Gonzalo Aranda Jiménez
Biographic Data
| ID | 125175 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gonzalo Aranda Jiménez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gonzalo Aranda |
| FAMILY NAME | Jiménez |
| SIGNATURE | JIMÉNEZ G A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Granada |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1925-0221 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 262 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Isoscape modelling choices and their implications for archaeological mobility interpretations: A comparative 87Sr/86Sr study from southeastern Iberia
Gender identities in the prehistoric societies of south-eastern Iberia: New insights from non-masticatory dental wear analysis and peptide-based sex identification
Anthropological skeletal remains provide access to the embodied dimensions of daily life, allowing the exploration of how gender was shaped through culturally specific practices. Non-masticatory dental wear has recently emerged as a valuable proxy for identifying craft-related activities and their potential association with gendered roles. The aim of this study is to explore gender identities through non-masticatory dental wear analysis and the c…
El poblado calcolítico del Peñón de las Juntas y la necrópolis de sepulturas tipo tholos de Los Milanes (Abla, Almería)
Las intervenciones arqueológicas realizadas en 2023 y 2024 en el poblado calcolítico del Peñón de las Juntas y en la necrópolis de sepulturas tipo tholos de Los Milanes han consistido en su prospección y caracterización arqueológica, y en la excavación de tres de sus sepulturas. El poblado, de 2 ha de extensión, se localiza sobre un espolón rocoso en la confluencia del río Nacimiento con la rambla de Los Santos; se organiza en tres recintos concé…
Prospección De Yacimientos Arqueológicos a Través De Ortofotografias De Alta Definción Y Modelos Digitales Del Terreno Realizados Con Uas: La Necrópolis Megalítica De Haza Colorada (Morelabor, Granada…
El desarrollo tecnológico digital está transformando y mejorando la precisión y eficiencia de las metodologías y protocolos de registro y documentación del patrimonio arqueológico. Este es el caso de las ortofotografías de alta definición y los modelos digitales del terreno (DTM) cuya aplicación a la prospección emerge como una herramienta que mejora y complementa el reconocimiento arqueológico superficial tradicional. Mediante el uso de un vehíc…
Sequencing the Southern Iberian Late Neolithic hypogeum cemetery of La Beleña through radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modeling
This study aims to determine the chronological sequence of the collective burials in the hypogea of the prehistoric cemetery of La Beleña (Cabra, Córdoba) through Bayesian analyses of 14 C dates obtained from human remains. The data from this site are not only key to grasping the phenomenon of the introduction and spread of hypogea throughout the western Mediterranean, but to gain insight into multi-stage funerary practices during the Late Neolit…
Exploitation of Mining Resources in El Argar Culture: Bronze Age Metallurgy in the Hinterland of the Western Betic Cordillera (Southeastern Iberian Peninsula)
This research addresses the territorial organisation of metallurgical production during the El Argar Bronze Age (2200–1550 cal bc ) in the inner areas of El Argar territory through lead‐isotope and trace element analyses of geological copper ores, archaeometallurgical remains and copper‐based artefacts. Results from 31 mineral and 35 archaeological samples suggest that the exploitation of copper resources in the studied region was significant and…
Funerary practices in megalithic tombs during the Argaric Bronze Age in South-Eastern Iberia: The cemetery of Los Eriales
The transition between the Copper Age and the Argaric Bronze Age in south-eastern Iberia has traditionally been understood in an evolutionary framework that would have involved the replacement of some cultural forms by others. The chronology of megalithic societies has changed this assumption, revealing that the continuity of ancestral funerary practices is also a key feature of the Bronze Age. In this context, the new radiocarbon series from Los…
Relaciones fluidas o conflictividad estructural? Las dinámicas sociales del Bronce Antiguo en el centro y este peninsular. Comentario a Peres y Risch
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Burial taphonomy and megalithic ritual practices in Iberia: The Panoría cemetery
