This dataset contains the results of anthracological analyses conducted on samples from various archaeological excavations in Barcelona over recent decades. Most of these are rescue excavations performed by private companies under the coordination of the Servei d'Arqueologia de Barcelona.

Each excavation is cataloged in the database with a unique identifier, matching the ID codes used by both the Servei d'Arqueologia de Barcelona and the MUHBA archaeological archive. The chronology of each Stratigraphic Unit (S.U.) and consequently, the charcoal assemblages, have been established according to the archaeological reports of each intervention, most of them available online (https://cartaarqueologica.bcn.cat/). Most of the archaeobotanical analyses, among other studies, were carried out as part of a project of the SERP Research group of the University of Barcelona (UB), coordinated by Santiago Riera Mora and funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación:

PaleoBàrcino (2016-2019)- Evolució litoral i modelació antròpica del paisatge durant l'Holocè en un pla litoral mediterrani: Barcelona (HAR201677981P)

PaleoBàrcino II (2021-2024) – Canvis ambientals, paisatgístics i adaptabilitat humana en un pla litoral mediterrani durant l'Holocè: el sector de Montjuïc al pla de Barcelona (PID2020-117186GB-I00).

In particular, a significant portion of the anthracological data was produced and published as part of S. Bianco’s PhD project, funded by a Doctoral INphINIT-Retaining grant from Fundación La Caixa (ID: 100010434, Code: LCF/BQ/DR20/11790001). The project, titled Fuel economy and environment in the city of Barcelona during historical times: an archaeological approach based on wood charcoal proxies, was supervised by E. Allué, S. Riera Mora, and Ll. Picornell-Gelabert.