Francisco Martínez-Sevilla
Biographic Data
| ID | 145303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francisco Martínez-Sevilla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francisco |
| FAMILY NAME | Martínez-Sevilla |
| SIGNATURE | MARTÍNEZ-SEVILLA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Granada |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1385-3585 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Nuevas evidencias de molienda en la Cultura de El Argar a través del análisis de fitolitos y del estudio funcional de los útiles macrolíticos de Peñalosa (Baños de la Encina, Jaén)
El Argar (2250-1450 cal a. C.) es una de las culturas arqueológicas más destacadas de la Edad del Bronce en el sureste peninsular. La producción agrícola debió tener un papel fundamental en la subsistencia de las poblaciones argáricas, siendo los útiles de molienda los elementos que proporcionan una mayor información sobre el procesado de alimentos de origen vegetal. En el yacimiento de Peñalosa (Baños de la Encina, Jaén) se conserva un amplio co…
New Dates for the Emergence of the Megalithic Phenomenon on the Iberian Plateau
This study presents an analysis of funerary practices at the site of Valdelasilla (Illescas, Toledo, Spain). The methodology integrates the morphological study of burial structures, anthropological analyses, a consideration of grave goods and the radiocarbon dating of human bone. The chronological data indicate funerary activity at the site from the Late Neolithic to the Chalcolithic period. Bayesian modelling confirms the establishment of a plan…
Seafaring megaliths
New quarries and workshops for long flint blade production in central Iberia (Brihuega, Guadalajara, Spain)
Two new sites, identified during a survey of the Tajuña River Valley, central Iberia, show evidence of both flint extraction and working, specifically for the production of long blades. These are an important addition to the limited number of such sites known in Eurasia
The Zacatín rock shelter (Granada, Spain)
Life and Death of the Macrolithic Tools from the Third-millennium cal. bc Necropolis of La Orden-Seminario in Southwest Spain
Macrolithic tools are linked to daily activities and, fundamentally, to settlements, hence their importance for the study of Late Prehistoric societies. However, these objects are also associated with funerary contexts, but have not often been analysed holistically. This paper studies an assemblage of macrolithic elements from three collective tombs from the third millennium cal. bc at the site of La Orden-Seminario (Huelva, Spain), from a theore…
Reconstructing the Biography of Children's Stone Bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
Perforated stone plaques, known as bracers, are found across late prehistoric Europe and many of them have been recovered in Bell Beaker funerary contexts, usually associated with adult individuals. Experimental, technological, and use-wear studies have determined that the bracers were both utilitarian and symbolic objects. Very few are found in children's graves, but examples are known in the Iberian Peninsula, two of which are presented here. T…
A Very Early “Fashion”
Ring-shaped objects, used mainly as bracelets, appear in the archaeological record associated with the first farming societies around the Mediterranean area. These bracelets, among other personal ornaments, are related to the spread of the farming economy in the Mediterranean (10th–6th millennium BC). In particular, stone bracelets, given their intricate technology, are linked with the early stages of craft specialization and the beginnings of co…
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…
Shaping Marble, Shaping Minds
Stone bracelets are one of the most outstanding aspects of personal ornamentation of the Early Neolithic in the south of the Iberian Peninsula (5500–4800 cal. BC). These ornaments are an element of cultural identity and a chronological marker of the first Neolithic societies in this area. Discovery and study of the Neolithic quarry of Cortijo Cevico (Loja, Granada) has allowed us to identify the extraction and initial reduction of dolomitic marbl…
A New Perspective on Copper Age Technology, Economy and Settlement
Activity patterns at large prehistoric sites are often difficult to interpret, as they frequently combine productive, domestic and funerary components. Valencina, the largest of the Copper Age mega-sites in Iberia, has proved particularly challenging in this regard. Macrolithic tool assemblages have been generally neglected in these debates but can provide specific insight into the nature and patterning of activities. In this study, 185 grinding …
Who painted that? The authorship of Schematic rock art at the Los Machos rockshelter in southern Iberia