Our ability to build precise narratives regarding megalithic funerary rituals largely depends on an accurate understanding of bone assemblage formation. The cemetery of Panoría offers an excellent opportunity for exploring the ritual variability through the study of funerary taphonomy, as four of the nine recently excavated dolmens are remarkably well-preserved. Based on a multi-proxy approach that includes the contextual archaeological features,…
Una alabarda argárica en la motilla de El Retamar (Argamasilla de Alba, Ciudad Real): Contexto, datación, procedencia e interpretación
En 2019 se recuperó en la motilla de El Retamar la única alabarda argárica de la Meseta; es el primer arma especializada en la Cultura de las Motillas. El hallazgo se produjo en un contexto no funerario -el Corte A-, asociado a recipientes cerámicos, un horno y semillas (trigo harinero y duro, cebada vestida, escanda melliza y lino. El arma, de 118 g y 15,7 cm, cuenta con dos remaches y es de hoja asimétrica. Puede clasificarse dentro del tipo Sa…
The tempo of the Iberian megalithic rituals in the European context: The cemetery of Panoría
Our ability to build precise narratives regarding megalithic societies largely depends on the chronology of the multi-ritual events that usually shaped these complex sites. The cemetery of Panoría offers an excellent opportunity for exploring ritual complexity in Iberia through radiocarbon chronology, as four of the nine recently excavated dolmens are remarkably well preserved. For this purpose, seventy-three radiocarbon dates were obtained and a…
Las prácticas funerarias de la Edad del Bronce en la provincia de Málaga (España)
Las prácticas funerarias de la Edad del Bronce en Málaga se caracterizan por la continuidad y reutilización de sepulturas colectivas y por la innovación que supuso la aparición de las necrópolis de cistas asociadas a enterramientos individuales. La persistencia en el uso de tumbas megalíticas y cuevas artificiales no sólo quedaría atestiguada por ajuares funerarios y dataciones radiocarbónicas de la Edad del Bronce sino también por la continuidad…
La cronología radiocarbónica de las sepulturas tipo tholos en la península ibérica: Explorando diversas trayectorias sociales
Gracias al reciente desarrollo de la cronología radiocarbónica, por primera vez existe una serie de dataciones robusta y fiable para analizar uno de los tipos de monumentos megalíticos más característicos de la península ibérica, las sepulturas tipo tholos. Una nueva serie de 193 fechas pertenecientes a 42 sepulturas distribuidas por el sur de España y el centro y sur de Portugal ha sido analizada utilizando modelos estadísticos y herramientas de…
El recinto de fosos calcolítico del Cerro de los Vientos (Puente del Obispo, Jaén)
En este trabajo se da a conocer el recinto de fosos prehistrico del Cerro de los Vientos, localizado en la poblacin de Puente del Obispo (Jan, Espaa). Se presentan su planta completa, las estructuras que lo componen, la caracterizacin de los conjuntos cermicos y lticos hallados en sus rellenos, dos dataciones inditas y el anlisis polnico realizado en el yacimiento. Estos estudios han permitido reconocer la construccin de dos fosos concntricos y m…
A Radiocarbon Dating Approach to the Deposition and Removal of Human Bone Remains in Megalithic Monuments
The formation of commingled human bone assemblages is a key aspect for better understanding funerary rituals. The megalithic cemetery of Panoría (Spain) provides an excellent opportunity to explore bone assemblage formation thanks to the recent excavation of an undisturbed burial. For this purpose, we have approached the differential skeletal representation found between bone and teeth at the site through radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating and Bayesian m…
New Insights into the Radiocarbon Chronology of Iberian Megalithic Societies: The tholos -type Tombs of Mojácar (Almería, Spain)
In 2012, the authors undertook a radiocarbon dating programme to explore the chronology of southern Iberian megalithic societies. Thirty new radiocarbon dates were obtained for two tholos -type tombs, Loma de Belmonte and Loma del Campo 2, and analysed within a Bayesian framework. Results are discussed in the context of the prehistoric societies of the region and four main conclusions were reached: i) in both tombs, mortuary activity started in t…
The Deposition of Human Remains Inside Chalcolithic Ditched Enclosures: Ditch 5 at Marroquíes (Jaén, Spain)
