caa a22 4500 445359188 CHVBK 20180317142910.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00334-011-0306-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00334-011-0306-2 Archaeobotanical research at the medieval fortified site of Îgîlîz (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) with particular reference to the exploitation of the argan tree [Elektronische Daten] [Marie-Pierre Ruas, Margareta Tengberg, Ahmed Ettahiri, Abdallah Fili, Jean-Pierre Van Staëvel] The analysis of botanical macro-remains (seeds, fruits and wood) from the fortress site of Îgîlîz, situated in the Anti-Atlas mountain range of southern Morocco, provides a first glimpse of the plant economy of a medieval rural community in this part of North Africa. Considered as the original stronghold of the religious community led by Ibn Tûmart, the founder of the Almohad dynasty, the site was occupied from the 10th to the 13th century a.d. The crop assemblage identified from ashy contexts in a central grouping of buildings (the qasba) comprises barley (Hordeum vulgare), sorghum (Sorghum sp., earliest occurrence known so far from Morocco), wheat (Triticum sp.) and a pulse (Lathyrus sativus/cicera). Several arboreal fruit species are also identified: fig (Ficus carica), almond (Prunus dulcis), date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), grapevine (Vitis vinifera) and argan (Argania spinosa). The latter, predominant in the archaeobotanical record in the form of both fruit and wood remains, is of particular interest as it is the first time that this species, endemic to south-western Morocco and of prime economic interest regionally, has been identified from an archaeological context. In the past, as today, the argan tree seems to have played a major role in village economies as a source of wood for fuel and construction, fodder for livestock and food in the form of an edible oil, extracted from the oleaginous seeds. This article focuses on present and past uses of Argania spinosa as well as on the ecology and morpho-anatomy of this emblematic species. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Argania spinosa nationallicence Almohad nationallicence Middle ages nationallicence Morocco nationallicence Rural fortress nationallicence Ruas Marie-Pierre Département USM 303 case Postale 56, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7209, AASPE, CNRS-Muséum, Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique, Sociétés, Pratiques, Environnements, 55 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France aut Tengberg Margareta Département USM 303 case Postale 56, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7209, AASPE, CNRS-Muséum, Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique, Sociétés, Pratiques, Environnements, 55 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France aut Ettahiri Ahmed Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine, Département d'archéologie islamique, Madinat Al-Irfane, Hay ar-Riyad, Angle rues 5 et 7, Rabat-Instituts, 10100, Rabat, Morocco aut Fili Abdallah Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines de l'Université Chouaib Doukkali, Université Al Jadida, 2, avenue Med Ben Larbi Alaoui, B.P. 299, 24000, El Jadida, Morocco aut Van Staëvel Jean-Pierre UMR 8167, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, UFR d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archéologie, 3, rue Michelet, 75006, Paris, France aut Vegetation History and Archaeobotany Springer-Verlag 20/5(2011-09-01), 419-433 0939-6314 20:5<419 2011 20 334 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-011-0306-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-011-0306-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ruas Marie-Pierre Département USM 303 case Postale 56, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7209, AASPE, CNRS-Muséum, Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique, Sociétés, Pratiques, Environnements, 55 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tengberg Margareta Département USM 303 case Postale 56, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7209, AASPE, CNRS-Muséum, Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique, Sociétés, Pratiques, Environnements, 55 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ettahiri Ahmed Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine, Département d'archéologie islamique, Madinat Al-Irfane, Hay ar-Riyad, Angle rues 5 et 7, Rabat-Instituts, 10100, Rabat, Morocco aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fili Abdallah Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines de l'Université Chouaib Doukkali, Université Al Jadida, 2, avenue Med Ben Larbi Alaoui, B.P. 299, 24000, El Jadida, Morocco aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Staëvel Jean-Pierre UMR 8167, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, UFR d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archéologie, 3, rue Michelet, 75006, Paris, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Vegetation History and Archaeobotany Springer-Verlag 20/5(2011-09-01), 419-433 0939-6314 20:5<419 2011 20 334 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer