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Landscape and wood-fuel in Akrotiri (Thera, Greece) during the Bronze Age
2017
Abstract Wood charcoal macroremains originating from the archaeological site of Akrotiri, Thera (Greece) have been analyzed. The results obtained suggest the existence of thermophilous vegetation on the island from the Early Cycladic period right up to the catastrophic eruption of the volcano in the Late Cycladic I period. The comparative evaluation of the results gained from this study and the previous ones indicates that during the Early Cycladic period an open Pinus type brutia/halepensis (Cyprus/Aleppo pine) forest prevailed on the island, accompanied by maquis vegetation. From the Middle Cycladic period and onwards a shift towards open maquis vegetation is observed. At the same time, s…
Wood as a structural element in the houses of Akrotiri on Thera, Greece. The anthracological evidence
2021
Abstract The highly destructive eruption of the volcano of Santorini during the Late Cycladic I period as a fortunate consequence caused the buildings of the archaeological site of Akrotiri on Thera (Greece) to be remarkably well preserved. The present study deals with wood charcoal macroremains from the construction timbers of two buildings from this site, namely Xeste 3, a semi-public building and the House of the Ladies, a private building. The data suggest the extensive use of Olea europaea for the construction of the wooden floors of the upper storeys, the doors and the infrastructure of the walls. Other taxa systematically used for the beams of the floors of the upper storeys were Pin…
Uses of wood and tree management in the Bronze Age Aegean (Greece). The cases of Akrotiri on Thera and Heraion on Samos
2019
1. Marco arqueológico.La Edad de Bronce en el Egeo se caracteriza tanto por el crecimiento y la especialización de la producción agrícola y el aumento del excedente como por la intensificación de los contactos comerciales e intercambios de productos. Ello condujo a una gradual estratificación de la sociedad y al surgimiento de élites sociales. Sin embargo, aquella gradación no se produjo de manera simultánea en todo ese ámbito. En el Egeo, en su sentido más amplio, aquel períodose caracterizó por la presencia de diferentes grupos sociopolíticos con identidades culturales propias. Principalmente, esa división quedó dictaminada por la geografía ya que el mar separa la Grecia continental de la…