Life and Death of the Macrolithic Tools from the Third-millennium cal. bc Necropolis of La Orden-Seminario in Southwest Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6044560 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francisco Martínez-Sevilla (0000-0002-1385-3585, Universidad de Alcalá, corresponding author), José Antonio Linares-Catela (0000-0002-4773-3645, Universidad de Huelva) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-110 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s095977432300015x |
| OpenAlex | W4378228108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
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 theoretical and methodological perspective based on the biography of the object. Our analysis focuses on typology, raw materials, technology, function and burial context. The results show that the tools can be linked to domestic activities such as the grinding of cereals and the processing of plant materials, as well as for the production and maintenance of the elements used in these activities. The analysed objects display long biographies of use and, in some cases, we have documented intentional breakage for their deposition in the tombs. The patterns of deposition in the funerary contexts reflect social practices related to the ritual and symbolic behaviours surrounding death and the relationship with everyday objects
Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Everyday life · Genealogy · Geography · Linguistics · Political science · Prehistory · Typology · Visual arts · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Museology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |