- Archaeometallurgy, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Iberian Prehistory (Archaeology), Copper age, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), and 12 moreBronze Age, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Iron Age, Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain), Archaeometry, Archaeological Method & Theory, Funerary Archaeology, Prehistoric Archeology, Spanish archaeology, Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula, Lead Isotope Analysis, and Metallurgyedit
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Información del artículo Free silica type slags of silver production in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Información del artículo Prospección arqueológica superficial preventiva en el área del plan parcial S1, término municipal de Bollullos de La Mitación (Sevilla ).
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Información del artículo Estudio arqueométrico del registro de carácter metálico y metalúrgico de las campañas 2002-2005 en el yacimiento de "El Carambolo" (Camas, Sevilla).
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Recientemente se han llevado a cabo intervenciones arqueológicas preventivas en tres yacimientos situa- dos en el área del Campo de Tejada, denominados SE-B, SE-K, y Jardín de Alá. En los tres, situados próximos entre sí en los términos... more
Recientemente se han llevado a cabo intervenciones arqueológicas preventivas en tres yacimientos situa- dos en el área del Campo de Tejada, denominados SE-B, SE-K, y Jardín de Alá. En los tres, situados próximos entre sí en los términos de Salteras y Gerena, provincia de Sevilla, se han documentado ente- rramientos que, en general, corresponden a la Edad de Bronce, aunque presentando diversidad en la tipología y ritual funerario. En esta comunicación se presentan los resultados de 7 dataciones radiocar- bónicas (AMS) obtenidas a partir de muestras, todas ellas de carácter antropológico, de contextos arqueológicos precisos de cada uno de los tres yacimientos.Rescue archaeological interventions have been recently carried out in three sites, named SE-K, SE-B and Jardín de Alá, in the Campo de Tejada area. In all of them, located next to each other in the municipalities of Salteras and Gerena (province of Sevilla -SW Spain-), graves have been documented, corresponding, in general, to th...
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En este artículo se presentan los primeros resultados, incidiendo especialmente en los aspectos arqueometalúrgicos, del proyecto de investigación Los Paisajes del Guadiamar. Este proyecto se desarrolla desde el año 2010, f inanciado por... more
En este artículo se presentan los primeros resultados, incidiendo especialmente en los aspectos arqueometalúrgicos, del proyecto de investigación Los Paisajes del Guadiamar. Este proyecto se desarrolla desde el año 2010, f inanciado por la “Fundación Focus-Abengoa”, en el valle medio del río Guadiamar (centro-oeste de la provincia de Sevilla). Aunque aún no se ha con- cluido la obtención de todos los datos arqueológicos y analíticos, una valoración preliminar permite adelantar algunas conclusiones y, sobre todo, contrastar hipótesis y teorías enunciadas en anteriores trabajos de investigación.The f irst results of the research project Los Paisajes del Guadiamar are presented in this paper, paying special attention to archaeometallurgical aspects. This project has been going on since 2010, located in the mid-valley of the River Guadiamar (central-western area of the province of Seville) and backed by the “Fundación Focus-Abengoa”. Although not all the archaeo- logical and analytical ...
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We present the results of the archaeological excavation carried out at the Solana del Bepo mine that have allowed us to contextualise the surface finds made in the 1940s. It had been possible to locate the prehistoric workings and to... more
We present the results of the archaeological excavation carried out at the Solana del Bepo mine that have allowed us to contextualise the surface finds made in the 1940s. It had been possible to locate the prehistoric workings and to characterise the mined ores by pXRF elemental, -XRF and LIA analyses. The mining implements found in the excavation and the earlier surface finds were typologically described and classified. To precise the chronology a set of samples were radiocarbon dated. The results confirm that Solana del Bepo was an active copper mine at least throughout the first half of the second millennium cal BCE, that is the Early/Middle Bronze Age of northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. The studies carried out there and in other mines in the county of Priorat (province of Tarragona) allow us to advance some considerations regarding the nature of the exploitation of local copper ore, its chronology and the regional dispersion of the metal obtained.
