Xavier Terradas
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 182549 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Xavier Terradas |
| PRENOMES | Xavier |
| SOBRENOME | Terradas |
| ASSINATURA | TERRADAS X |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Institución Milá y Fontanals de Investigación en Humanidades |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8000-5607 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 49 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 139 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Complementarity between morphological and proteomic taxonomic identification methods of Late Upper Palaeolithic and Early Neolithic bone fragments from the NE Iberian Peninsula
Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) has been widely used for taxonomic identification of fragmented bones, yet most direct comparisons with morphological identifications originate from European Palaeolithic contexts. This study provides a general assessment of the two taxonomic identification approaches of one Late Upper Palaeolithic and three Early Neolithic bone assemblages, all located in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. The results…
Re-thinking the preservation biases impacting the Neolithic plant record in the Iberian Peninsula
Seeds and fruits are frequently recovered at archaeological sites in the Iberian Peninsula, mainly preserved in a charred state. Plant assemblages recovered from waterlogged and desiccated contexts show that charring leads to a biased representation of certain taxa, as not all plants are equally likely to become charred or survive charring. For instance, wild fruits rarely require processing and are often eaten raw, so their presence in the recor…
D hypothetical reconstruction of a Neolithic hut from the waterlogged site of La Draga (Banyoles, Spain)
This paper presents a hypothetical digital reconstruction of a prehistoric wooden hut from the archaeological site of La Draga (Banyoles, Northeast Iberia). La Draga is a waterlogged Early Neolithic settlement (ca. 7300-6700 years ago), located on the eastern shore of lake Banyoles, and presents an extraordinary preservation of wood and vegetal materials usually not recovered in prehistoric archaeology. The wooden architectonical elements recover…
Archaeological Lithotheques of Siliceous Rocks in Spain
The use of lithotheques, libraries or collections of rocks is relatively recent in archaeological research in Spain. These collections have mostly been formed through isolated initiatives in different institutions, without any scientific strategy to guide their development and growth. The perspective in the last few years has changed substantially as these infrastructures are now regarded as a scientific resource of great interest and potential i…
An Experimental and Methodological Approach of Plant Fibres in Dental Calculus
Perishable organic raw materials such as plant fibres have been widely used since the time of the earliest human groups, although their poor preservation limits our knowledge of their use. Filling this gap requires a focused search for plant fibre evidence in non-perishable materials. Since teeth are sometimes used in fibre processing, evidence of fibres can be sought in mineralised bacterial plaque, and therefore, its analysis can potentially be…
Within and Beyond
Analyses of raw materials and the distinction between local/regional and long-distance sources have proven invaluable for understanding the extensive movements, interactions, and social networks during the Upper Palaeolithic in the Iberian Peninsula. However, unlike other parts of Iberia, research on the management and acquisition of raw materials in the south and west of Iberia remains relatively underdeveloped. Despite significant knowledge abo…
Go With the Flow
Micromorphological analysis of the archaeological sediments at the Neolithic (5300–4800 cal BC ) lacustrine site of La Draga (Lake Banyoles) is used to reconstruct the depositional events that formed the site's stratigraphic sequence. By identifying different microfacies types, we have detected occupational surfaces across various sectors of the site and decoded the settlement's formation processes. These findings are discussed in the context of …
Mining tools from the prehistoric quarries in Serra Llarga (NE Iberia)
From stone to tool
The Upper Palaeolithic (UP) of westernmost Europe was marked by technological and cultural transformations and abrupt climatic shifts. The Iberian Peninsula, particularly southwestern Iberia, served as a refugia and key eco-cultural niche, making it a key region for UP studies. Vale Boi, the only site in southwestern Iberia with a nearly complete UP sequence, provides critical insights into technological, economical and mobility patterns over tim…
Neolithic cordage-making implements at La Draga, Spain (5292-4729 cal BC)
