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PLOS ONE
卷 17, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272561
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- European Research Council (ERC) [101001839, ERC-2020-COG]
- European Research Council (ERC) [101001839] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
High-resolution sediment analysis has revealed the presence of two Middle Bronze Age byre-houses at a waterlogged site in northeastern Italy. The well-preserved archaeological record, including wooden structures and internal deposits, suggests that these buildings were used for both animal rearing and human habitation.
High-resolution sediment analysis allowed us to identify two Middle Bronze Age (MBA 1, 1650-1550 cal a BCE) byre-houses at the waterlogged site of Oppeano 4D, south of Verona (Veneto region, NE Italy). The site lies in a low-lying valley incised by the Adige River in its LGM alluvial fan. In this fluvio-palustrine environment burial and taphonomic conditions were such that the archaeological record was extremely well preserved. The wooden elements making up basal parts of nine 'huts' were in fact exposed at Oppeano, and so were their internal accretion deposits. These featured finely laminated dung units deriving from the stalling of small herbivores, possibly ovicaprids, intercalated with repeated accumulations of wood ash. This was produced in large and multi-stratified hearths that were exposed within each hut. Organic petrology provided evidence of the production of wood tar inside one of the studied structures. At Oppeano 4D it was thus demonstrated that these structures were not just byres or stables, but spaces that housed humans together with animals at least during some periods of the year, hence byre-houses. The identification of byrehouses in a Middle Bronze Age settlement is key for the reconstruction of socio-economic aspects of Bronze Age economy and production systems.
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