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ABSTRACT RESUMEN Se estudia el relleno sedimentario del antiguo estuario del Guadalquivir en el entorno de la ciudad de Sevilla. Las muestras sedimentarias proceden de la excavación arqueológica realizada y también de dos sondeos... more
ABSTRACT RESUMEN Se estudia el relleno sedimentario del antiguo estuario del Guadalquivir en el entorno de la ciudad de Sevilla. Las muestras sedimentarias proceden de la excavación arqueológica realizada y también de dos sondeos rotatorios llevados a cabo en la calle San Fernando, localizada al sur de la ciudad histórica. Los sondeos alcanzaron una profundidad de 18 m, alcanzando la formación geológica de Margas Azules (Mioceno Reciente). Metodológicamente se han combinado los datos de sedimentología, palinología (22 muestras distribuidas entre los 2 y 12,35 m de profundidad) y radiocarbono (6 muestras de entre 4 y 12 m de profundidad), junto con el análisis del registro arqueológico. Los resultados permiten establecer una secuencia paleogeográfica caracterizada por tres fases principales: episodio de transgresión marina (Holoceno Antiguo-Medio), episodio aluvial con una progresiva influencia antrópica final (Holoceno Medio-Final) y episodio de ocupación urbana con influencia cíclica aluvial (Holoceno Reciente).
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(EN) Late Bronze Age copper plano-convex ingots from the Iberian Peninsula present some morphometrical characteristics (size and weight) that make them standing out among the contemporary patterns from the Western Mediterranean. On the... more
(EN) Late Bronze Age copper plano-convex ingots from the Iberian Peninsula present some morphometrical characteristics (size and weight) that make them standing out among the contemporary patterns from the Western Mediterranean. On the basis of the study of the ...
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El yacimiento de El Calvari (El Molar, Tarragona), fechado entre finales de la Edad del Bronce y la I Edad del Hierro, ha proporcionado diversos objetos de base cobre y algún resto de fundición. El yacimiento se localiza junto a las minas... more
El yacimiento de El Calvari (El Molar, Tarragona), fechado entre finales de la Edad del Bronce y la I Edad del Hierro, ha proporcionado diversos objetos de base cobre y algún resto de fundición. El yacimiento se localiza junto a las minas de galena (no argentífera) y de cobre dentro del distrito Molar-Bellmunt-Falset (MBF). Los análisis de isótopos de plomo de materiales relacionados con la metalurgia del plomo señalan su explotación en este periodo. Sin embargo, ninguno de los objetos de base cobre (ni del poblado ni de la necrópolis) se puede relacionar con el aprovechamiento de minerales locales. La mayor parte del metal se identifica con una procedencia del área minera de Linares, y en menor medida con minas en la provincia de Almería. En el artículo se discuten los argumentos a favor de un comercio de metal, ya sea de lingotes o de objetos acabados, vinculado a la actividad comercial fenicia en el noreste de la Península Ibérica
Research Interests: Archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, Phoenicians, Archaeometallurgy, Mediterranean archaeology, and 15 moreIron Age, Early Iron Age, Arqueologia, Precious Metals, Edad Del Hierro, Late Bronze Age, Bronze, Archeometallurgy, Lead Isotope Analysis, Pewter, Arqueometalurgia, Commensality, Phoenician trade, Lead Isotope Provenance Studies, and Brass
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Research Interests: Geography, Mineralogy, Mediterranean prehistory, Archaeometry, Archaeology of Mining, and 15 moreArchaeometallurgy, Menorca / Minorca, Baleares /Balearic Islands, Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Metal Technology, Paleometallurgy, Ancient Metallurgy, Copper extraction and production, Ancient Mining, Mining archaeology, Ancient Mining and Metallurgy, Balearic prehistory, Balearic Archaeology, Prehistoric Menorca, and Arqueometallurgy
