INVESTIGADORES
CARUSO Laura Lihue
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Sampling for bioarchaeological studies in the Early Neolithic lakeshore site of La Draga (Banyoles, Spain)
Autor/es:
ANTOLIN, FERRAN; ÀNGEL BLANCO; RAMÓN BUXÓ; CARUSO FERMÉ, L; STEFANIE JACOMET; ORIOL LÓPEZ; RICARD MARLASCA; ANTONI PALOMO; MARÍA SAÑA; XAVIER TERRADAS
Lugar:
Helsinki
Reunión:
Congreso; 18th EAA Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists; 2012
Institución organizadora:
University of Helsinki, Department of Archaeology
Resumen:
This paper presents the multi-disciplinary sampling strategy that has been applied at the archaeological site of La Draga during the last three fieldwork campaigns (2010-2012). A preliminary evaluation of the results is presented in order to discuss the efficiency of the strategy in answering our scientific questions. The strategies applied for faunal remains (100% recovery), wood remains (selective sampling) and charcoal remains (random sampling of 25 fragments per square) proved to be successful. The diverse disciplines which depend on the soil sampling strategy (ictiofauna, entomofauna and seed and fruit remains) did not reach the expected numbers of remains. Some explanations for this situation are put forward (e.g. high degree of erosion of the archaeological layer). Further guidelines for future works are eventually established. This strategy could be applied to other Mediterranean wetland sites.