Mónica Ruiz Alonso e-mail(Login required) , Lydia Zapata Peña e-mail(Login required)

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Mónica Ruiz Alonso e-mail(Login required)
Lydia Zapata Peña e-mail(Login required)

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We present the charcoal analyses of samples from the rock-shelter of Peña Parda (Laguardia, Álava). Level III (Chalcolithic) is stratigraphically the most reliable since Level I most probably includes modern plant material. In Level HJ box is the most abundant wood (42%) followed by yew (33%). Other minor taxa, with percentages smaller than 5% are: juniper, pine, bearberry/strawberry tree, dogwood, ash, ivy, leguminosae, pomoideae, cherry tree, oak, currant and wayfaring tree. We suggest that at the moment of this occupation box tree formations must have been important in the vicinity of the rock shelter. The presence of yew must respond to its ability to colonize thin and rocky soils.

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