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Perception, production and consume of vegetal resources among the first farmers of the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula (5500-2700 cal BC)

Research Project
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01.01.2009
 - 31.12.2012

The first farmers that occupied the Northeast of the Iberian peninsula, around 5500 cal BC, show a complex relation with their environment. Such social organizations allowed the management of a wide range of domestic and wild plant resources. We consider that interaction between society and environment can only be understood by the study of the social perception of such environment, the production processes in which resources were inserted and the many different types of consume that they finally were given, among which we can mention human and animal alimentary consumption, basketry, funerary ritual consumption, personal ornamentation or building material. Around 20 sites from the area have been studied. They are dated between 5500 and 2700 cal BC, which corresponds to the Neolithic period. Among these, one should highlight some of the sites. La Draga (Banyoles, Girona) is a lake-dwelling site with waterlogged preservation where a thorough sampling strategy has been applied during the 2010 field campaign. Can Sadurní Cave (Begues, Barcelona) is a multy-layer site where nearly all the phases in the neolithic are represented. Of particular interest is the Early Neolithic funerary deposit of this cave where thousands of grains have been recovered. Finally, two important sites from the Middle Neolithic period have also been studied: Bòbila Madurell (Sant Quirze del Vallès, Barcelona) and new materials from recent excavations in the site that was called Feixa del Moro (now Camp del Colomer) in Andorra. At a methodological level, particular interest is payed in the taphonomical and palaeoeconomical analysis of the assemblages, including some temptative experimentations. Special effort has been dedicated to the identification of processing activities on the grains themselves, that is to say, pre-charring fragmentation of the grains or cracking of the grains, etc. Our final aim is to get an updated holistic view of the obtention, processing, storing and consumption of non-woody plant remains during the neolithic in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula in relation to its wider context in the Western Mediterranean area.

Collaborations & Cooperations

2012 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on an international level
Buxo y Capdevila, Ramon, Dr., Museum of Archaeology, Girona, Joint PhD project
2012 - Participation or Organization of Collaborations on an international level
Piqué, Raquel, Prof. Dr., Universitad Autonoma de Barcelona, Joint PhD project

Publications

Alonso, N. et al. (2013) ‘The effect of dehusking on cereals : experimentation for archaeobotanical comparison’, in Anderson, PC; Cheval, C; Durand, A (ed.). Édition APDCA: Édition APDCA.

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Antolín, F et al. (2013) ‘The application of systematic sampling strategies for bioarchaeological studies in the Early Neolithic lakeshore site of La Draga (Banyoles, Spain)’, Journal of wetland archaeology, 13(1), pp. 29–49. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1179/1473297113z.0000000002.

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Antolín, Ferran et al. (2013) ‘Changes in the perception of and the interaction with the environment from the Mesolithic (10300-8500 cal BC) to the Early Neolithic (c. 5400 cal BC) in Can Sadurní Cave (Begues, Barcelona province, Spain). A view from the archaeobotanical data’, in Damblon, Freddy (ed.) BAR international series. British Archaeological Reports: British Archaeological Reports (BAR international series).

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Antolín, Ferran et al. (2013) ‘L’aprofitament dels recursos vegetals silvestres al jaciment de la Cova de Can Sadurní. Des de l’epipaleolític al neolític final’, in VI Monografies del Garraf i d’Olèrdola. Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona (Sèrie Territori), pp. 157–172.

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Antolín, F. (2012) ‘Experimental archaeology as a resource for approaching formation processes of seed assemblages. First results and future perspectives’, Estrat Critic, Revista d’Arqueologia, 6, pp. 35–48. Available at: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/EstratCritic/article/view/265429/353014.

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Antolín, F. and Buxó, R. (2012) ‘Chasing the traces of the diffusion of agriculture during the Early Neolithic in the Western Mediterranean: open questions and future perspectives’, Rubricatum, 5, pp. 95–102. Available at: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Rubricatum/article/view/269300/356849.

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Gassiot, E. et al. (2012) ‘Poblamiento, explotación y entorno natural de los estadios alpinos y subalpinos del Pirineo Central durante la primera mitad del Holoceno’, Cuaternario y Geomorfología, 26(3-4), pp. 29–45. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/101525.