In the last few decades, the discovery of large ditched enclosures in Iberia has revealed the diversity and complexity of deposition and manipulation of human bone remains. Alongside traditional ritual burials (mainly megalithic tombs and hypogea), fragmented and scattered human bones mixed with other kinds of material culture began to appear in many features. This is the case for Ditch 5 at Marroquíes, which offers an excellent opportunity to ex…
The radiocarbon chronology and temporality of the megalithic cemetery of Los Millares (Almería, Spain)
An Ethnographic and Archaeological Approach to Ritual Practices of Resistance
Resistance practices could be considered one the most enduring types of social behavior in past societies. Through two case-studies, one ethnographic and the other archaeological, these practices are analyzed to assess how, in two very different social environments, resistance is a key feature for a better understanding of social dynamics. Both cases share three main aspects: (1) the resistance was materialized in the social construction of commu…
Multi-isotopic diet analysis of south-eastern Iberian megalithic populations: The cemeteries of El Barranquete and Panoría
Long-lasting sacred landscapes: The numerical chronology of the megalithic phenomenon in south-eastern Iberia
Chronology of Megalithic Funerary Practices in Southeastern Iberia: The Necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain)
An excavation carried out at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria in 2015 offered an excellent opportunity for dating a widespread variety of polygonal, rectangular, and trapezoidal-shaped tombs with short passages for which, surprisingly, there were previously no known radiocarbon ( 14 C) measurements available. Based on the anthropological remains, a series of 19 14 C dates was obtained and modeled in a Bayesian statistical framework. The resul…
La temporalidad de las sepulturas megalíticas tipo tholos del sur de la península ibérica
El reciente incremento del nmero de dataciones radiocarbnicas de sepulturas tipo tholos permite establecer diferentes consideraciones sobre la temporalidad de este fenmeno megaltico. El modelado bayesiano de la nueva serie radiomtrica de 41 dataciones sita el inicio de este nuevo tipo de arquitectura megaltica en la transicin entre el IV y III milenios (3070-2900 cal BC al 68% de probabilidad) y su final entre los siglos IX-VIII cal BC (890-710 c…
The megalithic necropolis of Panoria, Granada, Spain: Geoarchaeological characterization and provenance studies
The characterization of materials used in the construction of megalithic monuments can be considered a key aspect for a better understanding of the social behavior of past societies. The excavation of four dolmens and one small cist in 2015 at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain) offered an excellent opportunity to explore the geological properties and potential source area(s) of the uprights used in their construction. All the s…
La cronología radiocarbónica de las primeras manifestaciones megalíticas en el sureste de la Península Ibérica: Las necrópolis de Las Churuletas, La Atalaya y Llano del Jautón (Purchena, Almería)
Por primera vez en el estudio del fenómeno megalítico del sureste de la Península Ibérica se ha obtenido una serie radiocarbónica para el análisis de sus manifestaciones más antiguas. Se han datado 30 restos antropológicos de sepulturas tipo rundgräber y de tumbas de cámara y corredor pertenecientes a las necrópolis de Las Churuletas, La Atalaya y Llano de El Jautón. El análisis estadístico de esta serie radiocarbónica ha permitido establecer las…
Cultural Continuity and Social Resistance: The Chronology of Megalithic Funerary Practices in Southern Iberia
Inspired by the biographical approach to the study of material culture, a radiocarbon dating programme was undertaken to explore the chronology and temporality of the megalithic monuments in south-eastern Iberia. Instead of one or two dates per tomb, the normal way of approaching this complex issue, we carried out a complete radiocarbon dating series of single tombs based on human remains. We focused our attention on four tholos-type tombs in the…
The chronology of megalithic funerary practices: A Bayesian approach to Grave 11 At El Barranquete necropolis (Almería, Spain)
Multi-isotopic diet analysis of south-eastern Iberian megalithic populations: The cemeteries of El Barranquete and Panoría
The radiocarbon chronology and temporality of the megalithic cemetery of Los Millares (Almería, Spain)
