Resumen: La gran cantidad de hallazgos de tambores de cerámica andalusíes contrasta con la escase... more Resumen: La gran cantidad de hallazgos de tambores de cerámica andalusíes contrasta con la escasez de estudios en torno a estos instrumentos. Sin embargo, creemos que estos hallazgos son un testimonio privilegiado de las prácticas musicales populares andalusíes. A través de la metodología pluridisciplinar que propone la arqueología musical, pretendemos profundizar tanto en el estudio organológico y arqueológico de los hallazgos como en los usos, funciones, contextos performativos y técnicas de ejecución de estos instrumentos musicales. De este modo, conseguiremos valorizar este patrimonio organológico hasta entenderlo como un signo de la identidad islámica peninsular.
Palabras clave: Tambores de cerámica, al-Andalus, Arqueología Musical, Etnoarqueología.
Abstract: The significant number of clay drums discovered in al-Andalus'archaeological record contrasts with the relative lack of studies about these instruments. Nevertheless, we believe that these findings are a privileged testimony of popular musical practices in Al-Andalus. By applying the multidisciplinary methodology developed for the archaeological research of musical instruments, we aim to deepen our understanding not only of the archaeological and organological value of these findings, but also of the uses, functions, performative contexts and playing techniques of the instruments. In this way, we will enhance this organolo-gical patrimony and show the important role played by music in the Islamic identity in the Iberian Peninsula.
In this paper, we will propose a classification of al-Andalus clay drums (9th -14th Centuries) as... more In this paper, we will propose a classification of al-Andalus clay drums (9th -14th Centuries) as a first approach for a music archaeological study of this important amount of findings. These drums, which appear all over the territories that were under Muslim rule during the Middle Age, mirroring al-Andalus’ archaeological map, constitute a very special corpus. The number of findings suggests that these instruments were produced on a large scale in al-Andalus but they disappear from the archaeological record after the Reconquista, which suggests that their occurrence is closely linked to al-Andalus’ culture. They can therefore be considered as a unique production in al-Andalus’ pottery. However, archaeological literature tends to ignore them. Through this study, we would like to draw archaeologists’ attention to the important presence of drums in Andalusian archaeological contexts while proposing possibilities for their classification, based on a typological and taxonomical study.
Resumen: La gran cantidad de hallazgos de tambores de cerámica andalusíes contrasta con la escase... more Resumen: La gran cantidad de hallazgos de tambores de cerámica andalusíes contrasta con la escasez de estudios en torno a estos instrumentos. Sin embargo, creemos que estos hallazgos son un testimonio privilegiado de las prácticas musicales populares andalusíes. A través de la metodología pluridisciplinar que propone la arqueología musical, pretendemos profundizar tanto en el estudio organológico y arqueológico de los hallazgos como en los usos, funciones, contextos performativos y técnicas de ejecución de estos instrumentos musicales. De este modo, conseguiremos valorizar este patrimonio organológico hasta entenderlo como un signo de la identidad islámica peninsular.
Palabras clave: Tambores de cerámica, al-Andalus, Arqueología Musical, Etnoarqueología.
Abstract: The significant number of clay drums discovered in al-Andalus'archaeological record contrasts with the relative lack of studies about these instruments. Nevertheless, we believe that these findings are a privileged testimony of popular musical practices in Al-Andalus. By applying the multidisciplinary methodology developed for the archaeological research of musical instruments, we aim to deepen our understanding not only of the archaeological and organological value of these findings, but also of the uses, functions, performative contexts and playing techniques of the instruments. In this way, we will enhance this organolo-gical patrimony and show the important role played by music in the Islamic identity in the Iberian Peninsula.
In this paper, we will propose a classification of al-Andalus clay drums (9th -14th Centuries) as... more In this paper, we will propose a classification of al-Andalus clay drums (9th -14th Centuries) as a first approach for a music archaeological study of this important amount of findings. These drums, which appear all over the territories that were under Muslim rule during the Middle Age, mirroring al-Andalus’ archaeological map, constitute a very special corpus. The number of findings suggests that these instruments were produced on a large scale in al-Andalus but they disappear from the archaeological record after the Reconquista, which suggests that their occurrence is closely linked to al-Andalus’ culture. They can therefore be considered as a unique production in al-Andalus’ pottery. However, archaeological literature tends to ignore them. Through this study, we would like to draw archaeologists’ attention to the important presence of drums in Andalusian archaeological contexts while proposing possibilities for their classification, based on a typological and taxonomical study.
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Palabras clave: Tambores de cerámica, al-Andalus, Arqueología Musical, Etnoarqueología.
Abstract: The significant number of clay drums discovered in al-Andalus'archaeological record contrasts with the relative lack of studies about these instruments. Nevertheless, we believe that these findings are a privileged testimony of popular musical practices in Al-Andalus. By applying the multidisciplinary methodology developed for the archaeological research of musical instruments, we aim to deepen our understanding not only of the archaeological and organological value of these findings, but also of the uses, functions, performative contexts and playing techniques of the instruments. In this way, we will enhance this organolo-gical patrimony and show the important role played by music in the Islamic identity in the Iberian Peninsula.
Palabras clave: Tambores de cerámica, al-Andalus, Arqueología Musical, Etnoarqueología.
Abstract: The significant number of clay drums discovered in al-Andalus'archaeological record contrasts with the relative lack of studies about these instruments. Nevertheless, we believe that these findings are a privileged testimony of popular musical practices in Al-Andalus. By applying the multidisciplinary methodology developed for the archaeological research of musical instruments, we aim to deepen our understanding not only of the archaeological and organological value of these findings, but also of the uses, functions, performative contexts and playing techniques of the instruments. In this way, we will enhance this organolo-gical patrimony and show the important role played by music in the Islamic identity in the Iberian Peninsula.