Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica

An experimental study of fuel use at the microscale: Plant and dung microfossil indicators from combustion installations

This paper addresses the contribution of experimentally-produced combustion installations to microarchaeological research on the identification, characterization and taphonomy of fuel materials as valuable past traces of fire use. Recent studies have investigated the taphonomy of...

Decoding the hearth: micromorphology and experiment in iron age domestic fire structures (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Combustion structures documented in protohistoric settlements are considered to be defining elements of domestic spaces, and are usually associated with a culinary function. In the case of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula during the Iron Age, the hearth is often u...