Elena Marinova
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 87558 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Elena Marinova |
| NOMBRES | Elena |
| APELLIDO | Marinova |
| FIRMA | MARINOVA E |
| AFILIACIONES | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3793-3317 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 72 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 263 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 72 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Overcooked
Archaeological food remains increasingly come into the focus of the archaeological sciences, resulting in the urgent need for a standardized assessment and cataloguing algorithm that will smooth the progress of information gathering and dissemination among academics, across disciplines. This paper presents such an algorithm, developed with a focus on the macroscopic and microscopic features of the charred food remains that can be classified as am…
Rise and fall of a Celtic central place
Exploring the Celtic plant economy in a regional context
Plant economy and woodland use in the Roman province Moesia Inferior during the 2nd to 3rd century ce
Dasypyrum villosum (mosquito grass) in archaeobotanical assemblages from the Balkans and east-central Europe reveals aspects of human plant- and land use
Archaeobotanists working in the Balkans and the Carpathian Basin in the 1980s documented remains resembling wild rye caryopses in the deposits from the Bronze and Iron ages, and named them “weedy rye” or “small Secale ”. It took years and more finds, including those of chaff, to identify these remains more precisely—as Dasypyrum villosum (mosquito grass). The first systematic overview of archaeobotanical records of this species in the Balkans and…
Water on fire
Reconstructing human–animal interactions via multiproxy analysis of dog paleofeces from the medieval Central Balkans
Local environment and fire history of a potential Lower Palaeolithic refugium in the Megalopolis Basin, southern Greece, during Marine Isotope Stage 12
The Balkan Peninsula is considered to have acted as a glacial refugium as well as a biogeographic crossroads during the Pleistocene, playing an important role in the survival of biota and population dynamics through time. Furthermore, rather than being a homogeneous habitat, it is thought to have hosted a number of diverse, isolated “refugia within refugia,” providing suitable conditions for the persistence of different plant and animal species, …
Middle Neolithic Subsistence Strategies in Southwest Germany
sponsorship: The first author obtained funding from the Baden-Wurttemberg State Office for Cultural Heritage for the identification of 30 samples from Reichenau-B33. (Baden-Wurttemberg State Office for Cultural Heritage)
The Early Neolithic Settlement of Movila lui Deciov in Romanian Banat
Since 2018, excavation work at the well-known site of Movila lui Deciov has been resumed by an international excavation team from the University of Tübingen together with the National Museum of Banat in Timişoara. The site was discovered at the beginning of the 20 th century by Kisléghi Nagy Gyula, who also carried out the first excavations. Further excavations were undertaken between 2001 and 2004 by Banat Museum in Timișoara and a team from the…
Identifying historical fuel sources through anthracology and combustion markers
Understanding late medieval farming practices
During the preventive archaeological excavation in the cellar of the site of petite Rue des Bouchers in the historical centre of Brussels (Belgium), the waterlogged remains of a thirteenth century AD sunken byre (potstal) were discovered. The exceptional preservation instigated a multiproxy approach, including micro-archaeology, micromorphology, phytolith and endoparasite egg analysis on thin sections, palynology and the study of plant macroremai…
Plant subsistence and environment in the Late Bronze Age of the Central Black Sea Region
This archaeobotanical study represents the first comprehensive study of the Late Bronze Age Hittite subsistence use of plants and woodland vegetation in the Black Sea region. Seed/fruit and wood-charcoal analyses were conducted to gain insight into the plant-based economy of the site. The economic seed plants reveal that the main annual crops were barley, free-threshing wheat, and emmer, along with pulses like lentil, bitter vetch, grass pea, bro…
Triticum timopheevii s.l. (‘new glume wheat’) finds in regions of southern and eastern Europe across space and time
