GARBERI , Pauline

Summary Since the 1980s, the field of anthracology has continued to expand in Southern Africa to study the interaction between past human societies and their environments, including plant resources and forest management from prehistoric times. To answer such questions, the need for comparative wood anatomy analyses of the local taxa is of...

Erica arborea and Arbutus unedo are very abundant in pre- and protohistoric anthracological assemblages of Corsica (NW Mediterranean). Nowadays, these Ericaceae species compose the macchia, a shrubland habitat ecosystem, covering a major part of the island. This plant formation is currently mostly maintained at a low and open shrubby stage by...

Whether one is interested in palaeoeconomics or technical aspects of fire use, or in taphonomy, the concept oftemperature plays a central role in charcoal analysis. What does the temperature reveal about the function of thehearths? Can prehistoric hearth temperatures be accurately measured a posteriori, and what information couldbe gleaned from...

In southern France, collective burials became widespread during the second half ofthe 4th millennium BCE. The social motivation underlying these practices remains largelydiscussed among scholars. The Aven de la Boucle (Corconne, Gard, Southern France) is a karstshaft that was used as a collective burial between 3,600 and 2,800 BCE. The site...

The Aven de la Boucle (Corconne, Gard, southern France) is a karst shaft used as a collective burial between 3600 and 2800 cal BCE. The site encompasses the skeletal remains of approximately 75 individuals comprising a large majority of adult individuals, represented by scattered and commingled remains. To date, few studies have explored the...

Arbutus unedo L. is very abundant in pre-and protohistoric anthracological assemblages of Corsica (northwestern Mediterranean). In the present day, it is a dominant species, along with Erica arborea L., of the macchia, a shrubland ecosystem that covers a major part of the island. The current state of the macchia is characterised by a low and...