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Research Interests: History, Archaeology, Geochemistry, Mediterranean prehistory, Archaeological Science, and 15 moreCultural Memory, Archaeometry, Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula, Archaeometallurgy, Iron Age, Amber, Early Iron Age, FTIR, Colonisation, Hoards, Hoard finds, Lead Isotope Analysis, Bronze Age metal hoards, Baltic amber, and Archaeology of Colonialism
Several settlement networks from the Iberian Copper Age period are located alongside the Guadiana River (Iberian Peninsula) – i.e. Perdigoes, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal (Dias et al.2005; Valera 2006), or Tierra de Barros, Badajoz,... more
Several settlement networks from the Iberian Copper Age period are located alongside the Guadiana River (Iberian Peninsula) – i.e. Perdigoes, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal (Dias et al.2005; Valera 2006), or Tierra de Barros, Badajoz, Spain (Hurtado 1995,1999). In this context, a clear relation has been found between the sites in terms of spatial organization (hierarchical, where La Pijotilla could be considered as a central place in a core-periphery system), a restricted stylistic distribution of the so-called Guadiana ‘eyed idol’ figurines (Hurtado 2008), or the distribution of bone based inlayed Bell Beaker pottery (Hurtado and Odriozola 2008; Odriozola in press).
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S e e xamina n criticament e la s e videncia s e xistente s hast a l a fech a d e e xplotacione s mineras en el nordeste y se presentan datos ineditos sobre una nueva mina prehistorica descubierta recientemente (Mina de la... more
S e e xamina n criticament e la s e videncia s e xistente s hast a l a fech a d e e xplotacione s mineras en el nordeste y se presentan datos ineditos sobre una nueva mina prehistorica descubierta recientemente (Mina de la Turquesa o del Mas de les Moreres, Cornudella de Montsant, Tarragona), al tiempo que se examina sinteticamente el conjunto de evidencias estudiadas en los ultimos anos en la comarca tarraconense del Priorat.
Research Interests: Geography, Mineralogy, Mediterranean prehistory, Metallurgy, Archaeometry, and 15 moreBronze Age Archaeology, Archaeology of Mining, Archaeometallurgy, Middle Bronze Age, Ancient Metallurgy, Bronze Age, Iron Age archaeology, Archeometry, Early Bronze Age Archaeology, Ancient Mining and Metallurgy, Lead Isotope Analysis, Bronze Age Metalwork, Lead Isotope Provenance Studies, Lead Isotope, and Bronze Age Iberia
Est e a r t??cul o resum e lo s trabajo s realizado s e n e l Ce r r o d e Sa n Crist??ba l (L o g ros??n , C??ceres) entre 1998 y 2002. Dichos trabajos, impulsados por el Dr. Craig Merideth hasta su muerte en 2005, ... more
Est e a r t??cul o resum e lo s trabajo s realizado s e n e l Ce r r o d e Sa n Crist??ba l (L o g ros??n , C??ceres) entre 1998 y 2002. Dichos trabajos, impulsados por el Dr. Craig Merideth hasta su muerte en 2005, permitieron reconocer un asentamiento minero-metal??rgico especializado en el be- nef icio de la casiterita. Pese a estar muy alterado por las explotaciones de los a??os cincuenta del siglo XX, se pudieron documentar restos de caba??as, trazas de labores antiguas y ciertos aspectos de la ???cadena operativa??? de la explotaci??n y uso del esta??o en este enclave. Todo ello se enmarca en un contexto crono-cultural de los siglos IX/VIII-VII/VI a.C., durante el cual el actual territorio extreme??o se conform?? como periferia tart??sica. Por otra parte, se avanzan los resultados metal??rgicos preliminares de las nuevas actuaciones llevadas a cabo en 2013 en el Cerro de San Crist??bal tras su declaraci??n como ???geositio??? dentro del Geoparq...