Triticum timopheevii sensu lato (‘new glume wheat’, NGW) was first recognised as a distinct prehistoric cereal crop through work on archaeobotanical finds from Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in northern Greece. This was later followed by its identification in archaeobotanical assemblages from other parts of Europe. This paper provides an overview of the currently known archaeobotanical finds of Timopheev’s wheat in southeastern and eastern Europe…
The Language of Anti-Digital Resistance
The specifics of the word formation reflecting the certain protest of a society part against the Digital Society concept implementation in the country are considered on the material of Russian-language media texts. The aim of the study is to determine the semantic dominants and pragmatic peculiarities of the new nominations as the interpretive language function realization. The analysis of the material is carried out in line with functional socio…
The research potential of wood and other plant remains in burial contexts with dry soil conditions
Low oxygen or metal objects in burial contexts facilitate organic preservation. • Preserved wood/plant remains in such contexts add key evidence regarding rituals. • Appropriate sampling strategies are crucial for preserving this evidence. Burial context in regions with predominantly dry soil conditions are often challenging for standard archaeobotanical studies. Although plant remains can be preserved in structures with dry, anoxic conditions (d…
Cui Bono?” An Agricultural Turning Point in the Roman Provinces Upper Germania and Raetia
The history of agricultural innovation, intensification and the associated diversity of land use and plant food consumption in the Roman provinces of Upper Germania and Raetia was investigated using charred plant macrofossils (on-site data) and pollen assemblages (off-site data). A presence/absence data set compiled from major published data (n=106) allowed to assess the diversity of food plants according to site types. Highest diversity occurred…
Predynastic and Early Dynastic plant economy in the Nile Delta
The large-scale excavation at the prehistoric site of Tell el-Iswid made it possible to undertake a systematic archaeobotanical study of different structures covering the Predynastic and Early Dynastic period (Lower Egyptian Cultures, i.e. Buto II (3500−3300 bc ) to Naqada III Culture (3300−2900 bc )). Here we present the results of the analysis of carpological remains preserved mostly in a charred state and coming from 62 samples processed by ma…
The role of fire in the Medieval and Early Modern landscape of Bad Waldsee within the broader context of the pre-Alpine forelands of south-western Germany
Fire, an important element of human land use strategies, was part of many early industrial activities but also of burning incidents that significantly impacted settlement structures and development. The spatial proximity of the historically well-documented medieval town and sediment archive deposited in its central lake (Stadtsee) was taken to investigate the interplay of fire and socio-environmental developments during the preindustrial phase of…
Plant remains preserved in products of metal corrosion
By-products of metal corrosion, when coming into contact with organic matter, have the capacity to preserve it from decay. A pilot study was conducted aiming to explore the potential and limitations of plant remains preserved in by-products of metal corrosion for archaeobotanical research. The organic remains considered come from the surface/immediate proximity of the metal funerary artefacts of two ancient cemeteries—Varna and Messambria, Easter…
Magical practices? A non-normative Roman imperial cremation at Sagalassos
Many thousands of burials have been excavated from across the Roman world, documenting a variety of funerary practices and rites. Individual burials, however, sometimes stand out for their atypical characteristics. The authors report the discovery of a cremation burial from ancient Sagalassos that differs from contemporaneous funerary deposits. In this specific context, the cremated human remains were not retrieved but buried in situ, surrounded …
Burial rush matting
Intensification of agriculture in southwestern Germany between the Bronze Age and Medieval period, based on archaeobotanical data from Baden-Württemberg
A system of farming with an alternation of land use between being cultivated or left fallow as grassland ( Feldgraswirtschaft ) developed in southwestern Germany since the Bronze Age. It involved fallow periods, where the arable land is left without crops in order to let it recover its fertility for several years while becoming grassland. This led to regeneration of the topsoil humus, which could later be mobilized by cultivation. With later farm…
