Iberian Prehistory (Archaeology)

Un espacio compartido por vivos y muertos: El poblado calcolítico de fosos e Camino de las Yeseras (San Fernando de Henares, Madrid). A space for living and the dead: The Chalcolithic ditched enclosured settlement of Camino de las Yeseras

by Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck

C. Liesau, C. Blasco, R.Ríos, J. Vega, R. Menduiña, J.F. Blanco, J.Baena, T. Herrera, A. Petri, J.L. Gómez (2008):

The preliminary results are presented of the excavations in a large ditched enclosured chaclolithic settlement. The... more The preliminary results are presented of the excavations in a large ditched enclosured chaclolithic settlement. The site was probably a central place in the production and long-distance exchange of surplus. The accumulations found of raw materials (flint, granite and metamorhic stones) and agricultural, stockbreeding and industrial products were exchanged by other foreign products (variscite, cinnabar, ivory and gold). Ritual data are also remarcable: a significant number of individual and collective burials have been recorded in pits, small artificial caves and hypogea, delimited in special areas. The richer burials had Ciempozuelos-style Bell Beaker elements and prestige items, such as gold and ivory beads. Osteomorphological and size features of some Bell Beaker individuals point out a remarkable physical aspect during their life time. Th faunal deposits, which included mixed species associations, evidence a complex symbolic relationship with animals. The site is essential for the knowledge of the Chalcolithic period and the impact of Bell Beaker customs and funerary rituals in the consolidation of social inequalities amidst the first metallurgical societies of the interior of the Iberian Peninsula.

La singular dualidad de enterramientos en el poblado de silos calcolítico de Camino de las Yeseras (San Fernando de Henares, Madrid)

by Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck

J. Vega, C. Blasco, C. Liesau, P.Ríos, J.F. Blanco, R. Menduiña, R.Aliaga, E. Moreno, T.Herrera, A.Petri y J.L.Gómez (2010). En Munibe, 32:648-662.

The excavations carried out in the site of Camino de las Yeseras has provided a series of new aspects of the... more The excavations carried out in the site of Camino de las Yeseras has provided a series of new aspects of the Chalcolithic period of Madrid.One of the most interesting aspect has been the fact that it has been possible to perform a study of the funeral rituals with a great variety of individual and collective burials in enclosures or delimited areas. Among the last ones, hipogeus and small caves were especially assigned to groups
containing Bell Beaker pottery. The osteomorphologic and size characteristics of some Bell Beaker individuals point them out as having a conspicuous physical aspect during their life time and the funerary gifts consist fundamentally of ceramic sets of Ciempozuelos style in an unusual association accompanied by prestigious elements such as golden beads.

Mérida Pre- y Protohistórica

by Javier JIMÉNEZ ÁVILA

Actas del Congreso Internacional 1910-2010. El Yacimiento emeritense.
J.Mª Álvarez Martínez & P. Mateos (eds.)
Mérida, 2011, pp. 35-58.

Neolithic Rock Art In Context: Landscape History and the Transition to Agriculture In Mediterranean Spain

by Sarah McClure

Osteological and paleodietary investigation of burials from Cova de la Pastora, Alicante, Spain

by Sarah McClure

Cavidades de uso funerario durante el Neolítico final/Calcolítico en el territorio valenciano: trabajos arqueológicos en Avenc dels Dos Forats o Cova del Monedero ( …

by Sarah McClure

Technological style, chaine opératoire and labor investment of early Neolithic pottery

by Sarah McClure

with Joan Bernabeu

Marked in Life and Death: Identifying Biological Markers of Social Differentiation in Late Prehistoric Portugal

