New insights into the daily and symbolic use of plants during initial occupations of Formentera (Balearic Islands, Spain)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12807876 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yolanda Carrión Marco (0000-0003-4064-249X, Universitat de València, corresponding author), Ernestina Badal (0000-0002-8296-1870, Universitat de València), Guillem Pérez-Jordá (0000-0003-1459-0219, Universitat de València), Ricard Marlasca (0000-0002-4105-772X) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 557-583 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1556-4894 • E-ISSN: 1556-1828 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15564894.2021.1942336 |
| OpenAlex | W3196590491 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 39 |
The island of Formentera, with its small extension and flat orography, was settled relatively late in Mediterranean prehistory between the third and second millennium BC. The sites presented in this paper, Cova des Fum and Cova des Riuets, offer evidence of the island’s first occupation. Cova des Fum comprises a necropolis of the Bronze Age and two sanctuary spaces (used, at least, from 2035 cal BC), with hearths and water management structures. Cova des Riuets is a habitation site from the beginning of the Bronze Age (available dates ranging from 2030 to 1760 cal BC). This landscape study, among the first on the ancient occupation of the island, focuses on the plant macro-remains from both sites, providing new data on the vegetation of the surrounding areas and the use of both wild and domesticated plant resources for various daily and ritual tasks. The firewood came from evergreen thermo-Mediterranean formations well adapted to drought and summer heat, as well as rocky environments, and could have been collected in the vicinity of the sites. The autochthonous character of some species, such as the fig tree, has also been investigated and has provided the oldest existing date for this species on the island. This study reveals some peculiarities in the island’s subsistence strategy that are relevant to the study of small islands more generally
Agriculture · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Evergreen · Geography · Hearth · Mediterranean climate · Mediterranean Islands · Prehistory · Subsistence agriculture · Vegetation (pathology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |