Journal
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 463, Issue -, Pages 282-297Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.03.017
Keywords
Dendroanthracology; Charcoal analysis; Woodland management; Neolithic; Catalhoyuk
Funding
- University of Liverpool, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship
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This paper presents the results of dendroanthracological analyses conducted on the anthracological assemblage retrieved from Neolithic and Chalcolithic occupations excavated at Catalhoyuk (central Anatolia, Turkey). Besides standard botanical identification of the charcoal macroremains, a range of anatomical features were also recorded including the presence of fungal decay, traumatic growth, tyloses and discontinuous growth rings. The qualitative assessment of growth ring curvature (following Marguerie and Hunot, 2007) was supplemented by quantitative estimations of minimum wood diameter (following Paradis et al., 2013) alongside sequential ring width measurements. Botanical identifications, dendroanthracological features and quantitative measurements obtained from individual charcoal fragments, were analysed using multivariate statistical techniques. These permitted assessing the relative importance of wood size, type and species in prehistoric fuel selection, and obtaining a detailed view of environmental and management impacts on prehistoric woodland growth conditions. The results of this work indicate the deep antiquity of woodland management practices in the semi-arid continental regions of Southwest Asia dating as early as the Neolithic period. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
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