Iberian-Tartessian scripts/graffiti in Iruna-Veleia (Basque Country, North Spain)

Findings in both Iberia and Canary Islands-Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID2640899
AuthorsAntonio Arnaiz‐villena (0000-0002-4268-7520, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), A Arnaiz-Villena, Diego Rey (0000-0003-4604-2460, Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Year2012
Volume1
Issue5
Publication date2012-05-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Modern Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1737-7374 • E-ISSN: 1737-8176
PublisherAfrican Journals Online (AJOL) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4314/ijma.v1i5.2
OpenAlexW2052146284
LanguageEN
Citations received2

760 officially recognized scripts on ceramics from Iruña-Veleia excavated by the archaeology firm Lurmen S.L. (approximately between years 2002-2008)have been analyzed. A number of these ceramics contains scripts which may be assimilated to Iberian/Tartessian writings. This number may be underestimated since more studies need to be done in already available and new found ceramics. This is the second time that Iberian writing is found by us in an unexpected location together with the Iberian-Guanche inscriptions of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (Canary Islands). On the other hand, naviform scripting, usually associated to Iberian rock or stone engraving may have also been found in Veleia. Strict separation, other than in time and space stratification, between Iberian and (South) Tartessian culture and script is doubted.Keywords: Iruña-Veleia, Teverga (Asturias), Iberian, Tartessian, Basque, Vasco-iberismo, epigraphy, scripts, graffiti, “iberico”, “tartesico”,“grafitos”, “escritura”,”Guanche “

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Graffiti · Programming language · Scripting language · Visual arts · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Computer Science · History · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology

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