New AMS 14C dates track the arrival and spread of broomcorn millet cultivation and agricultural change in prehistoric Europe
Broomcorn millet ( Panicum miliaceum L.) is not one of the founder crops domesticated in Southwest Asia in the early Holocene, but was domesticated in northeast China by 6000 bc . In Europe, millet was reported in Early Neolithic contexts formed by 6000 bc , but recent radiocarbon dating of a dozen 'early' grains cast doubt on these claims. Archaeobotanical evidence reveals that millet was common in Europe from the 2nd millennium bc , when major …
Palaeoenvironment and potential resources for early Holocene subsistence in the Ammer River Valley (Germany) based on palaeoecological and bioarchaeological evidence
A comparison of early Neolithic crop and weed assemblages from the Linearbandkeramik and the Bulgarian Neolithic cultures
Prehistoric cereal foods from Greece and Bulgaria
Plant use and local vegetation patterns during the second half of the Late Pleistocene in southwestern Germany
Prehistoric cereal foods of southeastern Europe
This paper addresses for the first time a large body of archaeobotanical data from prehistoric Southeastern Europe, mostly published for the first time, that correspond to cereal food preparations. The evidence presented here comes from 20 sites situated in Greece and Bulgaria, spanning the Early Neolithic through to the Iron Age (7th millennium B.C.-1st millennium B.C.). The remains correspond to cereal fragments or agglomerations of fragments t…
Charred olive stones
After extracting oil from olives a residue is left usually referred to as the olive oil processing residue (OPR). This study explores the way in which ancient societies may have used OPR as fuel for fires to generate heat and the various issues that are related to the residues of this fuel. After drying, the high heating value and structure of OPR makes it an excellent and efficient fuel. Upgrading OPR further, through thermal conversion or charr…
Holocene anthropogenic landscapes in the Balkans
Faecal biomarker and archaeobotanical analyses of sediments from a public latrine shed new light on ruralisation in Sagalassos, Turkey
Archaeobotanical evidence of crop growing and diet within the areas of the Karanovo and the Linear Pottery Cultures
Early and Middle Holocene Human Occupation of the Egyptian Eastern Desert
In this paper, we discuss human occupation during the Early and Middle Holocene in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, based mainly on the data provided by excavated deposits from the Sodmein Cave, which produced an important Holocene stratigraphic sequence. This sequence is dated by a large number of conventional and AMS 14C dates. It appears that the area was empty of human occupation during the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the earliest Holocene. Wi…
Cicer arietinum (chick pea) in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic of Bulgaria
Mid-Holocene vegetation change in the Troad (W Anatolia)
Anthracological analysis from Kovacevo, southwest Bulgaria
Bioarchaeological research on animal dung – possibilities and limitations
status: Published
Biodiversity variability across elevations in the Carpathians
An understanding of contemporary and likely future biodiversity requires knowledge of how past human societies have shaped diversity patterns. Here, we use long-term pollen data sets extending from lowlands to subalpine environment in the Carpathian region (Romania) with the aim of exploring the relationship between landscape openness, anthropogenic disturbance, elevation and vegetation richness over the Holocene. We found that landscape openness…
An experimental approach for tracing olive processing residues in the archaeobotanical record, with preliminary examples from Tell Tweini, Syria
Plant economy and vegetation of the Iron Age in Bulgaria
Animal dung from arid environments and archaeobotanical methodologies for its analysis
Bioarchaeological studies of animal dung from arid environments provide valuable information on various aspects of life in ancient societies relating to land use and environmental change, and from the Neolithic onwards to the animal husbandry and the use of animals as markers of status and wealth. In this study we present the archaeobotanical analysis of animal gut contents from burials in the elite Predynastic cemetery HK6 at Hierakonpolis, Uppe…
Plant subsistence and environment in the Late Bronze Age of the Central Black Sea Region
This archaeobotanical study represents the first comprehensive study of the Late Bronze Age Hittite subsistence use of plants and woodland vegetation in the Black Sea region. Seed/fruit and wood-charcoal analyses were conducted to gain insight into the plant-based economy of the site. The economic seed plants reveal that the main annual crops were barley, free-threshing wheat, and emmer, along with pulses like lentil, bitter vetch, grass pea, bro…