La cronología radiocarbónica de las primeras manifestaciones megalíticas en el sureste de la Península Ibérica: Las necrópolis de Las Churuletas, La Atalaya y Llano del Jautón (Purchena, Almería)
Por primera vez en el estudio del fenómeno megalítico del sureste de la Península Ibérica se ha obtenido una serie radiocarbónica para el análisis de sus manifestaciones más antiguas. Se han datado 30 restos antropológicos de sepulturas tipo rundgräber y de tumbas de cámara y corredor pertenecientes a las necrópolis de Las Churuletas, La Atalaya y Llano de El Jautón. El análisis estadístico de esta serie radiocarbónica ha permitido establecer las…
The tempo of the Iberian megalithic rituals in the European context: The cemetery of Panoría
Our ability to build precise narratives regarding megalithic societies largely depends on the chronology of the multi-ritual events that usually shaped these complex sites. The cemetery of Panoría offers an excellent opportunity for exploring ritual complexity in Iberia through radiocarbon chronology, as four of the nine recently excavated dolmens are remarkably well preserved. For this purpose, seventy-three radiocarbon dates were obtained and a…
The megalithic necropolis of Panoria, Granada, Spain: Geoarchaeological characterization and provenance studies
The characterization of materials used in the construction of megalithic monuments can be considered a key aspect for a better understanding of the social behavior of past societies. The excavation of four dolmens and one small cist in 2015 at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain) offered an excellent opportunity to explore the geological properties and potential source area(s) of the uprights used in their construction. All the s…
Death and everyday life: The Argaric societies from Southeast Iberia
This essay highlights the relationships between the realm of the symbolic world expressed in the funerary sphere and the realm of the maintenance activities of quotidian life, focusing on the Argaric culture of Southeast Iberia (c. 2250-1450 cal BC). The article begins by summarizing engendered mortuary archaeology in relation to maintenance activities and by briefly reviewing the funerary record of the Argaric societies. We then expand on the Ar…
A Radiocarbon Dating Approach to the Deposition and Removal of Human Bone Remains in Megalithic Monuments
The formation of commingled human bone assemblages is a key aspect for better understanding funerary rituals. The megalithic cemetery of Panoría (Spain) provides an excellent opportunity to explore bone assemblage formation thanks to the recent excavation of an undisturbed burial. For this purpose, we have approached the differential skeletal representation found between bone and teeth at the site through radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating and Bayesian m…
New Insights into the Radiocarbon Chronology of Iberian Megalithic Societies: The tholos -type Tombs of Mojácar (Almería, Spain)
In 2012, the authors undertook a radiocarbon dating programme to explore the chronology of southern Iberian megalithic societies. Thirty new radiocarbon dates were obtained for two tholos -type tombs, Loma de Belmonte and Loma del Campo 2, and analysed within a Bayesian framework. Results are discussed in the context of the prehistoric societies of the region and four main conclusions were reached: i) in both tombs, mortuary activity started in t…
Chronology of Megalithic Funerary Practices in Southeastern Iberia: The Necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain)
An excavation carried out at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria in 2015 offered an excellent opportunity for dating a widespread variety of polygonal, rectangular, and trapezoidal-shaped tombs with short passages for which, surprisingly, there were previously no known radiocarbon ( 14 C) measurements available. Based on the anthropological remains, a series of 19 14 C dates was obtained and modeled in a Bayesian statistical framework. The resul…
An insight into the organisation of metal production in the Argaric society
Poder y prestigio en las sociedades de la cultura de El Argar. El consumo comunal de bóvidos y ovicápridos en los rituales de enterramiento
