Anthracology is the study of wood charcoals found in archaeological contexts or in natural stratigrafies. The taxonomical determination of the wood charcoals lets deal with issues like palaeo-environment and the use of wood as raw material, fuel or liturgical tool by the past societies. In spite of the high informative potential of wood charcoals and their abundance on the Peruvian archaeological sites, particularly the coastal ones, anthracology is not welldeveloped in Peru. As such, this article introduces the anthracological discipline, presenting, firstly, its historical background ; then defining what “wood” and “wood charcoals” refer to ; thirdly, explaining the methodology of sampling and study of anthracological material ; lastly, the problematics that could be tackled with an anthracological study would layed out.

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The present work was carried out with the aim to document the composition of the flowering plants of the Regional Sanctuary of Piura «Manglares San Pedro», of Vice-Sechura. Its importance resides in that it is the most southern mangrove forest in the Pacific of South America. The study was carried out from April of the 2000 until February of the 2004. For the realization of the present work periodic visits every two months to the place were undertaken, the plants were collected under the standard procedures. The samples were determined in the place and some were taken to the laboratory of Botany of the National University of Piura and the laboratory of Phanerogamic Botany of the National University of Trujillo for their definitive determination, then the samples were deposited in the Herbarium in formation of the National University of Piura. The mangrove forest primarily consists of t...

The present work was carried out with the aim to document the composition of the flowering plants of the Regional Sanctuary of Piura «Manglares San Pedro», of Vice-Sechura. Its importance resides in that it is the most southern mangrove forest in the Pacific of South America. The study was carried out from April of the 2000 until February of the 2004. For the realization of the present work periodic visits every two months to the place were undertaken, the plants were collected under the standard procedures. The samples were determined in the place and some were taken to the laboratory of Botany of the National University of Piura and the laboratory of Phanerogamic Botany of the National University of Trujillo for their definitive determination, then the samples were deposited in the Herbarium in formation of the National University of Piura. The mangrove forest primarily consists of t...