meat provisioning at each site.…
Caprine dental microwear reveals livestock management and exploitation of landscape during the Middle and Late Bronze Age of the Balearic Islands (ca. 1500–850 cal. BC)
In the last few decades, bioarchaeological studies have grown exponentially on the Balearic Islands. In general, animal husbandry based on domestic triad and a Mediterranean macchia landscape is well-attested during the prehistory of this archipelago. Despite providing meaningful data about dietary patterns and livestock practices, dental microwear analyses on animal teeth have not been previously applied to the research of the Balearic Islands. …
Iron Age botanical remains from nuraghe S'Urachi, Sardinia
An agricultural field of Hellenistic date at Pauli Stincus, Terralba, Sardinia
Excavation at Pauli Stincus in Sardinia has revealed an ancient plough soil, with associated evidence of intensive prehistoric agricultural activities
A Review of the Evidence for Domestication of Bate 1909 (Artiodactyla, Caprinae) in the Balearic Islands
Focus
Revisiting the Earliest Human Presence in Mallorca, Western Mediterranean
A new date for the assumed first humans in Mallorca disagrees strongly with the earliest dating of them. New light on the first settlement of Mallorca comes from the discussion of dates and the review of the empirical evidence for that settlement. We conclude that human arrival on Mallorca must be situated in the 3rd millennium cal BC
The Chronology of the First Settlement of the Balearic Islands
The goal of this paper is to establish a solid chronology which spans the earliest human presence in each of the three larger Balearic Islands. For this purpose, a review is undertaken of archaeological evidence and associated absolute dating related to the period before the 2nd millennium Cal BC. Additionally, palaeoecological, sedimentological and palaeocultural evidence for human absence on these islands during the middle Holocene is introduce…
Direct 14C-dating of Roman and late antique purple dye sites by murex shells
Until late antique times, murex shells were used for the production of true purple. Murex production sites are found all around the Mediterranean. In this paper are studied four sites from the Balearic Islands. Radiocarbon dates from animal bones and charcoal supposed to be synchronic with the murex dye production, are compared to direct dating of the murex shells. In all but one case the terrestrial samples were inconsistent. The murex shells on…
La sucesión de ocupaciones entre el Calcolítico y la Edad Media en el yacimiento de Cornia Nou (Menorca, Islas Baleares) = The succession of occupations between the Chalcolithic and Middle Ages in the…
The settlement of Cornia Nou is situated in the eastern side of Minorca. A long chronological sequence in this site, dated from the Chalcolithic to the 13th century AD, has been recorded based on radiocarbon dating and the typological study of the ceramics. Here the archaeological and paleoenvironmental data of the different occupation phases are described
The Protohistoric 'Quicklime Burials' from the Balearic Islands
Traditionally, the Balearic so-called 'quicklime burials' of the Iron Age have been considered to be inhumations in quicklime. The general appearance of the bones, however, resembles more closely that of cremated bones. Laboratory tests reveal that the observed features of the bones from these burials, including cracks, thumbnail fractures and warping, cannot be explained by an inhumation in quicklime. The δ 13C value, Fourier transform infrared …
Animal Exploitation in the Early Prehistory of the Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands were the last large islands in the Mediterranean to be settled, with colonization not occurring until the third millennium cal BC. The richest assemblages of zooarchaeological data for reconstructing patterns of animal exploitation and management come from Mallorca, Menorca, and Formentera and date to the late third and second millennia cal BC. In this article, I consider these exploitation and management strategies from the …
An agricultural field of Hellenistic date at Pauli Stincus, Terralba, Sardinia
Excavation at Pauli Stincus in Sardinia has revealed an ancient plough soil, with associated evidence of intensive prehistoric agricultural activities
Phenolic metabolites from 5,000-year-old coprolites of Myotragus balearicus, an extinct insular bovid
Nuevos datos sobre el paisaje vegetal de las primeras ocupaciones de Mallorca
El Coval Simó constituye una de las evidencias más antiguas de poblamiento en la isla de Mallorca y en el archipiélago balear. Tiene, además, la particularidad de ser un hábitat en zona de montaña, de modo que los grupos humanos que se asentaron allí debieron de adaptar su sistema agropecuario y de explotación del entorno a este medio. Los restos vegetales (carbones y semillas) recuperados en los niveles de ocupación del yacimiento permiten apr…
Iron Age botanical remains from nuraghe S'Urachi, Sardinia
Landscape and fuel management in the context of prehistoric and historical occupations of Cova des Moro (Manacor, Mallorca, Spain)
Caprine Mobility on the Balearic Islands During the Middle and Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600–850 BC)
This study presents the 87Sr/86Sr ratios from the tooth enamel of 57 sheep and goat specimens, in order to explore animal mobility in the Middle and Late Bronze Age society of the Balearic Islands (Naviform period). Seven archaeological sites from Mallorca and Menorca located in different biotopes and with different functionalities were selected. The results provide some of the first data on the geographic range of meat provisioning at each site.…
Integrating microfossil records from livestock dung burned as fuel in Menorca, Balearic Islands
Caprine dental microwear reveals livestock management and exploitation of landscape during the Middle and Late Bronze Age of the Balearic Islands (ca. 1500–850 cal. BC)
In the last few decades, bioarchaeological studies have grown exponentially on the Balearic Islands. In general, animal husbandry based on domestic triad and a Mediterranean macchia landscape is well-attested during the prehistory of this archipelago. Despite providing meaningful data about dietary patterns and livestock practices, dental microwear analyses on animal teeth have not been previously applied to the research of the Balearic Islands. …
New contributions to understand animal size fluctuations in the western mediterranean
Bioavailable 87 Sr/ 86 Sr variability and Bronze and Iron Ages caprine mobility on the Balearic Islands (Spain)
This paper presents the most extensive 87Sr/86Sr datasets from Late Prehistory contexts in addition to bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr values for baseline characterization on the Balearic Islands. A total of 149 caprine dental enamel samples from Mallorca, Menorca, and Formentera islands (Spain), and 35 environmental baseline samples covering the main geologies of these islands are presented here. In addition, a combination of strontium and oxygen sequent…
Island subsistence during the Late Bronze and Iron Age in Menorca
Isotopes reveal a strongly terrestrial diet at Biniadrís from Bronze to Iron Age. • Bayesian models show balanced livestock use, with rising pig consumption over time. • No marine resource use, despite immediate coastal access. • Evidence points to resilient, adaptive dryland agropastoral strategies. The Biniadrís cave, a Late Bronze and Early Iron Age funerary site in Menorca, Spain, offers exceptional preservation for investigating dietary patt…
Archaeology (16 works) · Geography (16 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 works) · Biology (7 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (6 works) · Balearic islands (6 works) · Bronze Age (6 works) · Mediterranean climate (6 works) · Archaeological and Historical Studies (5 works)