La fuerte normalización de los ajuares cárnicos en las sepulturas argáricas permite plantear que, como parte de ritual funerario, se procedió al sacrificio de bóvidos y ovicápridos que serían consumidos en rituales de comensalidad. Un trozo de carne de estas especies animales, siempre correspondiente a una de las extremidades, formaría parte del ajuar funerario, lo que supondría la participación simbólica del muerto en el propio ritual. La adscri…
Conflicting evidence? Weapons and skeletons in the Bronze Age of south-east Iberia
With its forts, swords, halberds and daggers the Argaric people of south-east Spain has long been seen as a warrior society. The authors dismantle this model, showing that defences around settlements and weapons and knives in tombs have quite different social roles. An analysis of skeletons showed that while these Bronze Age people might have been periodically clubbing each other on the head, they were not doing a lot of lethal stabbing
Wealth and Power in the Bronze Age of the South‐east of the Iberian Peninsula: The Funerary Record of Cerro De La Encina
As a result of recent fieldwork undertaken at the archaeological site of Cerro de la Encina, our knowledge of the funerary ritual has increased considerably. The funerary record shows a significant concentration of wealth in burials corresponding to the family groups of the highest social status. Dramatic social differences can also be found in the internal organization of the settlement. The locations of burials within the settlement area, under…
La temporalidad de las sepulturas megalíticas tipo tholos del sur de la península ibérica
El reciente incremento del nmero de dataciones radiocarbnicas de sepulturas tipo tholos permite establecer diferentes consideraciones sobre la temporalidad de este fenmeno megaltico. El modelado bayesiano de la nueva serie radiomtrica de 41 dataciones sita el inicio de este nuevo tipo de arquitectura megaltica en la transicin entre el IV y III milenios (3070-2900 cal BC al 68% de probabilidad) y su final entre los siglos IX-VIII cal BC (890-710 c…
Burial taphonomy and megalithic ritual practices in Iberia: The Panoría cemetery
Our ability to build precise narratives regarding megalithic funerary rituals largely depends on an accurate understanding of bone assemblage formation. The cemetery of Panoría offers an excellent opportunity for exploring the ritual variability through the study of funerary taphonomy, as four of the nine recently excavated dolmens are remarkably well-preserved. Based on a multi-proxy approach that includes the contextual archaeological features,…
D modelling in archaeology: The application of Structure from Motion methods to the study of the megalithic necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain)
Un enterramiento infantil singular en el yacimiento de la Edad del Bronce de la Motilla del Azuer (Daimiel, Ciudad Real)
Se presenta el hallazgo de un enterramiento infantil de la Edad del Bronce asociado a un ajuar de especiales características. Presenta varios elementos de muy pequeñas dimensiones realizados en cerámica y arcilla que reproducen formas típicas de los materiales del asentamiento
Funerary practices in megalithic tombs during the Argaric Bronze Age in South-Eastern Iberia: The cemetery of Los Eriales
The transition between the Copper Age and the Argaric Bronze Age in south-eastern Iberia has traditionally been understood in an evolutionary framework that would have involved the replacement of some cultural forms by others. The chronology of megalithic societies has changed this assumption, revealing that the continuity of ancestral funerary practices is also a key feature of the Bronze Age. In this context, the new radiocarbon series from Los…
The chronology and duration of the prehistoric ditched enclosures: The case of Marroquíes Bajos (Jaén)
The time spans of the so-called ditched enclosures are key to a better understanding of a type of site characterised by complex palimpsests. Several conclusions can be drawn from the 16 radiocarbon dates obtained from Ditch 4 at Marroquíes Bajos. According to Bayesian modelling, the filling process began in 2510-2310 cal BC at 2 σ and ended in 2115-1795 cal BC at 2 σ, making them the most recent ditched enclosure with depositional activity in Ibe…
Water Control and Cereal Management on the Bronze Age Iberian Peninsula: La Motilla Del Azuer
Archaeological research conducted in the La Mancha region (central area of the Iberian Peninsula) has made it possible to identify motillas . This specific type of archaeological site consists of a central fortification surrounded by an inhabited area. They appear in high densities throughout the plains of this area, distributed at regular intervals and located in places where the phreatic level is closest to the surface and the water has low sal…