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S e e xpone n lo s resultado s obtenido s a tr a ve s d e un a seri e d e pr o y ecto s suces iv o s centrados, desde el ano 2009, en el estudio de la mineria metalica prehistorica en la isla de Menorca. La ultima fase realizada ... more
S e e xpone n lo s resultado s obtenido s a tr a ve s d e un a seri e d e pr o y ecto s suces iv o s centrados, desde el ano 2009, en el estudio de la mineria metalica prehistorica en la isla de Menorca. La ultima fase realizada es la excavacion arqueologica de 2012 en el yacimiento minero de Sa Mitja Lluna (Illa den Colom, Menorca). Las primeras dataciones radiocarbonicas nos conf irman el aprovechamiento de recursos de cobre locales por parte de las comunidades de la Edad del Bronce de Menorca. En esta sintesis del proyecto de investigacion tambien se presentan los primeros resultados del estudio de caracterizacion isotopica de los minerales explotados en este yacimiento. Los datos obtenidos suponen un salto cualitativo sustancial en cuanto al conocimiento de la mineria metalica prehistorica en las Islas Baleares.
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This very full study of Prehistoric (Neolithic-Chalcolithic transition, Chalcolithic, Middle Bronze Age, Pre-Orientalizing Late Bronze Age, Orientalizing) mining and metallurgy in the south west Iberian Peninsula, details sites from Cerro... more
This very full study of Prehistoric (Neolithic-Chalcolithic transition, Chalcolithic, Middle Bronze Age, Pre-Orientalizing Late Bronze Age, Orientalizing) mining and metallurgy in the south west Iberian Peninsula, details sites from Cerro Jesus in the east to Joao Marques in the west. The book offers a rare monograph in English on this important aspect of metals and material culture. The author surveys and analyses hundreds of Prehistoric era sites and finds, and the result is a 400-page work in seven parts. The chapter headings include Mining-metallurgical surveys; Analytical methods; Geological background and mineral resources; Archaeological register and analysis: Bases for the archaeo-metallurgical investigation; Isotopic characterisation of the south west Iberian peninsula; Mining and metallurgical technology; Evaluation and dynamics of mining and metallurgy during the recent prehistory in the south west Iberian peninsula. The figures include 55 lead isotope plots and 41 metallographs. 6 maps, 148 figures, plans, drawings and illustrations; 41 b/w photographs; 55 tables; 23-page bibliography.
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Iberian ‘warrior’ stelae have captured the imagination of researchers and the public for more than a century. Traditionally, stelae were considered ‘de-contextualised’ monuments, and research typically focused on the study of their... more
Iberian ‘warrior’ stelae have captured the imagination of researchers and the public for more than a century. Traditionally, stelae were considered ‘de-contextualised’ monuments, and research typically focused on the study of their iconography, paying little or no attention to their immediate contexts. As a result, despite the large number of these stelae known to date (c. 140) and the ample body of literature that has dealt with them, fundamental questions remain unanswered. This paper aims to demonstrate the potential of a multidisciplinary and contextual approach to push forward the research agenda on these monuments through a case study. Firstly, we introduce the Mirasiviene stela and the methods deployed for its investigation, which include a variety of digital imaging techniques, petrography, pXRF, intensive survey and multiscalar spatial analysis. Secondly, we discuss the results in relation to three main topics: stela biography, social practices and landscape context. Compar...
