Landscape Exploitation and Biotic Resource Management at the Tossal de la Vila Hillfort through the Long Durée

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 5; p. 1033
• Main Authors: Pérez-Polo, Marta, Negre, Joan, Falomir, Ferran, Pérez-Jordà, Guillem, de Haro, Sonia, Aguilella, Gustau
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2023
• Subjects: 7th century; Anthropological research; archaeobiological; Archaeology; Bronze Age; Comparative analysis; Consumption; early Middle Ages; Economic aspects; economic strategies; Environmental aspects; Environmental protection; Excavation; Excavations (Archaeology); Exploitation; hillfort; Historic buildings & sites; Human settlements; Hypotheses; Information sources; Iron Age; Land use; late Bronze Age; Mountains; Natural environment; Natural history; Natural resource management; Natural resources; Radiocarbon dating; Radiometric dating; Resource management; Spain; Tossal de la Vila; Spain

This paper focuses on the anthropic dynamics of environmental transformation and natural resource management in the specific case of the archaeological site of Tossal de la Vila in Castelló, Spain, a hillfort located at the end of the Eastern Iberian Cordillera. It presents two phases of occupation...