by Anna Waterman

PhD Thesis. Completed in the Spring of 2012

This dissertation research is a bioarchaeological investigation of Late Neolithic through Early Bronze Age (3600-1800... more This dissertation research is a bioarchaeological investigation of Late Neolithic through Early Bronze Age (3600-1800 BC) burial populations from the Portuguese Estremadura. In this project macroscopic and isotopic analyses of skeletal and dental materials are used to gather information pertaining to diet, health status, and inter-lifetime mobility patterns for individuals interred at different burials within a small geographic area with the goal of evaluating the level of social differentiation in the region. The archaeological record for the transition between the Late Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age in southwestern Portugal demonstrates clear evidence of the rise of a socially-complex, non-state society. During the Early Bronze Age, however, this region underwent a period of social ‘devolution’ which cumulated in widespread settlement abandonment. To date, it is unclear to what extent sociopolitical or environmental factors contributed to this social collapse. This study seeks to expand our knowledge of social differentiation in the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age of the Estremadura region of Portugal and provide insight into social structure during the emergence and collapse of early complex societies in Iberia.
The results of this study found that there were statistically significant differences in dietary, mobility and demographic patterns between burials that suggest socially distinct populations were interred at different sites. In particular, one burial site, Cova da Moura, diverged significantly from the other sampled burial populations. However, based upon the data presented here, it was not possible to tie these biological markers of differentiation to particular aspects of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age social organization. Therefore, while this study successfully identified differences between burial populations, at this time, it is not possibly to relate these to particular hierarchical structures. It is suggested that aspects of burial practices in the region confound biologically-based investigations of social organization in a similar way that they have impeded researchers’ abilities to identify elite versus non-elite individuals through grave goods alone. Nonetheless, despite these obstacles, this work provides strong evidence of population heterogeneity in the region, and has implications for our understanding of the evolution of complex societies in the Iberian Peninsula and elsewhere.

Marisqueo, pesca y forja en el Castro de Punta Atalaia (San Cibrao, Lugo): avance de resultados del conchero.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

Shellfish, fish and forged in the Punta Atalaia hillfort (San Cibrao, Lugo). Progress of the results obtained from the midden.
E. González, V. Bejega, C. Fernández & J.C. Alvarez (2011). “Marisqueo, pesca y forja en el Castro de Punta Atalaia (San Cibrao, Lugo): avance de resultados del conchero”. En E. Ramil Rego y C. Fernández Rodríguez (eds.). 2 Congreso Internacional de Arqueoloxía de Vilalba. Museo de Prehistoria e Arqueoloxía de Vilalba, Lugo. Férvedes, 7: 17-26.

Faunas arqueológicas en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

Archaeological faunas in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
C. Fernández (2010). “Faunas arqueológicas en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica”. En A.M.S. Bettencourt, MªI.C. Alves & S. Monteiro-Rodrigues (eds.). Variaçoes paleoambientais e evoluçao antrópica no Quaternário do Ocidente Peninsular. APEQ & CITCEM. pp. 97-112.

Los concheros de O Neixón (Boiro, A Coruña) y Punta Atalaia (San Cibrao, Cervo, Lugo): una propuesta de muestreo y excavación de depósitos de la Edad del Hierro y Epoca Romana en Galicia.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

Shell middens in the hillforts of O Neixón (Boiro, A Coruña) and Punta Atalaia (San Cibrao, Cervo, Lugo): A proposal for the sampling and excavation of deposits from the Iron Age and the Roman times in Galicia (Spain)
V. Bejega, E. González, C. Fernández y J.C. Alvarez (2010). “Los concheros de O Neixón (Boiro, A Coruña) y Punta Atalaia (San Cibrao, Cervo, Lugo): una propuesta de muestreo y excavación de depósitos de la Edad del Hierro y Epoca Romana en Galicia”. En E. González, V. Bejega, C. Fernández & N. Fuertes (eds.). Iª Reunión de Arqueomalacología de la Península Ibérica. Museo de Prehistoria e Arqueoloxía de Vilalba, Lugo. Férvedes, 6: 33-42.

La arqueomalacología: una introducción al estudio de los restos de moluscos recuperados en yacimientos arqueológicos.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

Archaeomalacology: an introduction to the analysis of shellfish remains from archaeological sites
V. Bejega, E. González & C. Fernández (2010). “La arqueomalacología: una introducción al estudio de los restos de moluscos recuperados en yacimientos arqueológicos”. Iberus (Sociedad Española de Malacología), 28: 13-22.

El registro de hienas y otros carnívoros en la Cueva de A Valiña (Lugo, España).