Research Interests: History, Geography, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Geology, and 15 moreGeoarchaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Digital Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Bronze Age Archaeology, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Iron Age Iberian Peninsula (Archaeology), Prehistoric Rock Art, Iron Age, Archaeological survey, Reflectance Transformation Imaging, Iron Age archaeology, and Late Bronze Age
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A l'occasion du Symposium international sur l'archeometallurgie en Asie centrale et occidentale qui s'est tenu a Teheran, une excursion archeometallurgique a ete organisee dans le sud-ouest du grand desert de Kavir, dans le... more
A l'occasion du Symposium international sur l'archeometallurgie en Asie centrale et occidentale qui s'est tenu a Teheran, une excursion archeometallurgique a ete organisee dans le sud-ouest du grand desert de Kavir, dans le but d'obtenir sur le terrain une vision diachronique de l'evolution des activites metallurgiques, de la prehistoire a la periode contemporaine. L'article presente brievement chacun des sites visites
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Research Interests: Geography, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, Phoenicians, and 15 moreArchaeometry, Phoenician, Iberian Prehistory (Archaeology), Archaeometallurgy, Phoenician Punic Archaeology, Prehistory, Provenance studies of archaeological material, Protohistory, Protohistoric Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean Protohistory, Lead Isotope Analysis, European Protohistory, Phoenician trade, Protohistoric Archaeology, and Ancient Metallurgy of Silver and Lead
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Research Interests: Mediterranean prehistory, Metallurgy, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Archaeometry, Bronze Age Archaeology, and 9 moreIberian Prehistory (Archaeology), Archaeometallurgy, European Prehistory (Archaeology), Protohistory, Ancient Metallurgy, Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age Archaeology, and Ancient Mining and Metallurgy
Research Interests: Archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, Minerals, Archaeometry, Archaeology of Mining, and 14 moreArchaeology of the Iberian Peninsula, Archaeometallurgy, Menorca / Minorca, Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Metal Technology, Ancient Metallurgy, Copper extraction and production, Ancient Mining, Copper age, Ancient Mining and Metallurgy, Balearic prehistory, Metalurgy, Balearic Archaeology, and Prehistoric Menorca
The Holocene record of Guadalquivir estuary near Seville (Southern Spain). Geoarchaeological approach: We study the sedimentary internal area filling of Guadalquivir estuary, near Seville. The sediment samples come from two cores drilled... more
The Holocene record of Guadalquivir estuary near Seville (Southern Spain). Geoarchaeological approach: We study the sedimentary internal area filling of Guadalquivir estuary, near Seville. The sediment samples come from two cores drilled in San Fernando Street, located to the south of the historical town. They are separated about 200 m and they have deepened something more than 18 m, reaching the geologic formation of Margas Azules (late Miocene). Methodologically, we used sedimentology, palynology (twenty-two samples distributed between 2 m and 12.35 m of depth) and radiocarbon data (six samples spread between 4 m and 12 m of depth), as well as the analysis of the archaeological record. All it allows to establish a palaeogeographic sequence characterised by three great phases: marine transgression episode (Lower-middle Holocene vertical aggradation); alluvial episode with final progressive human influence (Middle-recent Holocene lateral progradation); and urban occupation episode w...
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Información del artículo El Castillo y la Torre de Aznalcóllar ( Sevilla ): dos edificaciones almohades.
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(2011) El Asentamiento de El Trastejón (Huelva). Investigaciones en el Marco de los Procesos Sociales y Culturales de la Edad del Bronce en el Suroeste de la Península Ibérica [El Trastejón: Investigations in the Social and Cultural Processes of the Bronze Age in South-West Iberia] [FULL VOLUME]more
ENGLISH: "This volume presents the results of the Project 'Sierra de Huelva: Analysis and Definition of the Cultural Processes of the Second Millennium BC in the Iberian South-West' (1988-1993), funded by General Directorate of Cultural... more
ENGLISH: "This volume presents the results of the Project 'Sierra de Huelva: Analysis and Definition of the Cultural Processes of the Second Millennium BC in the Iberian South-West' (1988-1993), funded by General Directorate of Cultural Properties of the Andalusian Government. The investigations were largely focused on the sites of El Trastejón and La Papúa, two hilltop settlements with large stone platforms, terraces and walls - the first Bronze Age settlements ever to be studied in the Western Sierra Morena region .This scientific monograph includes the results of the surface survey of the surrounding area as well as a detailed description of the excavation records, including archaeometallurgy, ceramic and pollen analysis, radiocarbon dating and spatial analysis."
