Culte aux ancêtres dans la période chalcolithique de la péninsule ibérique ? Le sacrifice d’animaux, la circulation des restes humains et la différence de traitement entre hommes et femmes dans les tombes du site archéologique à « Marroquíes » (Jaén, Espagne) trouvées dans les fouilles de la « Tranche 3 » du système du tramway

Serrano, Juan Antonio Cámara; Susí, Rafael Sánchez; Cantal, José António Riquelme; Florez, Sebastián Martín; Marrero, José Andrés Afonso; Pau, Claudia; Cuevas, M. Fernanda; Perales, Juan Nicas; Spanedda, Liliana; Herrera, Antonia González; Brobeil, Sylvia Alejandra Jiménez; Laffranchi, Zita

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“…In this sense, the practices documented at CM fit well with those widely documented in large areas of the Iberian Peninsula during Late Prehistory, and suggest the possibility of shared ideologies where the human body becomes central in maintaining the collective memory of a community [88,89].…”

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As above, so below: Deposition, modification, and reutilization of human remains at Marmoles cave (Cueva de los Marmoles: Southern Spain, 4000–1000 cal. BCE)

Laffranchi,

Milella,

Vera Rodríguez

et al. 2023

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The deposition and manipulation of human remains in natural caves are well known for the Neolithic of Southern Iberia. The cultural meaning of these practices is however still largely unclear. Cueva de los Marmoles (CM, Priego-Córdoba) is one of the most important cave contexts from Southern Spain, which returned a large number of commingled skeletal remains suggesting its funerary use from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. Here we discuss CM from a chronological and cultural perspective based on new radiocarbon, anthropological, and taphonomic analyses. These include the estimation of the minimum number of individuals, the exploration of fragmentation patterns characterizing different skeletal regions, and the macroscopic and microscopic analysis of modifications to the remains of possible anthropic origin. Radiocarbon data point to a funerary use of CM between the 5th -2nd millennium cal. BCE. MNI estimates reveal the presence of at least 12 individuals (seven adults and five nonadults). The low representation of elements from hands and feet suggests that individuals were placed in the cave while partially decomposed. Anthropic traces on the remains (e.g. fresh fractures, marrow canal modifications, and scraping marks) hint at their intentional fragmentation, cleaning from residual soft tissues, and in some cases reutilization. These practices are well-exemplified by the recovery of one "skull cup" and of two long bones used as tools. These data align with those from other cave contexts from the same geographic region, suggesting the presence, especially during the Neolithic period, of shared ideologies centered on the human body.

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As above, so below: Deposition, modification, and reutilization of human remains at Marmoles cave (Cueva de los Marmoles: Southern Spain, 4000–1000 cal. BCE)

Laffranchi,

Milella,

Vera Rodríguez

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Damaged Burials or Reliquiae Cogotenses? On the Accompanying Human Bones in Burial Pits Belonging to the Iberian Bronze Age

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Velasco‐Vázquez

2018

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Dogs and foxes in Early-Middle Bronze Age funerary structures in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula: human control of canid diet at the sites of Can Roqueta (Barcelona) and Minferri (Lleida)

Grandal-d’Anglade

Canadell

Nieto

et al. 2019

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Findings of canid remains in graves at different sites in the northeast of the Iberian 2 Peninsula are evidence of a widespread funerary practice that proliferated between the end 3 of the 3 rd and the 2 nd millennium BC, in particular, in the Early-Middle Bronze Age 4 contexts. The discovery of four foxes and a large number of dogs at the sites of Can 5 Roqueta (Barcelona) and Minferri (Lleida) respectively, stand out among the many 6 examples of these types of grave goods. In this work, we have made an approximation of 7 the relationship between humans and canids through the study of their diet by analysis of 8 stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen. These analyses were 9 complemented by archaeozoological, anthropological and archaeobotanical studies. The 10 comparison of human and animal diets comprised a total of 37 canids, 19 domestic 11 ungulates and 64 humans. The results indicate that the diet of the dogs was similar to that 12 of humans, although, δ 15 N values of dogs in Can Roqueta and Minferri are, on the average, 13 1.4‰ and 1.1‰, respectively, lower than those of humans. The offset between canids and 14 the herbivorous ungulates of each site is not up to the established minimum for a trophic 15 level, which implies an input of C3 plants and human intervention in the feeding of dogs 16 and some of the foxes. Some particular cases in Can Roqueta suggest a specific food 17 preparation, richer in cereals, for larger dogs (probably devoted to carrying loads), and 18 possibly for at least one of the foxes.

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As above, so below: Deposition, modification, and reutilization of human remains at Marmoles cave (Cueva de los Marmoles: Southern Spain, 4000–1000 cal. BCE)

As above, so below: Deposition, modification, and reutilization of human remains at Marmoles cave (Cueva de los Marmoles: Southern Spain, 4000–1000 cal. BCE)

Damaged Burials or Reliquiae Cogotenses? On the Accompanying Human Bones in Burial Pits Belonging to the Iberian Bronze Age

Dogs and foxes in Early-Middle Bronze Age funerary structures in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula: human control of canid diet at the sites of Can Roqueta (Barcelona) and Minferri (Lleida)

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