Miniatures from domestic contexts in Iron Age Iberia

Bibliographic Data

ID3167238
AuthorsMireia López-Bertran (0000-0002-5863-3279, Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Jaime Vives-Ferrándiz, Jaime Vives‐ferrándiz Sánchez (0000-0003-0812-8351, Shanghai Museum)
Year2015
Volume47
Issue1
Pages80-93
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2014.991804
OpenAlexW2035494931
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited8

This article reviews a set of miniatures from domestic contexts in Iron Age eastern Iberia, and interprets them in terms of their role in forging social personae. After an introduction to the historical case under consideration, the miniatures are described in terms of their typology and their contexts of provenance are outlined. Though not abundant, they tend to occur in central places in the landscape; specifically, they are often found in houses of the powerful. The vast majority are miniatures of pottery and tools, though some miniature weapons are recorded. We contend that these objects were used as a means of enculturation and for the learning of values and norms. It is no coincidence that they emerge in the archaeological record of Iron Age Iberia at the same time as the rise of a social structure based on hereditary power

Archaeology · Enculturation · Genealogy · Geography · Iron Age · Pottery · Power (physics · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · History · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology

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