Recent advances in Mediterranean archaeobotany have profoundly renewed our understanding of agricultural systems, woodland management and plant resource circulation in insular environments. However, Roman and Andalusi periods in the Balearic islands remain largely unexplored from an archaeobotanical perspective, resulting in a major gap in our knowledge of woody resources and forest dynamics.This poster presents the first integrated anthracological and xylological study of Roman and Andalusi levels in Ibiza, based on exceptional waterlogged deposits excavated at Calle Madrid, in the historic centre of Ibiza. The site, studied within the frame of the ANR ISEMA project and the ERC MedGreenRev programme, corresponds to an agricultural zone structured by negative features (wells and pits), whose fills were systematically sampled and entirely processed. These contexts yielded an unprecedented waterlogged assemblage combining charcoal fragments, wooden artefacts (combs, a wooden statue, a bow, the base of a small barrel), with several hundreds of branches and pruning residues from cultivated trees. The association of artefacts and pruning waste, dominated by Vitis vinifera, within the same waterlogged contexts provides a rare opportunity to explore the relationships between agricultural production, woodland management and material culture in an insular environment.Beyond its local significance, the Calle Madrid assemblage constitutes a unique reference dataset for the study of waterlogged woody remains in Mediterranean archaeology. It offers a rare diachronic perspective on the transformation of agricultural and forest landscape management practices between Roman and Andalusi domination. More broadly, this study will contribute to a comparative framework aimed at reassessing the role of arboriculture in long-term agro-ecosystem dynamics across Mediterranean islands.
- Fruit tree culture, wood economy and material culture: anthracological and xylological evidence from Roman and Andalusi waterlogged contexts at Ibiza (Spain)
- Jérôme Ros - Université de Montpellier, ISEM - Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution - MontpellierGlenda Graziani - Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaJuan José Marí CasanovaPauline de Keukelaere - Sorbonne UniversitéSarah Ivorra - Université de Montpellier, ISEM - Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution - MontpellierHelena Kirchner - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- 9th International Anthracology Meeting, Anthraco 2026 (Thessalonique, Greece, 06/07/2026–10/07/2026)
- 99259559109311
- ISEM - Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution - Montpellier
- English
- Conference poster
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