Les sites à fosses circulaires du Néolithique et de l'Âge du Bronze ancien en moyenne vallée du Rhône : approches typologiques et fonctionnelles, implications économiques et sociales

Beeching, Alain; Brochier, Jacques Léopold; Rimbault, Sylvie; Vital, Joël

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“…In fact, some have argued that the morphology and dimensions of many Neolithic and Bronze Age pits in France and Britain do not generally align with the grain storage pit hypothesis at all (Thomas 1999, 64‐8; Beeching et al . 2010, 165).…”

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“…Certain interdisciplinary techniques can shed light on these issues: microscopic sediment characterization, phytolith analysis, and use-wear analysis. They have occasionally been applied to pit research (Madella 2001;Cammas et al 2005;Beeching et al 2010;Aranda Jiménez et al 2011;Balbo et al 2015). The results of such microarchaeological approaches have not always aligned with initial expectations, and sometimes seem to contradict deductions drawn from other lines of evidence (Beeching et al 2010).…”

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“…They have occasionally been applied to pit research (Madella 2001;Cammas et al 2005;Beeching et al 2010;Aranda Jiménez et al 2011;Balbo et al 2015). The results of such microarchaeological approaches have not always aligned with initial expectations, and sometimes seem to contradict deductions drawn from other lines of evidence (Beeching et al 2010). Unfortunately, no such studies have been carried out for southern Iberian Copper Age pits as of yet.…”

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“…The results of such microarchaeological approaches have not always aligned with initial expectations, and sometimes seem to contradict deductions drawn from other lines of evidence (Beeching et al . 2010). Unfortunately, no such studies have been carried out for southern Iberian Copper Age pits as of yet.…”

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Massive Prehistoric Pit Sites in Southern Iberia: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned

Armenteros‐Lojo,

Jiménez‐Jáimez

2023

Oxford J Archaeology

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SummaryArchaeological sites characterized by significant concentrations of pits (‘pit sites’) were widespread in prehistoric Europe. In southern Iberia, many pit sites date back to the Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods (fourth‐third millennia BCE), and often display massive numbers of pits. Deciphering the social, economic, and symbolic significance of such sites, composed of hundreds or even thousands of pits, holds deep historical implications. What do these pits mean, and how were they used? If they functioned as grain storage pits, as many believe, did they represent a substantial economic surplus? Unfortunately, many of these sites have been inadequately published and remain poorly known north of the Pyrenees. This paper aims to contribute to the broader understanding of prehistoric pit sites in Europe by providing an overview of southern Iberian pit sites, and of the debates that have developed around their interpretation.

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Section: Current Debatesmentioning

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Massive Prehistoric Pit Sites in Southern Iberia: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned

Armenteros‐Lojo,

Jiménez‐Jáimez

2023

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…The morphological attributes of the pit (e.g. shape, size, form of pit mouth and base) and the sedimentary nature and distribution of deposits and remains embedded in them might provide clues as to their primary functions -if any -and eventual backfilling (Kreuz, 1990;Brochier and Ferber, 2009;Beeching et al, 2010;Bernáldez et al, 2013;Balbo et al, 2015;Joy, 2015).…”

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Disentangling the life-cycles of Bronze Age pits: A multi-stranded approach, integrating ceramic refitting, archaeobotany and taphonomy

Seijo

González

Teira-Brión

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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Middle Neolithic farming of open-air sites in SE France: new insights from archaeobotanical investigations of three wells found at Les Bagnoles (L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Dépt. Vaucluse, France)

Jesus

Prats

Follmann

et al. 2020

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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Previous reviews of Middle Neolithic agricultural practice (4400–3500 cal bc) in southern France have highlighted a change in crop assemblages after 4000 cal bc, with a reduction of naked wheat and an increase of emmer and partly of einkorn. The recent investigation of three wells from the site of Les Bagnoles (4250–3800 cal bc) in the periphery of the southern Rhône valley yielded an unprecedented amount of waterlogged uncharred and charred plant macro remains that offer new insights into crop diversity and its changes over time. The results from the wells at Les Bagnoles were compared with other dated sunken features from open-air sites (in contrast to caves and rock shelters), with the aim of identifying patterns suggesting changes in the crop spectra between the early (MN1) and late (MN2) Middle Neolithic phases from taphonomically comparable contexts. The results from Les Bagnoles demonstrate that oil crops and pulses are underrepresented in dry sites and that they were a significant part of Middle Neolithic agriculture. They also indicate an increase in the representation of einkorn (instead of emmer) during MN2 that is also visible in other open-air sites. The comparison of the archaeobotanical results with silo storage capacity values as a proxy for average production capacity per household leads us to propose a possible drop in naked wheat productivity and opens new questions in factors affecting crop choice at the beginning of the 4th millennium cal bc.

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Les sites à fosses circulaires du Néolithique et de l'Âge du Bronze ancien en moyenne vallée du Rhône : approches typologiques et fonctionnelles, implications économiques et sociales

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Massive Prehistoric Pit Sites in Southern Iberia: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned

Massive Prehistoric Pit Sites in Southern Iberia: Challenges, Opportunities and Lessons Learned

Disentangling the life-cycles of Bronze Age pits: A multi-stranded approach, integrating ceramic refitting, archaeobotany and taphonomy

Middle Neolithic farming of open-air sites in SE France: new insights from archaeobotanical investigations of three wells found at Les Bagnoles (L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Dépt. Vaucluse, France)

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