000130941 001__ 130941 000130941 005__ 20240202151703.0 000130941 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.quaint.2016.10.019 000130941 0248_ $$2sideral$$a100693 000130941 037__ $$aART-2017-100693 000130941 041__ $$aeng 000130941 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-4280-3971$$aAlcolea, Marta$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000130941 245__ $$aFuel and acorns: Early Neolithic plant use from Cueva de Chaves (NE Spain) 000130941 260__ $$c2017 000130941 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000130941 5203_ $$aCueva de Chaves is a particularly important archaeological site for the Early Neolithic of the northeast Iberian Peninsula. This study focuses on the archaeobotanical analysis of wood charcoals and charred fruits from two Neolithic levels dated from 5678 ± 50 to 5073 ± 107 cal BC. Charcoal analysis reveals the exploitation of firewood resources in different environments. A great variety of woody taxa and plant formations dominated by pines and oaks has been documented. The location of the archaeological site in a mid-mountain environment favors a mixed exploitation of resources in the valley and the mountains. Mesophytes indicate a relative humid environment where xerophytic and thermophilous trees and shrubs have an important presence. Taxonomic richness documented in the settlement provides an idea of long-term settling and development of diversified activities. The dramatic increase of colonizing secondary formations in the earliest level of occupation can only be explained by human intervention. According to pollen information human activity in the environment is well-documented since Early Neolithic that reveal the presence of several herbaceous plants (Plantago, Rumex, Chenopodiaceae, Asphodellus, etc). Among charred seeds we have only documented the presence of abundant and well-preserved acorns (Quercus sp.) but the presence of crops has not been attested just by indirect archaeological evidences. 000130941 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/B041-12$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/H07$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/BES-2012-0553828$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/HAR2014-59042-P 000130941 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000130941 590__ $$a2.163$$b2017 000130941 591__ $$aGEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY$$b85 / 189 = 0.45$$c2017$$dQ2$$eT2 000130941 591__ $$aGEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL$$b29 / 49 = 0.592$$c2017$$dQ3$$eT2 000130941 592__ $$a1.123$$b2017 000130941 593__ $$aEarth-Surface Processes$$c2017$$dQ1 000130941 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000130941 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9181-9833$$aUtrilla, Pilar$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000130941 700__ $$aPiqué, Raquel 000130941 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0925-6390$$aLaborda, Rafael$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000130941 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5506-8510$$aMazo, Carlos$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000130941 7102_ $$13000$$2695$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed.$$cÁrea Prehistoria 000130941 773__ $$g457 (2017), 228-239$$pQuat. int.$$tQuaternary International$$x1040-6182 000130941 8564_ $$s13940431$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130941/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000130941 8564_ $$s1586743$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130941/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000130941 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:130941$$particulos$$pdriver 000130941 951__ $$a2024-02-02-14:47:48 000130941 980__ $$aARTICLE