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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Pérez-Jordá, Guillermo author Lorrio Alvarado, Alberto José author Ester López Rosendo, Ester author Torres Ortiz, Mariano author 2023-12-11 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. 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 10.1007/s00334-023-00980-8 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117016 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-023-00980-8 Agriculture at the Phoenician site of La Fonteta (Alicante, Spain)