Ritual funerario y comensalidad en las sociedades de la Edad del Bronce del Sureste Peninsular: La Cultura de el Argar
En el presente trabajo se plantea el desarrollo de rituales de comensalidad asociados al ritual funerario argárico. Las evidencias arqueológicas de estos rituales estarían relacionadas por una parte con la producción de un conjunto normalizado de vasijas cerámicas asociadas con la presentación y consumo de alimentos y bebidas, y en donde destacan sus propiedades visuales relacionadas con prácticas sociales de exhibición y escenificación. Por otra…
Intervenciones arqueológicas en el yacimiento de la Edad del Bronce del Cerro de la Encina (Monachil, Granada)
El interés de la Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía por la musealización del yacimiento del Cerro de la Encina ha motivado el desarrollo de nuevas investigaciones arqueológicas cuya primera fase se ha desarrollado entre Noviembre de 2003 y Mayo de 2004. Los trabajos han consistido en la excavación sistemática de un área de poblado de grandes dimensiones parcialmente conocida por las investigaciones realizadas a principios de los años …
Exploitation of Mining Resources in El Argar Culture: Bronze Age Metallurgy in the Hinterland of the Western Betic Cordillera (Southeastern Iberian Peninsula)
This research addresses the territorial organisation of metallurgical production during the El Argar Bronze Age (2200–1550 cal bc ) in the inner areas of El Argar territory through lead‐isotope and trace element analyses of geological copper ores, archaeometallurgical remains and copper‐based artefacts. Results from 31 mineral and 35 archaeological samples suggest that the exploitation of copper resources in the studied region was significant and…
Intervenciones arqueológicas en el yacimiento de la Edad del Bronce del Cerro de la Encina (Monachil, Granada)
El interés de la Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía por la musealización del yacimiento del Cerro de la Encina ha motivado el desarrollo de nuevas investigaciones arqueológicas cuya primera fase se ha desarrollado entre Noviembre de 2003 y Mayo de 2004. Los trabajos han consistido en la excavación sistemática de un área de poblado de grandes dimensiones parcialmente conocida por las investigaciones realizadas a principios de los años …
Wealth and Power in the Bronze Age of the South‐east of the Iberian Peninsula: The Funerary Record of Cerro De La Encina
As a result of recent fieldwork undertaken at the archaeological site of Cerro de la Encina, our knowledge of the funerary ritual has increased considerably. The funerary record shows a significant concentration of wealth in burials corresponding to the family groups of the highest social status. Dramatic social differences can also be found in the internal organization of the settlement. The locations of burials within the settlement area, under…
Ritual funerario y comensalidad en las sociedades de la Edad del Bronce del Sureste Peninsular: La Cultura de el Argar
En el presente trabajo se plantea el desarrollo de rituales de comensalidad asociados al ritual funerario argárico. Las evidencias arqueológicas de estos rituales estarían relacionadas por una parte con la producción de un conjunto normalizado de vasijas cerámicas asociadas con la presentación y consumo de alimentos y bebidas, y en donde destacan sus propiedades visuales relacionadas con prácticas sociales de exhibición y escenificación. Por otra…
Un enterramiento infantil singular en el yacimiento de la Edad del Bronce de la Motilla del Azuer (Daimiel, Ciudad Real)
Se presenta el hallazgo de un enterramiento infantil de la Edad del Bronce asociado a un ajuar de especiales características. Presenta varios elementos de muy pequeñas dimensiones realizados en cerámica y arcilla que reproducen formas típicas de los materiales del asentamiento
Poder y prestigio en las sociedades de la cultura de El Argar. El consumo comunal de bóvidos y ovicápridos en los rituales de enterramiento
La fuerte normalización de los ajuares cárnicos en las sepulturas argáricas permite plantear que, como parte de ritual funerario, se procedió al sacrificio de bóvidos y ovicápridos que serían consumidos en rituales de comensalidad. Un trozo de carne de estas especies animales, siempre correspondiente a una de las extremidades, formaría parte del ajuar funerario, lo que supondría la participación simbólica del muerto en el propio ritual. La adscri…
