WOOD CHARCOAL ANALYSIS FROM NEOLITHIC SITE 1 IN ALBIGOWA. RESULTS FROM THE EXCAVATIONS CONDUCTED IN 2002 (Analiza wegli drzewnych ze stanowiska neolitycznego Albigowa 1. Wyniki badan przeprowadzonych w 2002 roku)

• Authors: Moskal-del Hoyo Magdalena
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper presents the results of the analysis of wood charcoal remains recovered from three Neolithic pits of the Albigowa site 1, which belongs to the final phase of the Western Linear Pottery Culture. The absolute number of charcoal fragments and their relative frequency were chosen for the quantification of taxa. Also, a new method for quantifying, called the 'ubiquity correction', is presented. Among charcoal fragments of trees and shrubs, two species (Corylus avellana, Fraxinus excelsior), three genera (Acer, Quercus, Ulmus) and one subfamily (Maloideae) were identified. The archaeological context and characteristics of charcoal samples such as taxonomic diversity and presence of microorganisms indicate that this charcoal assemblage may represent domestic fuel wood. The list of dendroflora and the relative frequency of diverse taxa suggest that in the vicinity of the Neolithic settlement a riverine forest dominated.

Keywords

EN

ATLANTIC PERIOD; FOREST VEGETATION; NEOLITHIC SITE ALBIGOWA; WOOD CHARCOAL

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 62
• Pages: 145-159
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Moskal-del Hoyo Magdalena

• Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo, Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueologia, Universidad de Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibanez 28, 46010 Valencia, Spain

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA096513