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

C. Fernández (2010). “El registro de hienas y otros carnívoros en la Cueva de A Valiña (Lugo, España)”. Actas de la 1ª Reunión de Científicos sobre cubiles de hiena (y otros grandes carnívoros) en los yacimientos arqueológicos de la Península Ibérica. Zona Arqueológica (Museo Arqueológico Regional, Alcalá de Henares), 13: 310-319.

Los hombres mesolíticos de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León): el hallazgo, situación, aspectos arqueo-antropológicos, cronología y contexto cultural.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

J.M. Vidal, MªE. Prada, C. Fernández & MªN. Fuertes (2010). “Los hombres mesolíticos de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León): el hallazgo, situación, aspectos arqueo-antropológicos, cronología y contexto cultural”. En J.M. Vidal & MªE. Prada (coord.). Los hombres mesolíticos de la cueva de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León). Estudios y Catálogos, 18. Junta de Castilla y León. pp. 16-61.

Excavaciones en los castros de La Cogollina y La Garba (Teverga). Pautas del poblamiento castreño en un valle de montaña.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

A. Fanjul, C. Fernández, MªC. López y A. Alvarez (2009). “Excavaciones en los castros de La Cogollina y La Garba (Teverga). Pautas del poblamiento castreño en un valle de montaña”. Excavaciones Arqueológicas en Asturias 2003-2006. Consejería de Cultura y Turismo – Gobierno del Principado de Asturias. pp. 465-472.

Una ojeada a la hipótesis de la hipermovilidad de los ‘pastores de excisión y boquique’ a la luz de los documentos de ‘El Pelambre’.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

F.J. Abarquero, G. Delibes, C. Fernández, MªL. González & J.A. López (2009). “Una ojeada a la hipótesis de la hipermovilidad de los ‘pastores de excisión y boquique’ a la luz de los documentos de ‘El Pelambre’”. En MªL. González (ed.). “El Pelambre” Villaornate, León. El Horizonte Cogotas I de la Edad del Bronce y el período Tardoantiguo en el valle medio del Esla. Grupo TRAGSA. pp. 291-301.

Los restos faunísticos de la Edad del Bronce de ‘El Pelambre’.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

C. Fernández (2009). “Los restos faunísticos de la Edad del Bronce de ‘El Pelambre’”. En MªL. González (ed.). “El Pelambre” Villaornate, León. El Horizonte Cogotas I de la Edad del Bronce y el período Tardoantiguo en el valle medio del Esla. Grupo TRAGSA. pp. 215-256.

Los hombres mesolíticos de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León): un hallazgo funerario excepcional en la vertiente meridional de la Cordillera Cantábrica.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

J. Vidal, C. Fernández, MªE. Prada & N. Fuertes (2008). “Los hombres mesolíticos de La Braña-Arintero (Valdelugueros, León): un hallazgo funerario excepcional en la vertiente meridional de la Cordillera Cantábrica”. En E. Ramil (ed.). 1 Congreso Internacional de Arqueoloxía de Vilalba. Museo de Prehistoria e Arqueoloxía de Vilalba. Férvedes, 5: 153-164.

Los restos faunísticos del Castro Grande de O Neixón (Boiro, A Coruña): análisis zooarqueológico.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

V. Bejega, C. Fernández & N. Fuertes (2008). “Los restos faunísticos del Castro Grande de O Neixón (Boiro, A Coruña): análisis zooarqueológico”. En E. Ramil (ed.). 1 Congreso Internacional de Arqueoloxía de Vilalba. Museo de Prehistoria e Arqueoloxía de Vilalba. Férvedes, 5: 33-42.

Caza y domesticación en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica durante la Prehistoria. Datos arqueozoológicos.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

C. Fernández & L. Pérez (2007). “Caza y domesticación en el Noroeste de la Península Ibérica durante la Prehistoria. Datos arqueozoológicos”. En S.O. Jorge, A.M.S. Bettencourt & I. Figueiral (eds.). A concepçao das paisagense e dos espaços na Arqueologia da Península Ibérica. Actas do IV Congresso de Arqueologia Peninsular. Promontoria Monográfica, 8. Centro de Estudos de Patrimonio - Universidade do Algarve (Portugal). pp. 165-176.