Water Control and Cereal Management on the Bronze Age Iberian Peninsula: La Motilla Del Azuer
Archaeological research conducted in the La Mancha region (central area of the Iberian Peninsula) has made it possible to identify motillas . This specific type of archaeological site consists of a central fortification surrounded by an inhabited area. They appear in high densities throughout the plains of this area, distributed at regular intervals and located in places where the phreatic level is closest to the surface and the water has low sal…
Conflicting evidence? Weapons and skeletons in the Bronze Age of south-east Iberia
With its forts, swords, halberds and daggers the Argaric people of south-east Spain has long been seen as a warrior society. The authors dismantle this model, showing that defences around settlements and weapons and knives in tombs have quite different social roles. An analysis of skeletons showed that while these Bronze Age people might have been periodically clubbing each other on the head, they were not doing a lot of lethal stabbing
Death and everyday life: The Argaric societies from Southeast Iberia
This essay highlights the relationships between the realm of the symbolic world expressed in the funerary sphere and the realm of the maintenance activities of quotidian life, focusing on the Argaric culture of Southeast Iberia (c. 2250-1450 cal BC). The article begins by summarizing engendered mortuary archaeology in relation to maintenance activities and by briefly reviewing the funerary record of the Argaric societies. We then expand on the Ar…
Elección tecnológica y expresión social: Análisis arqueométrico de cerámicas funerarias argáricas del Cerro de San Cristobal (Ogíjares, Granada)
The study of the technological choices and the technical variability observed in the argaric pottery is essential to deepen in the social dynamics existing in southeast Iberia during the Bronze Age. From this perspective, this paper is focused on the archaeometric characterisation of a ceramic assemblage from the funerary contexts of Cerro San Cristóbal (Ogíjares, Granada) with the aim to approach the patterns of production, the interaction betwe…
The chronology of megalithic funerary practices: A Bayesian approach to Grave 11 At El Barranquete necropolis (Almería, Spain)
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In the first issue of 2015 we devoted the whole of the NBC to a single publication, Springer's massive Encyclopedia of global archaeology , edited by Claire Smith. The appearance of another blockbusting set of volumes of global remit, authored by a cast of prominent scholars, demands similar attention. The three-volume Cambridge world prehistory , however, adopts a rather different format to the Encyclopedia and this has encouraged us to seek som…
An insight into the organisation of metal production in the Argaric society
Resistencia e involución social en las comunidades de la Edad del Bronce del sureste de la Península Ibérica
Las comunidades argáricas han sido consideradas como la culminación de un largo proceso de creciente complejidad que condujo hacia formas sociales cada vez más asimétricas e identidades más individualizadas. El presente trabajo explora no tanto las causas que desencadenaron este proceso como los fenómenos de resistencia a estas dinámicas sociales y económicas. Si tenemos en cuenta los cambios y continuidades que se produjeron a lo largo de la Eda…
D modelling in archaeology: The application of Structure from Motion methods to the study of the megalithic necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain)
The chronology and duration of the prehistoric ditched enclosures: The case of Marroquíes Bajos (Jaén)
The time spans of the so-called ditched enclosures are key to a better understanding of a type of site characterised by complex palimpsests. Several conclusions can be drawn from the 16 radiocarbon dates obtained from Ditch 4 at Marroquíes Bajos. According to Bayesian modelling, the filling process began in 2510-2310 cal BC at 2 σ and ended in 2115-1795 cal BC at 2 σ, making them the most recent ditched enclosure with depositional activity in Ibe…
La temporalidad de las sepulturas megalíticas tipo tholos del sur de la península ibérica
El reciente incremento del nmero de dataciones radiocarbnicas de sepulturas tipo tholos permite establecer diferentes consideraciones sobre la temporalidad de este fenmeno megaltico. El modelado bayesiano de la nueva serie radiomtrica de 41 dataciones sita el inicio de este nuevo tipo de arquitectura megaltica en la transicin entre el IV y III milenios (3070-2900 cal BC al 68% de probabilidad) y su final entre los siglos IX-VIII cal BC (890-710 c…
