@article{10272/22699,
year = {2022},
month = {4},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22699},
abstract = {The Roman port of Portus was the most important in the Mediterranean during the imperial period (27 BC–476 AD). It wasmade up of an outer port or Claudius basin and an inner hexagon or Trajan's port, joined by the Canale di Imbocco. The archaeobotanical record obtained in a continuos sediment core taken in this channel ismade up of 19 types of plant macroremains, with a predominance of fibers of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica L., replaced by fluvial sediments in the upper part of the core. Seeds, fruits and thorns of aquatic species frommarine or brackish waters, halophyte species, edible species, freshwater riparian vegetation and remains of charcoal and wood also appear regularly. According to the inferred palaeoenviromental evolution of this core, Portus was an area of fluvial-marine interaction during the Roman Empire, with brackish water conditions interrupted by stormy periods deduced from the record of P. oceanica. The archaeobotanical and sedimentary evolution points to a restriction of marine contributions and a final implantation of a fluvial environment. In this evolution, a specific interval with abundant charcoal and caryopses of Triticum could correspond to a fire, which was followed by a possible period of greater construction activity linked with large fragments of wood. },
organization = {This paper was jointly supported by the following projects: a) project DGYCIT CTM2006-06722/MAR; b) DGYCIT project CGL2006-01412; c) “From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean (DEATLANTIR): Research in the infrastructures of Portus-Ostia Antica: the Lanterna wharf” (Programme of Archeology Projects Abroad, Ministry of Culture and Sports); d) From the Atlantic to the Tyrrhenian. Hispanic ports and their commercial relations with Ostia Antica (DEATLANTIR II - HAR2017-89154-P - (National R&D Plan)); and e) FEDER project 2014-2020 UHU-1260298. Other funds come from the research groups HUM-132, RNM-238 and RNM-293 (P.A.I.D.I). It is a contribution to the Center for Research in Historical, Cultural and Natural Heritage of the University of Huelva. The archaeobotanical record is deposited in the Laboratory of Paleontology and Applied Ecology of the University of Huelva. },
publisher = {Elsevier},
title = {Late Holocene archaeobotanical evolution of the Canale di Imbocco (Roman imperial port of Portus, Central Italy)},
doi = {10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104670},
author = {Muñoz Rodríguez, Adolfo Francisco and Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco and Campos Carrasco, Juan Manuel and Bermejo Meléndez, Javier and Fernández Sutilo, Lucía and Bermejo Meléndez, Alberto and Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín and Gómez Álvarez, Gabriel and González-Regalado Montero, María Luz and Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel and Toscano Grande, Antonio and Gómez Gutiérrez, Paula and Romero Aguilar, Verónica},
}