Water Table Fluctuations and Degradation Risk Assessment at the Waterlogged Site of La Draga (Lake Banyoles, Spain)
Pile dwelling sites in Mediterranean lakes face increasing threats to their conservation and safeguarding from climate change and its associated impacts. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the influence of climate change and water table fluctuations on the preservation of archaeological layers, with a particular focus on organic layers and wooden remains. Based on a combination of lake water level fluctuation analysis, water ta…
Nuevo hallazgo de arte mueble de estilo Paleolítico en el Noreste peninsular
This paper reports the discovery of a schist slab with 7 zoomorphic figures (deer, wild goats and/or bulls) and other engraved remains at Coves del Fem site (Ulldemolins, Priorat, Tarragona) in 2020. This find adds to the limited, although unique, repertoire of portable art of Palaeolithic style found so far in the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula. A detailed analysis of this piece and comparison with the artistic record known so far fo…
The Natufian Occupations of Qarassa 3 (Sweida, Southern Syria)
The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria)
Rockview
From Anatolia to Algarve
The introduction and spread of the Neolithic “way of life” in Europe was a process that took several millennia, followed by different rhythms and displayed singularities in each geographic area. It was therefore a very complex phenomenon that, despite highly significant advances in research in recent decades, is yet to be fully understood. To deepen our understanding of the very early stages of the introduction of herding and agriculture througho…
Experimentación en Torno Al Proyecto De Investigación Sobre El Yacimiento Neolítico De La Draga (Banyoles-Girona)
Experimental programs focused on various techno-functional issues have been carried out for more than a decade around the research project of the La Draga lacustrine Neolithic site (Banyoles-Girona).The extraordinary conservation of archaeological materials made from both inorganic and organic materials has allowed the development of programs that have replicated technical processes of production and use of different tools and artifacts of bone, …
Los objetos elaborados con fibras vegetales del Neolítico Antiguo de Coves del Fem, Ulldemolins (Tarragona)
Los objetos manufacturados con materias orgánicas raramente se conservan excepto bajo condiciones ambientales específicas, ya sea en medios de sequedad constante, en contextos anaeróbicos sumergidos, bajo congelación o por carbonización. Por ello, las técnicas de cestería y cordelería, así como las materias primas utilizadas están escasamente documentadas en el registro arqueológico del Neolítico peninsular. Se aporta aquí nueva información acerc…
Models of Neolithisation of Northeastern Iberian Peninsula
The goal of this article is to discuss the significance of the archaeological evidence from the sites of La Draga (Banyoles, Spain) and Coves del Fem (Ulldemolins, Spain), in the context of the neolithisation of Northeastern Iberia. The 14 C dates have been analysed using Bayesian statistics. The stratigraphy of Coves del Fem covers the transition between the last hunter–gatherers of the region and the first farmers. The chronological sequence co…
Use of fungi for tinder at the Early Neolithic settlement of La Draga (NE Iberia)
Management systems of adhesive materials throughout the Neolithic in the North-West Mediterranean
From the Natufian to the Chalcolithic in Southern Syria
EN] The Qarassa North Tell excavations, conducted between 2007 and 2010 by a French-Syrian-Spanish team, were the final phase of a program of research that began in 2002 with the Leja archaeological surveys. Following the surveys, excavations started on the southern tell of Qarassa in 2007, with the aim of assessing the Bronze and Iron Age sequence identified among modern houses scattered on the southern tell during previous surveys. In 2008, sur…
The consumption of molluscs in the first farming societies
The Natufian Occupations of Qarassa 3 (Sweida, Southern Syria)
The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria)
Characterizing prehistoric archery
Neolithic diffusion of obsidian in the western Mediterranean
Management systems of adhesive materials throughout the Neolithic in the North-West Mediterranean
Prehistoric Occupation of Banyoles Lakeshore
Recent research at the Neolithic site of La Draga on the edge of Banyoles Lake (Girona, Spain) has documented evidence for the occupation of the lakeshore from the final quarter of the sixth millennium cal BC. Excavation during 2010 and 2011 identified at least two episodes of occupation. The oldest episode includes wooden structures, which were superseded and overlain by a paving of travertine blocks during the younger phase. Archaeological mate…
