Roman farmers in eastern Iberia: A spatial, geoarchaeological and bioarchaeological approach to agrarian strategies

IF 1.9 3区地球科学 Q3 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Quaternary International Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI:10.1016/j.quaint.2023.09.012

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the archaeological data that allows us to characterise the agrarian practices of Roman farmers through the study of cultivated fields. To undertake this research, we designed an analytical strategy combining spatial analysis, microstratigraphic analysis through soil micromorphology and physical-chemical analyses of bulk soil samples, and archaeobotanical analyses including palynology, phytoliths and geochemical analysis. All this has allowed us to obtain data of interest for the reconstruction of agrarian land use and to establish a methodological basis for developing future research. This high-resolution, multiscalar, and multianalytical approach pursues to characterise these archaeological contexts to singularize intensive agricultural practices developed in terraced field. The creation of this Roman peasant landscape is related to a specific models of socioeconomic organisation of agricultural work based on the household and its workforce as a determining vector in agrarian intensification.

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伊比利亚东部的罗马农民：从空间、地质考古学和生物考古学角度研究农业战略

本文旨在介绍考古数据，使我们能够通过对耕地的研究来描述罗马农民的耕作方式。为了开展这项研究，我们设计了一种分析策略，将空间分析、通过土壤微观形态学和大块土壤样本的物理化学分析进行的微地层学分析以及包括古植物学、植金石学和地球化学分析在内的考古植物学分析结合起来。所有这些都使我们获得了重建农业用地的相关数据，并为今后的研究奠定了方法论基础。这种高分辨率、多尺度和多分析的方法旨在描述这些考古环境的特征，以确定在梯田中发展的集约农业实践。罗马农民景观的形成与以家庭及其劳动力为农业集约化的决定因素的特定农业社会经济组织模式有关。

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Quaternary International 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

4.50%

发文量

336

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： Quaternary International is the official journal of the International Union for Quaternary Research. The objectives are to publish a high quality scientific journal under the auspices of the premier Quaternary association that reflects the interdisciplinary nature of INQUA and records recent advances in Quaternary science that appeal to a wide audience. This series will encompass all the full spectrum of the physical and natural sciences that are commonly employed in solving Quaternary problems. The policy is to publish peer refereed collected research papers from symposia, workshops and meetings sponsored by INQUA. In addition, other organizations may request publication of their collected works pertaining to the Quaternary.