Globally, rock art is one of the most widely distributed manifestations of past human activity. Previous research, however, has tended to focus on the art rather than artists. Understanding which members of society participated in creating such art is crucial to interpreting its social implications and that of the sites at which it is found. This article presents the first application of a method-palaeodermatoglyphics-for the estimation of the se…
Assessing the cultural and social value of Neolithic stone bracelets in the Iberian Peninsula
Un sitio de extracción de mármol para hacer brazaletes
Los brazaletes de piedra del Neolítico Antiguo (ca. 5500-4800 cal AC) y los contextos donde se produjeron son relativamente conocidos. Sin embargo, lugares únicamente destinados a la extracción de materia prima y primera transformación no se han documentado en la Península Ibérica. En este trabajo damos a conocer la primera cantera de mármol para la elaboración de preformas para brazaletes. Se presentan los resultados de prospección y excavación …
First evidence of prehistoric eclogite quarrying for polished tools and their circulation on the Iberian Peninsula
This research provides the first evidence of prehistoric quarrying of eclogitic rocks on the Iberian peninsula. Such metamorphosed basic igneous rocks are known to have been used in southern Spain and Portugal during late prehistory as a raw material for the making of polished lithic tools (axes, adzes, chisels, and hammers). These rocks were widely used primarily because of their tolerance to blow and friction due to their mineralogical and text…
Knapping methods and techniques in the bracelets quarry of Cortijo Cevico (Loja, Granada)
The stone bracelets are one of the most outstanding elements of personal ornaments of the ancient Neolithic in Western Mediterranean and the South of the Iberian Peninsula (5500-4800 cal. BCE). These bracelets are considered an element of cultural identity and a chronological marker of the first Neolithic societies in these areas. The study of the production processes of this ornament has brought a new approach to social relations of the early Ne…
La artesanía de los brazaletes líticos de la cueva-sima de La Serreta (Cieza, Murcia)
We study a set of stone bracelets, finished and in process, from the Cueva-Sima de La Serreta, as well as the tools and techniques used in the manufacturing process. The working methodology is based on technological, use-wear and typological analysis of manufacture residues and finished product. The study of this material record has allowed conclusions about the use of the cave and occupation. The rock extraction of the cavity wall affected a roc…
Tecnología, tipología y cronología de las fíbulas de codo antiguas del “tipo Monachil” y sus relaciones mediterráneas
Se estudia una muestra inédita de fíbulas antiguas de codo lisas, de las consideradas “tipo Monachil”, tradicionalmente incluidas en el “grupo sículo” de la Península Ibérica. Se valora su tecnología de elaboración, aleación, tipología y posible cronología. Se comprueba que muestran escasas relaciones con fíbulas de diferentes ámbitos geográficos mediterráneos que, inicialmente, se habían considerado su inspiración
A New Perspective on Copper Age Technology, Economy and Settlement
Activity patterns at large prehistoric sites are often difficult to interpret, as they frequently combine productive, domestic and funerary components. Valencina, the largest of the Copper Age mega-sites in Iberia, has proved particularly challenging in this regard. Macrolithic tool assemblages have been generally neglected in these debates but can provide specific insight into the nature and patterning of activities. In this study, 185 grinding …
A Very Early “Fashion”
Ring-shaped objects, used mainly as bracelets, appear in the archaeological record associated with the first farming societies around the Mediterranean area. These bracelets, among other personal ornaments, are related to the spread of the farming economy in the Mediterranean (10th–6th millennium BC). In particular, stone bracelets, given their intricate technology, are linked with the early stages of craft specialization and the beginnings of co…
Who painted that? The authorship of Schematic rock art at the Los Machos rockshelter in southern Iberia
Globally, rock art is one of the most widely distributed manifestations of past human activity. Previous research, however, has tended to focus on the art rather than artists. Understanding which members of society participated in creating such art is crucial to interpreting its social implications and that of the sites at which it is found. This article presents the first application of a method-palaeodermatoglyphics-for the estimation of the se…
Un sitio de extracción de mármol para hacer brazaletes
Los brazaletes de piedra del Neolítico Antiguo (ca. 5500-4800 cal AC) y los contextos donde se produjeron son relativamente conocidos. Sin embargo, lugares únicamente destinados a la extracción de materia prima y primera transformación no se han documentado en la Península Ibérica. En este trabajo damos a conocer la primera cantera de mármol para la elaboración de preformas para brazaletes. Se presentan los resultados de prospección y excavación …
