Estudios sobre la Tumba 111 de Fuente Álamo (Almería)

Abstract

Resumen: Se presentan cinco estudios especializados sobre la tumba ostentosa de una joven argárica. Partiendo de esta sepultura singular se tratan aspectos más generales como son: el ritual funerario argárico y el status social de los difuntos; las dataciones radiocarbónicas calibradas de Fuente Álamo, en particular de la ladera sur; los restos óseos humanos hallados en las sepulturas de Fuente Álamo en 1996-1999; las ofrendas animales y de líquidos depositadas en las tumbas; los tejidos prehistóricos. Todas estas aportaciones nos brindan informaciones valiosas sobre la mujer juvenil de la tumba 111 no solamente a la hora de su muerte, sino también sobre el entorno social de su vida. Palabras claves: Fuente Álamo. Edad del Bronce. Dataciones radiocarbónicas. Ritual funerario. Ofrendas orgánicas. Sacrificio animal. Tejido. Rango social. Abstract:Five specialized studies about a young Argaric woman's ostentatious tomb are presented. Starting from this singular burial, several aspects are discussed: the Argaric funerary ritual and the social rank of the dead individuals; the calibrated C-14 dates from Fuente Álamo, particularly from the south slope of the site; the human bones found in the graves at Fuente Álamo in 1996-1999; the offering of animals and liquids in Argaric burials; the prehistoric weaves. All of these contributions bring us valuable information about the young woman buried in grave 111, not only when she died but also how the society where she lived was.

Distribution and chronological framework for Iberian variscite mining and consumption at Pico Centeno, Encinasola, Spain

“…Weak evidence points to an occasional use during the Bronze Age (Schubart et al, 2004) and in the 18th century (García-Guinea et al, 2000). This resource was unlikely to have been exploited during the medieval times.…”

The symbolic meaning of cattle and sheep/goat in the Bronze Age: Faunal inclusions in funerary contexts of South‐Western Iberia

“…It has been previously attested in the Early Bronze Age Argaric culture of South‐Eastern Iberia (Spanish provinces of Alicante, Almería, Granada, Jaén, Murcia) where we can also verify the prevalence of associating limb segments with human interments. Nevertheless, the inclusion of front limb elements is rarer than hind limbs elements (Aranda Jiménez, ; Aranda Jiménez, ; Aranda Jiménez et al, ; Aranda Jiménez & Esquivel Guerrero, ; Aranda Jiménez & Montón‐Subias, ; Liesau & Schubart, ; Sanchéz Romero et al, ; Schubart et al, ).…”

“…The available data regarding the late prehistory are more abundant, particularly in Southern Portugal, for the Late Neolithic (e.g., Melo & Silva, ; Valera & Costa, ; Valera & Filipe, ), Chalcolithic (e.g., Cabaço, ; Fabián, ; Liesau von Lettow‐Vorbeck, ; Lomba Maurandi & Haber Uriarte, ), and Bronze Age (e.g., Schubart et al ; Alves et al, ; Porfirio & Serra, 2010; Filipe et al ; Costa & Baptista, ). This evidence shows a preferential deposition in burial tombs of limbs and parts of the limbs of sheep/goats, cattle, and swine, along with carnivores and lagomorphs (Valera & Costa, ).…”

Distribución y consumo de cuentas de fluorita y translúcidas en la península ibérica del VI al II milenios ANE

“…Beside this, a few cases might point to a continued use under the Argar culture during the 2 nd millennium BC in south-east Iberia. So far, only the two fluorite beads from Tomb 111 at Fuente Álamo have been documented in that period (Pozo et al 2002;Schubart et al 2006). Quantitatively, since Bensaúde recorded in the 1880´s the first Iberian fluorite bead in Cova da Moura (Cardoso et al 2012), a total of 8 beads have been registered on Iberia (Blanco and Rothenberg 1981;Gomes et al 1998;Cardoso et al 2012;Ribeiro and Loureiro 2015) 1 .…”