Forest and agricultural dynamics in the Haouz Plain over the last millennium: archaeobotanical and isotopic research at Aghmat (Morocco)

Ros, Jérôme, Badri, Fatima-Ezzahra, Cartier, Amandine, Marie, Benoit, Fili, Abdallah, Capel, Chloé, Mion, Leïa, Canal, Sandrine, Fourel, François, Heritier-Salama, Violaine, Bouby, Laurent and Bentaleb, Ilham 2024. Forest and agricultural dynamics in the Haouz Plain over the last millennium: archaeobotanical and isotopic research at Aghmat (Morocco). Human Ecology 52 (2) , pp. 255-271. 10.1007/s10745-024-00507-3 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Over the last millennium, the town of Aghmat (Morocco) has undergone major socio-economic changes, raising the question of how these transformations have affected the development of agricultural systems and exploited landscapes over time. This preliminary pilot study brings together for the first time carpological, anthracological, and isotopic results from the Aghmat archaeological program that show a certain stability for staple productions (cereals, fruit) over the last millennium, and the exploitation of various landscapes. A shift appears to occur during the late Middle Ages, potentially due to more favorable conditions, with a specialization in olive cultivation as early as the fourteenth century, and significant deforestation following this olive growing boom. During the modern period, the importance of olive cultivation is confirmed, whether or not in conjunction with a decline in water availability and what appears to be irreversible deforestation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0300-7839
Funders:	INSAP, Fondation Aghmat, Fondation Majorelle, UMR8161 Orient & Méditerranée
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 June 2024
Date of Acceptance:	17 May 2024
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2024 10:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/169453

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