A microarchaeological approach for the study of pits
The study of the technology underlying pre-industrial storage structures has an interest from an anthropological and archaeological perspective, in terms of the evolution of key cultural and cognitive capabilities, often related to the transition to food production.Microarchaeological techniques offer a unique perspective on the study of pre-industrial storing technologies. In this work, examples are presented from two archaeological contexts in …
Landscape transformation and economic practices among the first farming societies in Lake Banyoles (Girona, Spain)
This paper focuses on the high-resolution pollen analysis of one new pollen record from Lake Banyoles \n(Girona, Spain) and its contextualisation with other archaeobotanical records (charcoal, seed and wood \nremains) from the early Neolithic lakeshore settlement of La Draga. Around ca.7250 cal BP, coinciding \nwith the first settlement phase of La Draga, a rapid fall of the pollen values of deciduous Quercus sp. is \nobserved, and a stabilisatio…
The chert from the Castelltallat Formation (south-central Pyrenees)
Is the Macroscopic Classification of Flint Useful? A Petroarchaeological Analysis and Characterization of Flint Raw Materials From the Iberian Neolithic Mine of Casa Montero
Casa Montero is a mining complex located outside Madrid (Spain), dated from the Early Neolithic ( c. 5400–5000 cal bc ). An area of some 4 ha has been investigated and some 4000 shafts recorded, of which 324 have been excavated. The characterization of its raw flint materials and the establishment of its diagnostic features are indispensable in the reconstruction of the distribution of the mine's products beyond the immediate site. This work repo…
Models of Neolithisation of Northeastern Iberian Peninsula
The goal of this article is to discuss the significance of the archaeological evidence from the sites of La Draga (Banyoles, Spain) and Coves del Fem (Ulldemolins, Spain), in the context of the neolithisation of Northeastern Iberia. The 14 C dates have been analysed using Bayesian statistics. The stratigraphy of Coves del Fem covers the transition between the last hunter–gatherers of the region and the first farmers. The chronological sequence co…
La gestión social del sílex melado durante el Neolítico medio en el nordeste de la Península Ibérica
[es] En este artículo presentamos la reconstrucción de las estrategias desarrolladas en la gestión de un recurso mineral concreto, el sílex melado presumiblemente procedente del valle del Ródano, por los grupos humanos que durante el Neolítico medio habitaron el nordeste peninsular. A partir de los restos líticos recuperados en varios yacimientos catalanes constatamos una fragmentación en el tiempo y el espacio de los procedimientos técnicos apli…
The Application of Systematic Sampling Strategies for Bioarchaeological Studies in the Early Neolithic Lakeshore Site of La Draga (Banyoles, Spain)
This paper presents the multi-disciplinary sampling strategy that has been applied at the archaeological site of La Draga during the last three fieldwork campaigns (2010–2012). A preliminary evaluation of the results is presented in order to discuss the efficiency of the strategy in answering the outlined scientific questions. The strategies applied for faunal remains (one hundred per cent recovery), wood remains (selective sampling) and charcoal…
Within and Beyond
Analyses of raw materials and the distinction between local/regional and long-distance sources have proven invaluable for understanding the extensive movements, interactions, and social networks during the Upper Palaeolithic in the Iberian Peninsula. However, unlike other parts of Iberia, research on the management and acquisition of raw materials in the south and west of Iberia remains relatively underdeveloped. Despite significant knowledge abo…
Water Table Fluctuations and Degradation Risk Assessment at the Waterlogged Site of La Draga (Lake Banyoles, Spain)
Pile dwelling sites in Mediterranean lakes face increasing threats to their conservation and safeguarding from climate change and its associated impacts. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the influence of climate change and water table fluctuations on the preservation of archaeological layers, with a particular focus on organic layers and wooden remains. Based on a combination of lake water level fluctuation analysis, water ta…
From Anatolia to Algarve
The introduction and spread of the Neolithic “way of life” in Europe was a process that took several millennia, followed by different rhythms and displayed singularities in each geographic area. It was therefore a very complex phenomenon that, despite highly significant advances in research in recent decades, is yet to be fully understood. To deepen our understanding of the very early stages of the introduction of herding and agriculture througho…