SPANISH: "Esta obra presenta los resultados del Proyecto General de Investigación "Sierra de Huelva: análisis y definición de los procesos culturales del II milenio a.C en el Suroeste peninsular" aprobado y financiado por la Dirección General de Bienes Culturales de la Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía, y que tuvo lugar entre 1988 y 1993. Las investigaciones han tenido como referente los sitios de El Trastejón y La Papúa, primeros asentamientos de la Edad del Bronce estudiado en la Sierra de Huelva. Las excavaciones practicadas han revelado sendos asentamientos instalados en altura sobre plataformas y terrazas de piedra construidas sobre las laderas. El estudio incluye los resultados relativos a las prospecciones, excavaciones y análisis arqueometalúrgicos, análisis ceramológico, polínico, radiocarbónico y análisis territorial del poblamiento en la Sierra de Huelva durante la Edad del Bronce."
SPANISH: "Esta obra presenta los resultados del Proyecto General de Investigación "Sierra de Huelva: análisis y definición de los procesos culturales del II milenio a.C en el Suroeste peninsular" aprobado y financiado por la Dirección General de Bienes Culturales de la Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía, y que tuvo lugar entre 1988 y 1993. Las investigaciones han tenido como referente los sitios de El Trastejón y La Papúa, primeros asentamientos de la Edad del Bronce estudiado en la Sierra de Huelva. Las excavaciones practicadas han revelado sendos asentamientos instalados en altura sobre plataformas y terrazas de piedra construidas sobre las laderas. El estudio incluye los resultados relativos a las prospecciones, excavaciones y análisis arqueometalúrgicos, análisis ceramológico, polínico, radiocarbónico y análisis territorial del poblamiento en la Sierra de Huelva durante la Edad del Bronce."
Research Interests: Prehistoric Archaeology, Spatial Analysis, Spatial Modeling, Pottery (Archaeology), Landscape Archaeology, and 48 moreMediterranean prehistory, Settlement Patterns, Cultural Landscapes, Archaeological GIS, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Archaeometry, Bronze Age Archaeology, Landscapes in prehistory, Prehistoric Settlement, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Iberian Prehistory (Archaeology), Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula, Archaeometallurgy, Prehistoric Europe (Archaeology), Bronze Age (Archaeology), Spatial analysis (Archaeology), Fortified Settlements (Archaeology), Early Bronze Age (Archaeology), Eurasian Prehistory, Mediterranean archaeology, Middle Bronze Age, European Prehistory (Archaeology), Bronze And Iron Age In Mediterrarranean (Archaeology), Prehistory, Settlement archaeology, History of architecture, Territoriality, Ancient Metallurgy, Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, Copper extraction and production, Geografia, Edad Del Bronce, Late Bronze Age, Prehistoria, Geografía Humana, Archaeometallurgy, Mineralogy, Archaeometry, Radiocarbon Dating (Archaeology), Territorio, Ancient Mining and Metallurgy, Archaeology Iberian Prehistory Iron Age, Prehistoria, Edad del Bronce, Prehistoria Reciente, Settlement & Landscape research, Archaeometric analysis of pottery, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Análisis Espacial En Arqueología
El yacimiento de El Calvari (El Molar, Tarragona), fechado entre finales de la Edad del Bronce y la I Edad del Hierro, ha proporcionado diversos objetos de base cobre y algún resto de fundición. El yacimiento se localiza junto a las minas... more
El yacimiento de El Calvari (El Molar, Tarragona), fechado entre finales de la Edad del Bronce y la I Edad del Hierro, ha proporcionado diversos objetos de base cobre y algún resto de fundición. El yacimiento se localiza junto a las minas de galena (no argentífera) y de cobre dentro del distrito Molar-Bellmunt-Falset (MBF). Los análisis de isótopos de plomo de materiales relacionados con la metalurgia del plomo señalan su explotación en este periodo. Sin embargo, ninguno de los objetos de base cobre (ni del poblado ni de la necrópolis) se puede relacionar con el aprovechamiento de minerales locales. La mayor parte del metal se identifica con una procedencia del área minera de Linares, y en menor medida con minas en la provincia de Almería. En el artículo se discuten los argumentos a favor de un comercio de metal, ya sea de lingotes o de objetos acabados, vinculado a la actividad comercial fenicia en el noreste de la Península Ibérica.