Intensification of agriculture in southwestern Germany between the Bronze Age and Medieval period, based on archaeobotanical data from Baden-Württemberg
A system of farming with an alternation of land use between being cultivated or left fallow as grassland ( Feldgraswirtschaft ) developed in southwestern Germany since the Bronze Age. It involved fallow periods, where the arable land is left without crops in order to let it recover its fertility for several years while becoming grassland. This led to regeneration of the topsoil humus, which could later be mobilized by cultivation. With later farm…
An exploratory study of British Millennials’ attitudes to the use of live animals in events
Ethical issues related to animal rights have gained significant exposure in the past few decades. As a result, animal welfare concerns have continuously been at the forefront of public debate. This has had a major impact on Western culture, expressed in the growing popularity of lifestyle changes towards reducing and abandonment of animal use across different industries. However, animal use in planned events remains insufficiently studied and abs…
Fuel for debating ancient economies. Calculating wood consumption at urban scale in Roman Imperial times
Holocene treeline and timberline changes in the South Carpathians (Romania)
Two high-altitude lake-sediment sequences (Lake Lia, 1910 m a.s.l. and Lake Bucura, 2040 m a.s.l.) from the Retezat Mountains (South Carpathians, Romania) were analysed using multi-proxy methods to study responses of treeline, timberline and alpine/subalpine vegetation to climate change and human impact during the past 16,000 years. Woody species ( Pinus mugo, Pinus cembra, Picea abies and Juniperus communis) reached Lake Lia between 12,000 and 1…
Magura Cave, Bulgaria
The Late Neolithic Michelsberg culture – just ramparts and ditches? A supraregional comparison of agricultural and environmental data
Der archäobotanische Forschungsstand zur Michelsberger und zur Bischheimer Kultur (5./4. Jahrtausend BC) wurde zusammengetragen und in Zusammenhang mit archäologischen, klimatologischen und biologischen Daten diskutiert. Verglichen mit Bischheim und dem Mittelneolithikum hat die Michelsberger Kultur ein reduziertes Kulturpflanzenspektrum genutzt, mit einem Schwerpunkt bei Getreideanbau. Die Herkunft des tetraploiden Nacktweizens konnte dabei noch…
Pisidian’ culture? The Classical-Hellenistic site at Düzen Tepe near Sagalassus (southwest Turkey)
In 2005, during the annual ‘intensive’ archaeological survey in the peri-urban zone of Sagalassus (Pisidia, southwest Anatolia), the remains of an extensive Classical-Hellenistic settlement were identified at Düzen Tepe, 1.8km southwest of Sagalassus. The results of three seasons of site investigation (2005–2007), comprising archaeological and geophysical surveys, architectural and topographical mapping, test soundings, and archaeometric and envi…
Pollen and plant macrofossil analyses of radiocarbon dated mid-Holocene profiles from two subalpine lakes in the Rila Mountains, Bulgaria
Pollen analysis, plant macrofossil determination and radiocarbon dating were performed on profiles of Holocene age obtained from two subalpine lakes (2320-2340 m a.s.l.) in the Central Rila Mountains, Bulgaria. The palaeovegetational reconstruction dates back to the mid-Atlantic (6500-6700 cal. BP). The plant macrofossil record revealed that groups of Pinus mugo and Juniperus sibirica were distributed in the subalpine zone. The treeline was shape…
A comparison of early Neolithic crop and weed assemblages from the Linearbandkeramik and the Bulgarian Neolithic cultures
Mid-Holocene vegetation change in the Troad (W Anatolia)
Anthracological analysis from Kovacevo, southwest Bulgaria
Holocene environment and subsistence patterns near the Tree Shelter, Red Sea Mountains, Egypt
The Tree Shelter site dates to the Early to Mid-Holocene (8000 to 4900 14 C yr BP). Present conditions around the site are hyperarid, but charcoal remains indicate less severe aridity at the time of its occupation. The environment around the site then supported a rich wadi vegetation, which allowed hunting during the Epipaleolithic and herding during the Neolithic occupation. Although more favorable than today, the environmental conditions also d…
Prehistoric cereal foods from Greece and Bulgaria
Cicer arietinum (chick pea) in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic of Bulgaria
