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Fuelwood, crops and acorns from Iritegi cave (Oñati, Basque Country)

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  • Aitor Moreno-Larrazabal
  • Eloisa Uribarri
  • Xabier Peñalver
  • Lydia Zapata

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We present the analyses of plant macroremains from Iritegi, a cave from Northern Iberia with archaeological levels dated from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Age. Wood charcoal assemblages are dominated throughout the sequence by Fraxinus. Other important taxa are Quercus subg. Quercus, followed by Corylus avellana, Fagus sylvatica, Ilex aquifolium, Taxus baccata and Ulmus. Acer, Alnus and Maloideae occur in very low numbers. The high percentages of Fraxinus are possibly result from the selection of ash for fodder. Evidence for the use of crops (Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum/durum) comes only from the Chalcolithic contexts. The identification of acorns in one Chalcolithic hearth shows that roasting of these nuts was taking place maybe to improve taste and to facilitate further processing or to improve storage conditions. The results show that plant food gathering still played a role within the subsistence of farming human groups in the region.

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  • Aitor Moreno-Larrazabal & Eloisa Uribarri & Xabier Peñalver & Lydia Zapata, 2014. "Fuelwood, crops and acorns from Iritegi cave (Oñati, Basque Country)," Environmental Archaeology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(2), pages 166-175, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:yenvxx:v:19:y:2014:i:2:p:166-175
    DOI: 10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000017
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