The settlement and the necropolis of El Calvari (El Molar, Tarragona), dated between the end of the LateBronze Age and the Early Iron Age, provided various copper-based objects and melting wastes. The archaeological site is located in a mining district, the Molar-Bellmunt-Falset (MBF) area, which presents rich deposits mainly of non-argentiferous lead and copper. Lead isotope analyses performed on some lead-based materials recovered from El Calvari show that these mines were already being exploited at this time. However, lead isotope analyses of the copper-based metals indicate that neither the ones from the site nor those from the necropolis can be related to local mineral resources. Indeed, a great part of these items originates from the Linares mines (Jaén) and, in a smaller part, from mines in the Almería province. In this paper we will discuss arguments supporting the possibility of import of ingots or of finished objects as part of the Phoenician trade in northeastern Iberia.
The settlement and the necropolis of El Calvari (El Molar, Tarragona), dated between the end of the LateBronze Age and the Early Iron Age, provided various copper-based objects and melting wastes. The archaeological site is located in a mining district, the Molar-Bellmunt-Falset (MBF) area, which presents rich deposits mainly of non-argentiferous lead and copper. Lead isotope analyses performed on some lead-based materials recovered from El Calvari show that these mines were already being exploited at this time. However, lead isotope analyses of the copper-based metals indicate that neither the ones from the site nor those from the necropolis can be related to local mineral resources. Indeed, a great part of these items originates from the Linares mines (Jaén) and, in a smaller part, from mines in the Almería province. In this paper we will discuss arguments supporting the possibility of import of ingots or of finished objects as part of the Phoenician trade in northeastern Iberia.
Research Interests: Prehistoric Archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectroscopy, Iberian Prehistory (Archaeology), Prehistory, and 9 moreEarly Iron Age, Edad Del Hierro, Prehistoria, Archeometallurgy, Archeologia Fenicio-Punica, Lead Isotope Analysis, Arqueometalurgia, Prehistoria e Historia Antigua, and Menga. Revista de Prehistoria de Andalucía
Cultural contact, exchange and interaction feature high in the list of challenging topics of current research on European Prehistory. Not far off is the issue of the changing role of monuments in the making and maintaining of key cultural... more
Cultural contact, exchange and interaction feature high in the list of challenging topics of current research on European Prehistory. Not far off is the issue of the changing role of monuments in the making and maintaining of key cultural devices such as memory and identity. Addressing both these highly-debated issues from a science-based perspective, in this paper we look at an unusual case study set in southern Iberia and illustrate how these archaeological questions can benefit from robust materials-science approaches.
We present the contextual, morphological and analytical study of an exceptional Early Iron Age hoard composed of a number of different (and mostly exotic) materials such as amber, quartz, silver and ceramic. This hoard, found under the fallen orthostat of a megalithic structure built at least 2000 years earlier, throws new light on long-distance exchange networks and the effect they could have had on the cultural identities and social relations of local Iberian Early Iron Age communities. Moreover, the archaeometric study reveals how diverse and distant the sources of these item are (Northern Europe to Eastern and Western Mediterranean raw materials, as well as local and eastern technologies), therefore raising questions concerning the social mechanisms used to establish change and resistance in contexts of colonial encounter.
We present the contextual, morphological and analytical study of an exceptional Early Iron Age hoard composed of a number of different (and mostly exotic) materials such as amber, quartz, silver and ceramic. This hoard, found under the fallen orthostat of a megalithic structure built at least 2000 years earlier, throws new light on long-distance exchange networks and the effect they could have had on the cultural identities and social relations of local Iberian Early Iron Age communities. Moreover, the archaeometric study reveals how diverse and distant the sources of these item are (Northern Europe to Eastern and Western Mediterranean raw materials, as well as local and eastern technologies), therefore raising questions concerning the social mechanisms used to establish change and resistance in contexts of colonial encounter.