First evidence of prehistoric eclogite quarrying for polished tools and their circulation on the Iberian Peninsula
This research provides the first evidence of prehistoric quarrying of eclogitic rocks on the Iberian peninsula. Such metamorphosed basic igneous rocks are known to have been used in southern Spain and Portugal during late prehistory as a raw material for the making of polished lithic tools (axes, adzes, chisels, and hammers). These rocks were widely used primarily because of their tolerance to blow and friction due to their mineralogical and text…
Reconstructing the Biography of Children's Stone Bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
Perforated stone plaques, known as bracers, are found across late prehistoric Europe and many of them have been recovered in Bell Beaker funerary contexts, usually associated with adult individuals. Experimental, technological, and use-wear studies have determined that the bracers were both utilitarian and symbolic objects. Very few are found in children's graves, but examples are known in the Iberian Peninsula, two of which are presented here. T…
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…
Assessing the cultural and social value of Neolithic stone bracelets in the Iberian Peninsula
Tecnología, tipología y cronología de las fíbulas de codo antiguas del “tipo Monachil” y sus relaciones mediterráneas
Se estudia una muestra inédita de fíbulas antiguas de codo lisas, de las consideradas “tipo Monachil”, tradicionalmente incluidas en el “grupo sículo” de la Península Ibérica. Se valora su tecnología de elaboración, aleación, tipología y posible cronología. Se comprueba que muestran escasas relaciones con fíbulas de diferentes ámbitos geográficos mediterráneos que, inicialmente, se habían considerado su inspiración
Seafaring megaliths
La artesanía de los brazaletes líticos de la cueva-sima de La Serreta (Cieza, Murcia)
We study a set of stone bracelets, finished and in process, from the Cueva-Sima de La Serreta, as well as the tools and techniques used in the manufacturing process. The working methodology is based on technological, use-wear and typological analysis of manufacture residues and finished product. The study of this material record has allowed conclusions about the use of the cave and occupation. The rock extraction of the cavity wall affected a roc…
Tecnología, tipología y cronología de las fíbulas de codo antiguas del “tipo Monachil” y sus relaciones mediterráneas
Se estudia una muestra inédita de fíbulas antiguas de codo lisas, de las consideradas “tipo Monachil”, tradicionalmente incluidas en el “grupo sículo” de la Península Ibérica. Se valora su tecnología de elaboración, aleación, tipología y posible cronología. Se comprueba que muestran escasas relaciones con fíbulas de diferentes ámbitos geográficos mediterráneos que, inicialmente, se habían considerado su inspiración
Knapping methods and techniques in the bracelets quarry of Cortijo Cevico (Loja, Granada)
The stone bracelets are one of the most outstanding elements of personal ornaments of the ancient Neolithic in Western Mediterranean and the South of the Iberian Peninsula (5500-4800 cal. BCE). These bracelets are considered an element of cultural identity and a chronological marker of the first Neolithic societies in these areas. The study of the production processes of this ornament has brought a new approach to social relations of the early Ne…
First evidence of prehistoric eclogite quarrying for polished tools and their circulation on the Iberian Peninsula
This research provides the first evidence of prehistoric quarrying of eclogitic rocks on the Iberian peninsula. Such metamorphosed basic igneous rocks are known to have been used in southern Spain and Portugal during late prehistory as a raw material for the making of polished lithic tools (axes, adzes, chisels, and hammers). These rocks were widely used primarily because of their tolerance to blow and friction due to their mineralogical and text…
Un sitio de extracción de mármol para hacer brazaletes
Los brazaletes de piedra del Neolítico Antiguo (ca. 5500-4800 cal AC) y los contextos donde se produjeron son relativamente conocidos. Sin embargo, lugares únicamente destinados a la extracción de materia prima y primera transformación no se han documentado en la Península Ibérica. En este trabajo damos a conocer la primera cantera de mármol para la elaboración de preformas para brazaletes. Se presentan los resultados de prospección y excavación …
Assessing the cultural and social value of Neolithic stone bracelets in the Iberian Peninsula
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…
Shaping Marble, Shaping Minds
