Vegetation dynamics and human activity in the western pyrenean region during the Holocene
2015
Pérez Díaz, Sebastián | López-Sáez, J.A. | Galop, D. | Universidad de Cantabria
The present paper summarises the evolution of the vegetation and the evidences of anthropisation in the Western Pyrenees (Northern Iberian Peninsula) during the Holocene. All the palynological studies published about this region, about both natural and archaeological deposits, have been compiled, and special attention is paid on the available radiocarbon dates. We also present new results of the palynological study of the peat bog of Atxuri (Navarre). The main results document the arboreal colonisation in the early Holocene; the first evidences of anthropisation associated with the Early Neolithic (ca. 5500-4500 cal BC); the consolidation of a productive economy (agriculture and pastoralism) in the Middle/Late Neolithic (ca. 4500-3200 cal BC) and above all in the Chalcolithic (ca. 3200-2200 cal BC); and the rise of complex urban societies in the Bronze Age (ca. 2200-900 cal BC) and Iron Age (ca. 900-200 cal BC) and their impact on the vegetation.
Show more [+] Less [-]S. Pérez-Díaz is currently supported by a post-doctoral research grant (Basque Government) at Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès University. This study was funded by the Consolider Research Program in Technologies for Evaluation and Preservation of Cultural Heritage-TCP-CSD2007-00058. S. Pérez-Díaz is part of the Research Group in Prehistory IT622-13/UFI 11-09 of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Project HAR2011-23716 Nuevos cultivos, nuevos paisajes, funded by the Plan Nacional I + D + I. The palynological studies of the Atxuri and Quinto Real records were funded by the Collective Research Project 'Paléoenvironnement de la Montagne basque“ (French Ministery of Culture, SRA Aquitaine) headed by D. Galop. We also wish thank the two anonymous referees who contributed to improve the manuscript.
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