Summary
Human communities that inhabited in Northwest Iberia between Early and Middle Bronze Age (2300-1200 cal. BCE) established a complex web of relationships with their environment. The archaeobotanical research developed in the last decade in the framework of several research projects (e.g. Beyond the forest, B-WILD, WILD and PLANTCRAFT) has provided new data from archaeological sites which can lead new understanding on wood resource procurement and woodland management strategies both in Atlantic and Mediterranean areas of Northwest Iberia. The procurement of wood during this period has been constrained by its availability in the surroundings of the sites. The recurrent presence of certain taxa (Rosaceae/Maloideae, Corylus avellana, Fabaceae, among others) is probably related with the human impact on the woodlands opening arable fields and areas for settling. These small trees and shrubs were probably related to the existence of an open landscape and with the existence of woodland management practices designed to prevent forest regeneration.