Death, Relics, and the Demise of Huts
Patterns of Planned Abandonment in Middle BA Central Iberia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7174868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alejandra Sánchez-Polo (0000-0001-6067-7724, Universidad de Salamanca, corresponding author), Antonio Blanco-González (0000-0003-4502-9651, Durham University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-26 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1179/1461957113y.0000000048 |
| OpenAlex | W1984198763 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 16 |
This paper addresses the formation processes at an unparalleled Bronze Age settlement in the Iberian Meseta. The site of El Cerro (Burgos, Spain) presents a series of challenging features: the simultaneous inhumation of three subadults alongside a dwelling quarter and adjacent pits, some of them filled with apparent formality, including such anachronistic elements as Neolithic and Beaker items and several placed deposits, such as a leg of a cow. A critical evaluation of the contextual dataset, a re-fitting operation, and an assessment of the abrasion and size of a ceramic sample were carried out. The archaeological peculiarities of the site are explained as a contextually specific cultural response to a grievous and traumatic episode: the death of three young siblings, which entailed the abandonment of the settlement through prescribed practices. Some depositions are a product of recognizable intentionality, while others are regarded as unintended cumulative outcomes
Abandonment (legal · Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Demise · Geography · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Law · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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Rutinas caseras o fiestas comunitarias? Tafonomía y remontaje de la cerámica calcolítica de El Ventorro (Madrid)
After the fire
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| Citations per year | 1.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |