Uses of wood and tree management in the Bronze Age Aegean (Greece): the cases of Akrotiri on Thera and Heraion on Samos

Abstract

The present study deals with wood charcoal macroremains recoveredfrom the archaeological sites of Akrotiri, Thera and Heraion, Samos. The mainobjectives of this thesis are to examine first the transformation of the vegetationin the surroundings of the aforementioned sites overtime and then to account forthe reasons behind these changes; finally the taxa preferred by the inhabitants inthe construction of their buildings are scrutinized to elucidate the reasons fortheir choices.The samples studied from Akrotiri date from the Early Cycladic to theLate Cycladic I periods, while those of Heraion are from assemblages datedbetween the Chalcolithic to the Middle Bronze periods, as well as the Archaic andthe Roman periods. In both cases, the anthracological diagrams indicate atransformation of the natural landscape towards a more controlled environment,at least from the Middle Bronze period onwards. The inhabitants exploited thesurrounding vegetation to collect fuel wood and probably edible fru ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/52973
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/52973
ND
52973
Alternative title
Οι χρήσεις ξύλου και η διαχείριση των δέντρων στην Εποχή του Χαλκού στο Αιγαίο (Ελλάδα): οι περιπτώσεις του Ακρωτηρίου της Θήρας και του Ηραίου της Σάμου
Usos de la Madera y gestión de los árboles durante la Edad del Bronce en el Egeo (Grecia): los casos de estudio de Akrotiri en Thera y Heraion en Samos
Author
Mavromati, Antigoni (Father's name: Georgios)
Date
2019
Degree Grantor
Universitat de València
Committee members
Badal-Garcia Ernestina
Ntinou Maria
Real-Margalef Cristina
Allué Ethel
Picornell-Gelabert Llorenç
Asouti Eleni
Carrión-Marco Yolanda
Moskal-del Hoyo Magdalena-Katarzyna
Discipline
Humanities and the ArtsHistory and Archaeology ➨ Archaeology
Keywords
Wood charcoal macroremains; Anthracology; Aegean; Bronze age; Roman period; Akrotiri (Thera); Heraion (Samos); Uses of wood; tree management
Country
Spain
Language
English
Description
im., tbls., maps, ch.
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