Shaping woodwoodworking during the Iron Age and Roman period in the northwest of the Iberian peninsula

  1. Martín Seijo, María
  2. Carrión Marco, Yolanda
Journal:
Saguntum: Papeles del Laboratorio de Arqueología de Valencia-Extra

ISSN: 2253-7295 2254-0512

Year of publication: 2012

Issue Title: Wood and charcoal evidence for human and natural history

Issue: 13

Pages: 135-144

Type: Article

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Abstract

This article discusses several timber structures, wooden objects and manufacturing waste recovered from settlements and specia- lized production sites during the Iron Age and the Roman period in northwest Iberia. These archaeobotanical remains were preserved directly by carbonization, waterlogging and occasionally mineralization, as well as indirectly by impressions on clay. The study of these artifacts and structures allows us to characterize forestry practice, technical process of woodworking (sequence of actions, techniques and gestures), household equipment and architecture.