From the Natufian to the Chalcolithic in Southern Syria
EN] The Qarassa North Tell excavations, conducted between 2007 and 2010 by a French-Syrian-Spanish team, were the final phase of a program of research that began in 2002 with the Leja archaeological surveys. Following the surveys, excavations started on the southern tell of Qarassa in 2007, with the aim of assessing the Bronze and Iron Age sequence identified among modern houses scattered on the southern tell during previous surveys. In 2008, sur…
The consumption of molluscs in the first farming societies
Flint quarrying in north-eastern Iberia
Prehistoric communities carried out quarrying activities to obtain raw materials for tool production. These were produced either directly for immediate or later use by the same groups who quarried the stone, or indirectly by distributing the raw material or partially or completely manufactured products to third parties. All these procedures could be performed within a temporal and spatial sequence of variable extent, giving rise to archaeological…
La nécropole néolithique de la Feixa del Moro (Juberri, Andorre)
Au début des années 1980, sur un versant des vallées andorranes, un ensemble d’interventions archéologiques réalisées par l’ancien «Servei d’Investigacions Arqueológiques del Patrimoni Artístic Nacional d’Andorra » permit de documenter le site de la Feixa del Moro. En contrebas de terrasses abandonnées, dans une zone de haute montagne, plusieurs structures d’habitat et d’inhumation furent découvertes, situées chronologiquement entre le Néolithiqu…
Investigaciones etnoarqueológicas en Tierra del Fuego (1986-2006)
Durante 20 años se han llevado a cabo en Tierra del Fuego investigaciones dirigidas a contrastar etnográficamente el registro arqueológico de sociedades cazadoras recolectoras. Se trataba de elaborar una metodología específica de abordaje arqueológico para estas sociedades que pudiera aplicarse a otros contextos arqueológicos. Aquí se exponen los diferentes proyectos y sus conclusiones más importantes haciendo especial hincapié en dos aspectos fu…
La gestión social del sílex melado durante el Neolítico medio en el nordeste de la Península Ibérica
[es] En este artículo presentamos la reconstrucción de las estrategias desarrolladas en la gestión de un recurso mineral concreto, el sílex melado presumiblemente procedente del valle del Ródano, por los grupos humanos que durante el Neolítico medio habitaron el nordeste peninsular. A partir de los restos líticos recuperados en varios yacimientos catalanes constatamos una fragmentación en el tiempo y el espacio de los procedimientos técnicos apli…
L'outillage lithique en contextes ethnoarchéologiques / Lithic Toolkits in Ethnoarchaeological Contexts: Acts of the XIVth UISPP Congress University of Liège Belgium 2-8 September 2001 Colloque / Symp…
Investigaciones etnoarqueológicas en Tierra del Fuego (1986-2006)
Durante 20 años se han llevado a cabo en Tierra del Fuego investigaciones dirigidas a contrastar etnográficamente el registro arqueológico de sociedades cazadoras recolectoras. Se trataba de elaborar una metodología específica de abordaje arqueológico para estas sociedades que pudiera aplicarse a otros contextos arqueológicos. Aquí se exponen los diferentes proyectos y sus conclusiones más importantes haciendo especial hincapié en dos aspectos fu…
Is the Macroscopic Classification of Flint Useful? A Petroarchaeological Analysis and Characterization of Flint Raw Materials From the Iberian Neolithic Mine of Casa Montero
Casa Montero is a mining complex located outside Madrid (Spain), dated from the Early Neolithic ( c. 5400–5000 cal bc ). An area of some 4 ha has been investigated and some 4000 shafts recorded, of which 324 have been excavated. The characterization of its raw flint materials and the establishment of its diagnostic features are indispensable in the reconstruction of the distribution of the mine's products beyond the immediate site. This work repo…
La necrópolis de Can Gambús-1 (Sabadell, Barcelona). Nuevos conocimientos sobre las prácticas funerarias durante el Neolítico medio en el Noreste de la Península Ibérica
Presentamos el conjunto de inhumaciones de Can Gambús-1, de cronología neolítica y asociadas a la denominada “Cultura de los Sepulcros de Fosa” (finales del V a inicios del IV milenio cal BC). El objetivo principal es informar de las novedades relativas a los procedimientos de construcción de las fosas y a los materiales empleados en la cobertura de las sepulturas, además del tratamiento dado a algunos de los cadáveres. Ello ha sido posible graci…
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the UISPP Commission on Flint Mining in Pre- and Protohistoric Times (Madrid, 14-17 October 2009)
Papers representing the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the UISPP Commission on Flint Mining in Pre- and Protohistoric Times (Madrid, 14-17 October 2009).
