Woodland transformation under palaeogeographic constraints and fuelwood use on a coastal lagoon during the Antiquity, according to charcoal analysis (The Prés-Bas villa and Le Bourbou, Loupian, Hérault)

Lucie Chabal (1) , Isabel Figueiral (2) , Christophe Pellecuer (3) , Iouri Bermond (3)

1 UMR ISEM - Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier
2 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
3 ASM - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes

Charcoal remains from the villa of Prés-Bas and the pottery workshop of Le Bourbou reveal that, during Antiquity, the mixed oak woodland and the alluvial plain vegetation were both exploited for fuelwood. Based on local ecology, these results illustrate the long term opposition between the forests of the northern and the southern shores of this lagoon, and their exploitation during Antiquity.

Mots clés: effects of human activities; coastal environment; anthracology; Roman villa; Antiquity; palaeobotany; effects of human activities

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Biodiversité et Ecologie; Environnement et Société; Milieux et Changements globaux; Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Archéologie et Préhistoire; Etudes de l'environnement

Lucie Chabal, Isabel Figueiral, Christophe Pellecuer, Iouri Bermond. Woodland transformation under palaeogeographic constraints and fuelwood use on a coastal lagoon during the Antiquity, according to charcoal analysis (The Prés-Bas villa and Le Bourbou, Loupian, Hérault). E. Badal, Y. Carrión, E. Grau, M. Macías, M. Ntinou (eds.). 5th International Meeting of Charcoal Analysis : the charcoal as cultural and biological heritage, 5-9 sept. 2011, Valencia (Espagne), 11, , pp.105-106, 2011. ⟨hal-02319041⟩