Combining functional weed ecology and crop stable isotope ratios to identify cultivation intensity: a comparison of cereal production regimes in Haute Provence, France and Asturias, Spain

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dc.contributor.authorBogaard, Amy
dc.contributor.authorHodgson, John
dc.contributor.authorNitsch, Erika
dc.contributor.authorJones, Glynis
dc.contributor.authorStyring, Amy
dc.contributor.authorDiffey, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorPouncett, John
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T19:23:22Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T19:23:22Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis investigation combines two independent methods of identifying crop growing conditions and husbandry practices-functional weed ecology and crop stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis-in order to assess their potential for inferring the intensity of past cereal production systems using archaeobotanical assemblages. Present-day organic cereal farming in Haute Provence, France features crop varieties adapted to low-nutrient soils managed through crop rotation, with little to no manuring. Weed quadrat survey of 60 crop field transects in this region revealed that floristic variation primarily reflects geographical differences. Functional ecological weed data clearly distinguish the Provence fields from those surveyed in a previous study of intensively managed spelt wheat in Asturias, north-western Spain: as expected, weed ecological data reflect higher soil fertility and disturbance in Asturias. Similarly, crop stable nitrogen isotope values distinguish between intensive manuring in Asturias and long-term cultivation with minimal manuring in Haute Provence. The new model of cereal cultivation intensity based on weed ecology and crop isotope values in Haute Provence and Asturias was tested through application to two other present-day regimes, successfully identifying a high-intensity regime in the Sighisoara region, Romania, and low-intensity production in Kastamonu, Turkey. Application of this new model to Neolithic archaeobotanical assemblages in central Europe suggests that early farming tended to be intensive, and likely incorporated manuring, but also exhibited considerable variation, providing a finer grained understanding of cultivation intensity than previously available.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Environment Research CouncilNERC Natural Environment Research Council [NE/E003761/1]; John Fell Fund, University of Oxford; European Research Council (AGRICURB project) [312785]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe would like to thank the organic producers of Haute Provence for permission to access their fields and for cultivation histories; Sarah Parent of the chambre d'agriculture in Sault and Nathalie Charles of the parc naturel du Luberon for introductions to farmers; and Arne Saatkamp for floristic advice. We also thank farmers in the Sighisoara region, Romania, and in the Kastamonu province, Turkey, for permission to work in their fields and for agronomic information; Maria Hajnalova and Margareta Tengberg for advice and help in the Sighisoara region and Provence, respectively; and Muge Ergun and Laura Green for fieldwork assistance. We are also grateful to Stefanie Jacomet for access to unpublished data from Mythenschloss. We thank Otto Brinkkemper and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments on the manuscript. Fieldwork in Asturias, Transylvania and Kastamonu and associated labwork were funded by Natural Environment Research Council (NE/E003761/1, PI Bogaard) and the John Fell Fund, University of Oxford. Fieldwork in Haute Provence in 2013 and associated labwork were supported by the European Research Council (AGRICURB project, Grant no. 312785, PI Bogaard).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00334-015-0524-0en_US
dc.identifier.endpage73en_US
dc.identifier.issn0939-6314en_US
dc.identifier.issn1617-6278en_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid26770014en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage57en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00334-015-0524-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/33367
dc.identifier.volume25en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000373747500005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSPRINGERen_US
dc.relation.ispartofVEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANYen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectArchaeobotanyen_US
dc.subjectWeed ecologyen_US
dc.subjectStable isotopesen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural intensityen_US
dc.subjectNeolithicen_US
dc.titleCombining functional weed ecology and crop stable isotope ratios to identify cultivation intensity: a comparison of cereal production regimes in Haute Provence, France and Asturias, Spainen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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