Elementos para la definición territorial del yacimiento prehistórico de Valencia de la Concepción (Sevilla)

Abstract

Sobre la base de un análisis del medio físico de Valencina y su entorno, los referentes presentados para la definición del enclave prehistórico, se fundamentan en la sistematización de los diferentes elementos arqueológicos, en su implantación espacial, así como su relación con una topografía sustentadora que hemos tratado de restituir. De ello resulta una propuesta de definición en la que partiendo de una probable área nuclear se distinguen de momento dos ámbitos principales, el de ocupación habitacional y productiva, así como el exclusivo de necrópolis, que valorados en su máxima extensión conjunta ocupan una superficie total de unas 468.80 hectáreas. ABSTRACT , On the base of an physical means analysis of Valencina and their environment, the references presented for the definition of the prehistoric place they are based in the systematizing of the different archaeological elements in their space installation, as well as their relationship with a supportive topography that we have tried to restore. Of it finds a definition proposal in which leaving of a probable nuclear area is di stingui shed at the moment two main environments, that of residence and productive occupation, and the exclusive of necropolis, that valued in their maximum combined extension they occupy a total surface of some 468.80 hectares.

La población no adulta del asentamiento de la Edad del Cobre de Valencina de la Concepción (Sevilla): una aproximación demográfica, contextual y sociológica

“…In fact, the extent and character of the burial deposits is at the core of debate on the nature of this large archaeological site (García Sanjuán 2013: 30-35 for a recent overview). In the 1990s, it was proposed that Valencina would have been divided into two segregated and functionally differentiated areas, one residential and domestic, the other 'exclusively' funerary (Arteaga Matute and Cruz-Auñón Briones 1999a;Vargas Jiménez 2004a, 2004bMejías García 2013: 495). Recent studies, show, however, that this exclusionary functional division is not supported by the available evidence, as human remains deposited as part of funerary practices appear across the entire settlement (Costa Caramé et al 2010;Díaz-Zorita Trab. Prehist., 75, N.º 1, enero-junio 2018, pp.…”

Allochthonous red pigments used in burial practices at the Copper Age site of Valencina de la Concepción (Sevilla, Spain): characterisation and social dimension

“…Situated in the lower Guadalquivir valley, in the highlands of the northern Aljarafe plateau in the province of Seville, Valencina de la Concepción is one of the most important settlements of the 3 rd millennium BCE in the south of the Iberian Peninsula (Figure 1). The importance of this settlement derives from its extent (circa 400 Ha), the exceptional range of megalithic structures present and from the density and diversity of the contexts recorded (Vargas Jiménez 2003). The last of these has recently been reinforced by geophysical surveys of unexcavated parts of the site (Wheatley et al 2012) which confirm the exceptional density of archaeological contexts and structures that have previously been documented in the excavated areas (Vargas Jiménez 2004).…”

Prospecciones arqueológicas y geomagnéticas en los Cerros de la Cabeza y del Mármol, Sector Norte del poblado calcolítico de Valencina (Sevilla). Campaña de 2014

“…Se localiza en el borde nororiental de la meseta del Aljarafe, que se eleva unos 150 m sobre el valle del Guadalquivir, en la margen derecha u oeste del río (Costa Caramé et al 2010, Vargas 2013a. Según los actuales datos, el yacimiento prehistórico cubre un área de poblado de 235'6 ha y una necrópolis contemporánea de 233'2 ha (Vargas 2003(Vargas y 2004, Cruz-Auñón y Mejías 2013) ( fig. 1).…”