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The seasonal nature of La Draga: new carpological and ethnographic results

The organic materials retrieved at the Neolithic site of La Draga, located on the eastern side of Lake Banyoles (Pla de l’Estany) are exceptionally well-preserved thanks to anaerobic conditions. Thus, in addition to charred archaeobotanical materials (e.g., wheat, barley, and fragments of acorns and hazelnuts), as occurs in most sites of the Iberian Peninsula, we also have a much complete record of represented taxa and number of remains. In this work we present the results of the archaeobotanical analysis of the remains retrieved from the occupation levels of sector B and interpret them together with data retrieved from previous studies under an ethnographic lens. The aim is to propose a more comprehensive study to understand how the inhabitants adapted their plant management strategies to seasonal shifts and analyze how their economy allows for resilience and adaptability to the environment. The taxa have been classified according to their possible uses (e.g., food, medicine, fuel, etc.) and we propose a calendar showing the adaptability of prehistoric groups to the plant resources of their environment to show the use and exploitation they could have made of them. The results show the benefits of an interdisciplinary study which combines different archaeobotanical proxies and ethnobotanical information to deepen our knowledge of past people’s environment management.