Stone bracelets are one of the most outstanding aspects of personal ornamentation of the Early Neolithic in the south of the Iberian Peninsula (5500–4800 cal. BC). These ornaments are an element of cultural identity and a chronological marker of the first Neolithic societies in this area. Discovery and study of the Neolithic quarry of Cortijo Cevico (Loja, Granada) has allowed us to identify the extraction and initial reduction of dolomitic marbl…
A New Perspective on Copper Age Technology, Economy and Settlement
Activity patterns at large prehistoric sites are often difficult to interpret, as they frequently combine productive, domestic and funerary components. Valencina, the largest of the Copper Age mega-sites in Iberia, has proved particularly challenging in this regard. Macrolithic tool assemblages have been generally neglected in these debates but can provide specific insight into the nature and patterning of activities. In this study, 185 grinding …
Who painted that? The authorship of Schematic rock art at the Los Machos rockshelter in southern Iberia
Globally, rock art is one of the most widely distributed manifestations of past human activity. Previous research, however, has tended to focus on the art rather than artists. Understanding which members of society participated in creating such art is crucial to interpreting its social implications and that of the sites at which it is found. This article presents the first application of a method-palaeodermatoglyphics-for the estimation of the se…
A Very Early “Fashion”
Ring-shaped objects, used mainly as bracelets, appear in the archaeological record associated with the first farming societies around the Mediterranean area. These bracelets, among other personal ornaments, are related to the spread of the farming economy in the Mediterranean (10th–6th millennium BC). In particular, stone bracelets, given their intricate technology, are linked with the early stages of craft specialization and the beginnings of co…
Reconstructing the Biography of Children's Stone Bracers in the Iberian Peninsula
Perforated stone plaques, known as bracers, are found across late prehistoric Europe and many of them have been recovered in Bell Beaker funerary contexts, usually associated with adult individuals. Experimental, technological, and use-wear studies have determined that the bracers were both utilitarian and symbolic objects. Very few are found in children's graves, but examples are known in the Iberian Peninsula, two of which are presented here. T…
The Zacatín rock shelter (Granada, Spain)
Life and Death of the Macrolithic Tools from the Third-millennium cal. bc Necropolis of La Orden-Seminario in Southwest Spain
Macrolithic tools are linked to daily activities and, fundamentally, to settlements, hence their importance for the study of Late Prehistoric societies. However, these objects are also associated with funerary contexts, but have not often been analysed holistically. This paper studies an assemblage of macrolithic elements from three collective tombs from the third millennium cal. bc at the site of La Orden-Seminario (Huelva, Spain), from a theore…
Seafaring megaliths
New quarries and workshops for long flint blade production in central Iberia (Brihuega, Guadalajara, Spain)
Two new sites, identified during a survey of the Tajuña River Valley, central Iberia, show evidence of both flint extraction and working, specifically for the production of long blades. These are an important addition to the limited number of such sites known in Eurasia
Nuevas evidencias de molienda en la Cultura de El Argar a través del análisis de fitolitos y del estudio funcional de los útiles macrolíticos de Peñalosa (Baños de la Encina, Jaén)
El Argar (2250-1450 cal a. C.) es una de las culturas arqueológicas más destacadas de la Edad del Bronce en el sureste peninsular. La producción agrícola debió tener un papel fundamental en la subsistencia de las poblaciones argáricas, siendo los útiles de molienda los elementos que proporcionan una mayor información sobre el procesado de alimentos de origen vegetal. En el yacimiento de Peñalosa (Baños de la Encina, Jaén) se conserva un amplio co…
New Dates for the Emergence of the Megalithic Phenomenon on the Iberian Plateau
This study presents an analysis of funerary practices at the site of Valdelasilla (Illescas, Toledo, Spain). The methodology integrates the morphological study of burial structures, anthropological analyses, a consideration of grave goods and the radiocarbon dating of human bone. The chronological data indicate funerary activity at the site from the Late Neolithic to the Chalcolithic period. Bayesian modelling confirms the establishment of a plan…
Archaeological and Geological Studies (16 works) · Geography (15 works) · Archaeology (14 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Prehistory (8 works) · Archaeological and Historical Studies (7 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 works) · Art (6 works) · History (6 works) · Geology (4 works)