Les occupations d’Umm-el-Tlel (Syrie centrale) pendant le Kébarien géométrique. Étude du niveau I.2.A (campagnes 1991, 1992 et 1994)
Cet article présente les résultats de la fouille du niveau archéologique I. 2. a du site d’Umm-el-Tlel (El Kowm), un niveau appartenant au Kébarien géométrique. Les travaux sur le terrain ont été menés entre 1991 et 1994. Les matériaux archéologiques et leur répartition spatiale ont été analysés. Les résultats de cette analyse suggèrent que la zone fouillée correspondrait à un espace où des déchets de boucherie ont été accumulés
The Application of Systematic Sampling Strategies for Bioarchaeological Studies in the Early Neolithic Lakeshore Site of La Draga (Banyoles, Spain)
This paper presents the multi-disciplinary sampling strategy that has been applied at the archaeological site of La Draga during the last three fieldwork campaigns (2010–2012). A preliminary evaluation of the results is presented in order to discuss the efficiency of the strategy in answering the outlined scientific questions. The strategies applied for faunal remains (one hundred per cent recovery), wood remains (selective sampling) and charcoal…
Neolithic diffusion of obsidian in the western Mediterranean
Prehistoric Occupation of Banyoles Lakeshore
Recent research at the Neolithic site of La Draga on the edge of Banyoles Lake (Girona, Spain) has documented evidence for the occupation of the lakeshore from the final quarter of the sixth millennium cal BC. Excavation during 2010 and 2011 identified at least two episodes of occupation. The oldest episode includes wooden structures, which were superseded and overlain by a paving of travertine blocks during the younger phase. Archaeological mate…
Landscape transformation and economic practices among the first farming societies in Lake Banyoles (Girona, Spain)
This paper focuses on the high-resolution pollen analysis of one new pollen record from Lake Banyoles \n(Girona, Spain) and its contextualisation with other archaeobotanical records (charcoal, seed and wood \nremains) from the early Neolithic lakeshore settlement of La Draga. Around ca.7250 cal BP, coinciding \nwith the first settlement phase of La Draga, a rapid fall of the pollen values of deciduous Quercus sp. is \nobserved, and a stabilisatio…
A microarchaeological approach for the study of pits
The study of the technology underlying pre-industrial storage structures has an interest from an anthropological and archaeological perspective, in terms of the evolution of key cultural and cognitive capabilities, often related to the transition to food production.Microarchaeological techniques offer a unique perspective on the study of pre-industrial storing technologies. In this work, examples are presented from two archaeological contexts in …
Releyendo el fenómeno de la neolitización en el Bajo Aragón a la luz de la excavación del Cingle de Valmayor XI (Mequinenza, Zaragoza)
This paper presents the preliminary results of the excavation of the Valmayor XI rock shelter, in the context of the research project ‘The pathways of the Neolithic’. Through the analysis of the radiocarbon dates and a detailed stratigraphic interpretation three occupations have been established with chronologies within different periods of the vith millennium cal bc. A general description of the archaeological events documented in each phase, an…
Characterizing prehistoric archery
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Territory and abiotic resources between 33 and 15.6 ka at Vale Boi (SW Portugal)
Geoarqueología Del Sílex en La Península Ibérica
El análisis de las materias primas líticas es un ámbito de estudio que enfatiza la naturaleza interdisciplinar de la Arqueología. Aparece aquí la Arqueometría dedicada a la determinación de estos recursos y una parte sustancial de la llamada Geoarqueo- logía, aquella dedicada a la caracterización de las rocas que fueron empleadas en los procesos manufactura por las comunidades del pasado. Entre ellas, los objetos tallados de sílex han sido un obj…
La nécropole néolithique de la Feixa del Moro (Juberri, Andorre)
Au début des années 1980, sur un versant des vallées andorranes, un ensemble d’interventions archéologiques réalisées par l’ancien «Servei d’Investigacions Arqueológiques del Patrimoni Artístic Nacional d’Andorra » permit de documenter le site de la Feixa del Moro. En contrebas de terrasses abandonnées, dans une zone de haute montagne, plusieurs structures d’habitat et d’inhumation furent découvertes, situées chronologiquement entre le Néolithiqu…
Use of space and site formation processes in a Neolithic lakeside settlement. Pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs spatial analysis in La Draga (Banyoles, NE Iberia)
Approaching subsistence activities in the Mesolithic by means of lithic tools
Flint quarrying in north-eastern Iberia
Prehistoric communities carried out quarrying activities to obtain raw materials for tool production. These were produced either directly for immediate or later use by the same groups who quarried the stone, or indirectly by distributing the raw material or partially or completely manufactured products to third parties. All these procedures could be performed within a temporal and spatial sequence of variable extent, giving rise to archaeological…
The Natufian Occupations of Qarassa 3 (Sweida, Southern Syria)
The Early Natufian Site of Jeftelik (Homs Gap, Syria)
The Neolithic expansion in the Western Mediterranean
Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the northeast of Iberia
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