RT Journal Article
T1 Agriculture at the Phoenician site of La Fonteta (Alicante, Spain)
A1 Pérez-Jordá, Guillermo
A1 Lorrio Alvarado, Alberto José
A1 Ester López Rosendo, Ester
A1 Torres Ortiz, Mariano
AB The Phoenician settlement of La Fonteta (Alicante, Spain) was founded in the late 8th cent bc at the mouth of the Río Segura. It has provided one of the most complete archaeobotanical records of all Phoenician Mediterranean sites which points to an agricultural system based on cultivating cereals, pulses and a wide variety of fruits such as grape, fig and pomegranate. These crops then spread to the surrounding indigenous settlements. Apart from integrating new crops, these local and regional indigenous sites progressively began to take part in a Mediterranean-wide network characterised particularly by trade in agricultural produce. The agricultural system of La Fonteta was not new to the Iberian Peninsula, as there is evidence that it arrived earlier at Phoenician colonies along its Mediterranean coastline. One of the most relevant aspects of the archaeobotanical record from La Fonteta is that it represents crafts there, as a large part of the remains correspond to plants which were burnt as fuel in its numerous metal working furnaces.
YR 2023
FD 2023-12-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117016
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117016
LA eng
NO Pérez-Jordà, G., Lorrio, A.J., López Rosendo, E. et al. Agriculture at the Phoenician site of La Fonteta (Alicante, Spain). Veget Hist Archaeobot 33, 581–594 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-023-00980-8
NO CRUE-CSIC
DS Docta Complutense
RD 14 dic 2025