RT Journal Article
T1 Late Holocene archaeobotanical evolution of the Canale di Imbocco (Roman imperial port of Portus, Central Italy)
A1 Muñoz Rodríguez, Adolfo Francisco
A1 Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco
A1 Campos Carrasco, Juan Manuel
A1 Bermejo Meléndez, Javier
A1 Fernández Sutilo, Lucía
A1 Bermejo Meléndez, Alberto
A1 Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín
A1 Gómez Álvarez, Gabriel
A1 González-Regalado Montero, María Luz
A1 Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel
A1 Toscano Grande, Antonio
A1 Gómez Gutiérrez, Paula
A1 Romero Aguilar, Verónica
AB 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. 
PB Elsevier
SN 0034-6667
SN 1879-0615 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022-04-20
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22699
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22699
LA eng
NO Muñoz, A. F., Ruiz, F., Campos, J. M., Bermejo, J., Fernández, L., Berrmejo, A., Vidal, J. R., Gómez, G., González-Regalado, M. L., Cáceres, L. M., Toscano, A., Gómez, P., & Romero, V. (2022). Late Holocene archaeobotanical evolution of the Canale di Imbocco (Roman imperial port of Portus, Central Italy). In Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (Vol. 302, p. 104670). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104670
NO 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. 
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026