Coprophilous fungi as a source of information of anthropic activities during the Prehistory in the Amblés Valley (Avila, Spain)the archaeopalynological record
- López Sáez, José Antonio
- López Merino, Lourdes
ISSN: 0556-655X
Year of publication: 2007
Volume: 39
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 103-116
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista española de micropaleontología
Abstract
Ever since the Neolithic, pastoral activities have a long record at all the sites studied in the Amblés Valley, with arable agriculture being plausible throughout the 3rd millennium cal. BC. All sites show evidence forest clearance with associated agricultural expansion in the Chalcolithic. Comparing the palynological record of eleven archaeological sites shows it is suggested that pastoralism played a major role in prehistorical economy. This contrasts with the evidence for pastoral activity where the pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs evidence is consistent. Coprophilous fungi assemblages of the Prehistory from the Amblés Valley (Ávila, Spain) are described.