Carthamus species in the ancient Near East and south-eastern Europe
The Early Dynastic origin of the water-lily motif
The association of the water-lily with architecture and art is one of the most familiar visual aspects of the ancient Egyptian culture. However, the earliest representations of the water-lily date only to the Naqada III period. The finds of that period are discussed using the available archaeological and environmental data. An interdisciplinary approach allows the interpretation of the symbolic meaning of the plant within the cultural context of …
Pisidian’ culture? The Classical-Hellenistic site at Düzen Tepe near Sagalassus (southwest Turkey)
In 2005, during the annual ‘intensive’ archaeological survey in the peri-urban zone of Sagalassus (Pisidia, southwest Anatolia), the remains of an extensive Classical-Hellenistic settlement were identified at Düzen Tepe, 1.8km southwest of Sagalassus. The results of three seasons of site investigation (2005–2007), comprising archaeological and geophysical surveys, architectural and topographical mapping, test soundings, and archaeometric and envi…
An experimental approach for tracing olive processing residues in the archaeobotanical record, with preliminary examples from Tell Tweini, Syria
Faecal biomarker and archaeobotanical analyses of sediments from a public latrine shed new light on ruralisation in Sagalassos, Turkey
Isotopic reconstruction of human diet and animal husbandry practices during the Classical‐Hellenistic, imperial, and Byzantine periods at Sagalassos, Turkey
An isotopic reconstruction of human dietary patterns and livestock management practices (herding, grazing, foddering, etc.) is presented here from the sites of Düzen Tepe and Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios were determined from bone collagen extracted from humans ( n = 49) and animals ( n = 454) from five distinct time periods: Classical‐Hellenistic (400–200 BC), Early to Middle Imperial (25 BC–300 AD)…
Plant remains preserved in products of metal corrosion
Reconstructing the Holocene vegetation changes in SE Europe
Human landscapes and climate change during the Holocene
Holocene anthropogenic landscapes in the Balkans
Crop manuring and intensive land management by Europe’s first farmers
The spread of farming from western Asia to Europe had profound long-term social and ecological impacts, but identification of the specific nature of Neolithic land management practices and the dietary contribution of early crops has been problematic. Here, we present previously undescribed stable isotope determinations of charred cereals and pulses from 13 Neolithic sites across Europe (dating ca . 5900–2400 cal B.C.), which show that early farme…
Species identification of archaeological dung remains
Dung, macroscopically recognisable as such or not, can more commonly be found in archaeological contexts than is perhaps realised. Up to now, identification of dung to the species which produced it is usually either tenuous, or is not possible. However, species identification can be very informative and is necessary before any further studies can be conducted on the dung, for example on health and hygiene in the past and palaeoecology. This study…
Animal dung from arid environments and archaeobotanical methodologies for its analysis
Bioarchaeological studies of animal dung from arid environments provide valuable information on various aspects of life in ancient societies relating to land use and environmental change, and from the Neolithic onwards to the animal husbandry and the use of animals as markers of status and wealth. In this study we present the archaeobotanical analysis of animal gut contents from burials in the elite Predynastic cemetery HK6 at Hierakonpolis, Uppe…
Bioarchaeological research on animal dung – possibilities and limitations
status: Published
Biodiversity variability across elevations in the Carpathians
An understanding of contemporary and likely future biodiversity requires knowledge of how past human societies have shaped diversity patterns. Here, we use long-term pollen data sets extending from lowlands to subalpine environment in the Carpathian region (Romania) with the aim of exploring the relationship between landscape openness, anthropogenic disturbance, elevation and vegetation richness over the Holocene. We found that landscape openness…
Climate variability and associated vegetation response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka
Pleistocene vertebrate faunas of the Süttő Travertine Complex (Hungary)
Holocene palaeoecology and human–environmental interactions at the coastal Black Sea Lake Durankulak, northeastern Bulgaria
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