Woodland in the middle Ebro valley (Spain). Dendrological analysis of archaeological timber from Bell Baker and Iron Age periods

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ID19691221
AuthorsYolanda Carrión Marco (0000-0003-4064-249X, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume31
Pages151-161
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchéoSciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1960-1360 • E-ISSN: 2104-3728
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/archeosciences.865
OpenAlexW1927464276
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited9

In this paper, the results of the dendrological analysis of timber from three archaeological sites are presented. This material comes from the wooden structures of different kinds of buildings (houses, walls and a funerary dolmen). For this task, a small number of vegetal species were used. Dendrological analyses are perfectly adapted to this research, since ecological, climatic and human events can be inferred from the observation and measurement of tree growth-rings. To implement the method in this region is particularly interesting because of the lack of palaeoenvironmental studies. Micro- and macroscopic observation of wood charcoal enables wood identification: mainly pine and juniper were selected for timber from among all the species identified from charcoal analyses in other archeological contexts (fireplaces, occupation levels, etc.). The samples with a longer radius were measured on a dendrological bench. Generally, the growth rate was very low in most of the specimens

Archaeology · Biology · Charcoal · Dendrochronology · Geography · Iron Age · Juniper · Radiocarbon dating · Woodland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Tree-ring climate responses · Ecology · Forestry

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