Analyse des vermoulures pour la détermination de quelques espèces d’insectes xylophages de la famille des Ptinidae (Coleoptera)

Fohrer, Fabien; Toriti, Magali; Durand, Aline

doi:10.3406/bsef.2017.3189

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“…The presence of both wood-rotting fungi and wood-boring animals is related to their symbiosis, with fungal attack already in progress when the wood-borers arrived (Hickin 1963). Wood used for building settlements and houses is usually affected by fungi and xylophagous insects, such as coleoptera belonging to the Ptinidae, Cerambycidae and Bostrichidae families (Fohrer et al 2017). The presence of decayed wood would also support the hypothesis of charcoal being related to the roofing and thatching structure and even to the presence of other kinds of wooden objects inside the round-house.…”

Section: The End Of the Round-house Lifecyclementioning

confidence: 99%

After the fire: the end of a house life-cycle at the Iron Age site of Nabás (North-western Iberia)

Seijo

Teira-Brión

Currás

et al. 2019

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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The existence of a fire event at the Iron Age hillfort of Nabás, which is located on the southern bank of the Ría de Vigo (Galicia, NW of the Iberian Peninsula), favoured an extraordinary preservation of carbonised plant remains and offered an unusual opportunity to focus our research on the study of the final episode of a house life-cycle.The archaeobotanical approach focused on perishable materials combining charcoal, with carpology and pollen analysis, in tandem with a taphonomic assessment. The charcoal assemblage includes charcoal without signs of working, and wooden manufactures although the former group was probably related to the roof and timber of the roundhouse. This interpretation is based on the size and concentration of charcoal fragments, as well as the short taxonomic list (deciduous and evergreen Quercus sp., Fabaceae, Corylus avellana, Rosaceae/Maloideae, Salix/Populus, Alnus sp., Frangula alnus, Betula sp., Phragmites/Arundo and Ulmus sp.), and the recurrence of biological alterations such as xylophages' galleries and hyphae. Aggregated grains and chaff of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) were found in several samples suggesting their storage, probably inside an organic container. Finally, pollen analysis offered clues about the uses of plants such as Ericaceae during the occupation phase of the round-house.

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Section: The End Of the Round-house Lifecyclementioning

confidence: 99%