Agricultura y gestión de los recursos vegetales en el sureste de la península ibérica durante la prehistoria reciente

Abstract

The main research subjects discussed in this work are about the exploitation of vegetable resources by the communities of the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, from the end of the Early Neolithic to the Final Bronze Age, through the unpublished analysis of the plant remains (archaeological seeds and fruits) found in Los Castillejos (Montefrío, Granada), Las Pilas/Huerta Seca (Mojácar, Almería), Castellón Alto (Galera, Granada) and San Miguel Bajo/Calle Concepción (Guadix, Granada). Agriculture is the main economical practice attested during the whole studied sequence, while gathering appears to be complementary. The main cultivated species are cereals (naked and hulled barley, free-threshing wheats, einkorn wheat, emmer wheat and millet), pulses (faba beans, peas and grass peas) and oil plants (flax and probably poppy). The cultivation of fruits (figs and maybe wild olives) has been suggested for the beginnings of the Cupper Age in some geographical areas.