The megalithic necropolis of Panoria, Granada, Spain: Geoarchaeological characterization and provenance studies
The characterization of materials used in the construction of megalithic monuments can be considered a key aspect for a better understanding of the social behavior of past societies. The excavation of four dolmens and one small cist in 2015 at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain) offered an excellent opportunity to explore the geological properties and potential source area(s) of the uprights used in their construction. All the s…
La cronología radiocarbónica de las primeras manifestaciones megalíticas en el sureste de la Península Ibérica: Las necrópolis de Las Churuletas, La Atalaya y Llano del Jautón (Purchena, Almería)
Por primera vez en el estudio del fenómeno megalítico del sureste de la Península Ibérica se ha obtenido una serie radiocarbónica para el análisis de sus manifestaciones más antiguas. Se han datado 30 restos antropológicos de sepulturas tipo rundgräber y de tumbas de cámara y corredor pertenecientes a las necrópolis de Las Churuletas, La Atalaya y Llano de El Jautón. El análisis estadístico de esta serie radiocarbónica ha permitido establecer las…
Cultural Continuity and Social Resistance: The Chronology of Megalithic Funerary Practices in Southern Iberia
Inspired by the biographical approach to the study of material culture, a radiocarbon dating programme was undertaken to explore the chronology and temporality of the megalithic monuments in south-eastern Iberia. Instead of one or two dates per tomb, the normal way of approaching this complex issue, we carried out a complete radiocarbon dating series of single tombs based on human remains. We focused our attention on four tholos-type tombs in the…
Long-lasting sacred landscapes: The numerical chronology of the megalithic phenomenon in south-eastern Iberia
Chronology of Megalithic Funerary Practices in Southeastern Iberia: The Necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain)
An excavation carried out at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria in 2015 offered an excellent opportunity for dating a widespread variety of polygonal, rectangular, and trapezoidal-shaped tombs with short passages for which, surprisingly, there were previously no known radiocarbon ( 14 C) measurements available. Based on the anthropological remains, a series of 19 14 C dates was obtained and modeled in a Bayesian statistical framework. The resul…
An Ethnographic and Archaeological Approach to Ritual Practices of Resistance
Resistance practices could be considered one the most enduring types of social behavior in past societies. Through two case-studies, one ethnographic and the other archaeological, these practices are analyzed to assess how, in two very different social environments, resistance is a key feature for a better understanding of social dynamics. Both cases share three main aspects: (1) the resistance was materialized in the social construction of commu…
Multi-isotopic diet analysis of south-eastern Iberian megalithic populations: The cemeteries of El Barranquete and Panoría
El recinto de fosos calcolítico del Cerro de los Vientos (Puente del Obispo, Jaén)
En este trabajo se da a conocer el recinto de fosos prehistrico del Cerro de los Vientos, localizado en la poblacin de Puente del Obispo (Jan, Espaa). Se presentan su planta completa, las estructuras que lo componen, la caracterizacin de los conjuntos cermicos y lticos hallados en sus rellenos, dos dataciones inditas y el anlisis polnico realizado en el yacimiento. Estos estudios han permitido reconocer la construccin de dos fosos concntricos y m…
A Radiocarbon Dating Approach to the Deposition and Removal of Human Bone Remains in Megalithic Monuments
The formation of commingled human bone assemblages is a key aspect for better understanding funerary rituals. The megalithic cemetery of Panoría (Spain) provides an excellent opportunity to explore bone assemblage formation thanks to the recent excavation of an undisturbed burial. For this purpose, we have approached the differential skeletal representation found between bone and teeth at the site through radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating and Bayesian m…
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