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Rosillo, R. et al. (2012) ‘Darreres troballes de prehistòria recent a l’Alt Empordà. Dos assentaments a l’aire lliure: la Serra del Mas Bonet (Vilafant) i els Banys de la Mercè (Capmany)’, Tribuna d’Arqueologia, 18, pp. 46–62. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10687/91770.

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Antolín, F. and Buxó, R. (2011) ‘Proposal for the systematic description and taphonomic study of carbonized cereal grain assemblages. A case study of an early Neolithic funerary context in the Cave of Can Sadurní (Begues, Barcelona province, Spain)’, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 20(1), pp. 53–66. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-010-0255-1.

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Antolín, Ferran et al. (2011) ‘Aproximació interdisciplinària a l’acció del foc en les inhumacions i aixovars del Neolític antic cardial de Can Sadurní (Begues, Baix Llobregat)’, in Blasco, Anna; Edo, Manuel; Villalba, Maria Josefa (ed.). EDAR-Hugony: EDAR-Hugony.

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Antolín, Ferran and Buxó, Ramon (2011) ‘L’agricultura al massís del Garraf al llarg del Neolític’, in Blasco, Anna; Edo, Manuel; Villalba, Maria Josefa (ed.). EDAR-Hugony: EDAR-Hugony.

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Antolín, Ferran et al. (2011) ‘Vegetació i aprofitament de recursos forestals al Garraf durant la Prehistòria’, in Blasco, Anna; Edo, Manuel; Villalba, Maria Josefa (ed.). EDAR-Hugony: EDAR-Hugony.

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Remolins, C., Antolín, F. and Fortó García, A. (2011) ‘La ocupación neolítica de Juberri (Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra). Análisis territorial y resultados arqueobotánicos preliminares’, in Turu, V.; Constante, A. (ed.). FMC-AEQUA: FMC-AEQUA.

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Antolín, Ferran and Buxó, Ramon (2011) ‘L’explotació de les plantes: Contribució a la història de l’agricultura i de l’alimentació vegetal del neolític a Catalunya’, in Bosch, Àngel; Chinchilla Sánchez, Júlia; Tarrús, Josep (ed.) El poblat lacustre del neolític antic de La Draga: Excavacions de 2000-2005. Girona: CASC-Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya (Monografies del CASC), pp. 147–174.

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Alonso, N. and Antolín, F. (2010) ‘Mostreig, tractament i anàlisi arqueobotànica de llavors i fruits d’època neolítica al sector de la Serra de les Ferreres de les Mines de Gavà’, Rubricatum, 4, pp. 205–206. Available at: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Rubricatum/article/view/204132/272664.

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Antolín, F. (2010) ‘La potencialitat del registre carpològic per a l’estudi de la percepció, el treball i el consum de recursos vegetals per part de les societats prehistòriques’, Revista d’Arqueologia de Ponent, 20, pp. 197–214. Available at: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/RAP/article/view/251915/338230.

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Antolín, F. (2010) ‘Les propietats del registre paleocarpològic: el punt de partida per a l’estudi de la seva representativitat arqueològica’, Cypsela, 18, pp. 199–306. Available at: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Cypsela/article/view/286043/374147.

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Antolín, Ferran et al. (2010) ‘Forest resources exploitation in the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic site of Cova Fosca (Ares del Maestre, Castelló, Spain)’, in Delhon, Claire; Théry-Parisot, Isabelle; Thiébault, Stéphanie (ed.). Édition APDCA: Édition APDCA.

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Piera, M. et al. (2009) ‘La intervenció arqueològica al jaciment del neolític final de l’Espina C (Tàrrega, l’Urgell)’, Revista Cultural de l’Urgell, 23, pp. 12–49. Available at: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Urtx/article/view/169207/267007.

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Members (4)

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Ferran Antolin

Principal Investigator
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Stefanie Jacomet

Principal Investigator
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Ramon Buxo y Capdevila

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Raquel Piqué

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