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CONTRIBUTION OF CHARCOAL ANALYSIS TO THE STUDY OF VEGETAL PALEOENVIRONMENT IN CATALONIA (SPAIN)

TitleCONTRIBUTION OF CHARCOAL ANALYSIS TO THE STUDY OF VEGETAL PALEOENVIRONMENT IN CATALONIA (SPAIN)
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1992
AuthorsMORA, M. T. R.
JournalBULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE BOTANIQUE DE FRANCE-ACTUALITES BOTANIQUES
Volume139
Pagination483-493
KeywordsCHARCOAL ANALYSIS, REGIONAL PATERNS, vegetation history
Abstract

Charcoal analysis of seventeen archaeological sites in Catalonia (north-east of Spain) gives an approach to the Holocenic vegetation history for this area. We establish four regionals patterns for the vegetation evolution : interior non continental, north-mediterranean, south-mediterranean and interior continental. We also notice the effects of anthropic action and the ancient distribution of particular species : Olea europeae, Fagus sylvatica, Pinus halepensis, Quercus suber.