What is it about?

Definition and description of one of the quaternary disciplines which also integrates the Archaeobotany or the study of plant in Prehistory. The integration in both domains indicates its double nature as the analysis of these plant remains yields information that contributes both to the study of the quaternary (paleoenvironment, climate, vegetation) and to the study of the evolution of human behavior throughout of Prehistory.

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Why is it important?

Is important because it pretends to reveal this type of studies to a wide audience especially prehistorians and archaeologists aiming to integrate charcoal analysis in their respective pluridisciplinay teams

Perspectives

I think this paper has contributed to the knowledge of Anthracology at present day taking into account the number of analitics made since it was written

PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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This page is a summary of: Antracología y métodos: implicaciones en la economía prehistórica, etnoarqueología y paleoecología, Trabajos de Prehistoria, June 1997, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC,
DOI: 10.3989/tp.1997.v54.i1.383.
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