Research Interests: Prehistoric Archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, Phoenicians, Archaeometry, Religion and ritual in prehistory, and 16 moreMegalithic Monuments, Iberian Prehistory (Archaeology), Archaeometallurgy, Megaliths (Archaeology), Prehistory, Provenance studies of archaeological material, Protohistory, Amber, Quartz industries, Protohistoric Iberian Peninsula, Megalithic Art, Lead Isotope Analysis, Bronze Age metal hoards, Megaliths, Phoenician trade, and Archaeology of Colonialism
En Jo de Waele, Paolo Forti y Angelo Naseddu (eds.). Mine Caves / Grotte di Miniera. Memorie dell’Istituto Italiano di Speleologia s. II, 28. Bologna, pp. 109-122 [ISBN 978-88-89897-09-6]. The Potosi mine (mina de Potosí) is located... more
En Jo de Waele, Paolo Forti y Angelo Naseddu (eds.). Mine Caves / Grotte di Miniera. Memorie dell’Istituto Italiano di Speleologia s. II, 28. Bologna, pp. 109-122 [ISBN 978-88-89897-09-6].
The Potosi mine (mina de Potosí) is located within the Geopark “Sierra Norte de Sevilla” (member of the Global Network of National Geoparks, created under the aegis of UNESCO), in the municipality of Guadalcanal (province of Seville, Andalusia, SW Spain), set in the geological lutitic-carbonate series of the Cambrian. It is also locally known as
San Francisco cave (Cueva de San Francisco) and combines its natural formation in a karst massif with extensive alteration by the action of mining activity carried out during different periods, since Prehistory.
The mine cave was identified and located, due to archive information, during the realization of archaeological surveys related to the Historical Mining Heritage in Andalusia project. Using speleological methods, the underground cavities and
surface topography have been recently mapped, realizing the importance of geological agents in its formation and identifying the different sectors and stages of mining exploitation of the vein and the associated archaeological register. This register
includes mining remains found in situ such as works with characteristic typology and tool marks, grooved stone hammers, pottery, etc., and mineral fragments and slags, indicating the existence of, at least, 3 main exploitation phases: Prehistoric (Late Chalcolithic / Early Bronze Age), Roman and XIXth century AD. Mineral and other archaeometallurgical samples have been selected and analyzed by different
methods (XRF, SEM) in order to have a preliminary approach to their composition and the productive activities carried out.
The Potosi mine (mina de Potosí) is located within the Geopark “Sierra Norte de Sevilla” (member of the Global Network of National Geoparks, created under the aegis of UNESCO), in the municipality of Guadalcanal (province of Seville, Andalusia, SW Spain), set in the geological lutitic-carbonate series of the Cambrian. It is also locally known as
San Francisco cave (Cueva de San Francisco) and combines its natural formation in a karst massif with extensive alteration by the action of mining activity carried out during different periods, since Prehistory.
The mine cave was identified and located, due to archive information, during the realization of archaeological surveys related to the Historical Mining Heritage in Andalusia project. Using speleological methods, the underground cavities and
surface topography have been recently mapped, realizing the importance of geological agents in its formation and identifying the different sectors and stages of mining exploitation of the vein and the associated archaeological register. This register
includes mining remains found in situ such as works with characteristic typology and tool marks, grooved stone hammers, pottery, etc., and mineral fragments and slags, indicating the existence of, at least, 3 main exploitation phases: Prehistoric (Late Chalcolithic / Early Bronze Age), Roman and XIXth century AD. Mineral and other archaeometallurgical samples have been selected and analyzed by different
methods (XRF, SEM) in order to have a preliminary approach to their composition and the productive activities carried out.
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En Juan José Durán Valsero y Francisco Carrasco Cantos (eds.). Cuevas: Patrimonio, Naturaleza, Cultura y Turismo. Madrid, pp. 547-562.