El Tesoro De Aliseda (Cáceres): Una Relectura

Díaz, Alonso Rodríguez; SOLDEVILA, Ignacio PAVÓN; Espino, David Manuel Duque

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“…56), and a piece of the Berzocana hoard – an undecorated bracelet that was destroyed – seems to have weighed 366 g (Rodríguez et al . 2014–15, 23, 49–50, fig. 7; Duque et al .…”

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The Acehúche Gold Torc: Gold and Sacred Land on the Shores of the Tagus River (Cáceres, Western Spain)

Bravo¹,

Marcos

2023

Oxford J Archaeology

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This article describes the important discovery of a Late Bronze Age gold torc that was unearthed in a field of Acehúche (Cáceres, Spain). It was buried underneath some rocks at a site near a river crossing over the Tagus river. In its immediate vicinity, archaeological remains dating from the Copper Age to the Late Bronze Age have been found, which indicates the long use of this crossing. Until recently here, there existed a ferry and a chapel; and the place went by the toponym of the Dehesa de San Cristóbal. Legend too has it that the water from the river had curative properties. All of these components have maintained the sacred nature of the spot, otherwise transformed over the course of time, and reflect an earlier sacred landscape with quite ancient roots. THE TORC: DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISTICSThe Acehúche hoard consists of a plain bar torc of gold, given a deliberate ellipsoidal shape. The cross-section of the bar is circular: its maximum thickness is 10 mm in the central area, decreasing to 7 mm at the ends, whose very terminals are slightly sunken. It measures15.8 cm across

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“…56), and a piece of the Berzocana hoard – an undecorated bracelet that was destroyed – seems to have weighed 366 g (Rodríguez et al . 2014–15, 23, 49–50, fig. 7; Duque et al .…”

Section: The Torc: Description and Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Acehúche Gold Torc: Gold and Sacred Land on the Shores of the Tagus River (Cáceres, Western Spain)

Bravo¹,

Marcos

2023

Oxford J Archaeology

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Microhistory, Conjectural Reasoning, and Prehistory: The Treasure of Aliseda (Spain)

Blanco-González

2024

Open Archaeology

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This contribution delves into the ways of archaeological reasoning based on material remains, tackled as minute physical traces or signs capable of shedding light on underlying and otherwise unapproachable past phenomena. This is indeed the basis of Microhistory or the conjectural paradigm in History. This article identifies key characteristics regarding this way of inductive or “bottom-up” inference and demonstrates its prospects when applied to prehistoric contexts. To illustrate this point, the article draws on a case study from the protohistory of Iberia: The treasure of Aliseda (seventh–sixth centuries BCE). This one-off assemblage – a true anomaly in its time, past, and present – was accidentally found in 1920 and has thenceforth been subject to assorted interpretations – mainly as individual burial goods from a feminine tomb – using deductive reasoning constrained by strong prejudices. A recent and comprehensive revision of this issue from an inductive and multi-stranded approach – mobilising several independent lines of evidence – has led to a fresh, sounder, and finer-grained micro-narrative. This case exemplifies a successful microhistorical enquiry, which has tracked retrospectively an array of inadvertent observations – from legacy dataset, new fieldwork, and science-based analyses – to illuminate the deviant circumstances framing this occurrence.

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El Tesoro De Aliseda (Cáceres): Una Relectura

Cited by 2 publications

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The Acehúche Gold Torc: Gold and Sacred Land on the Shores of the Tagus River (Cáceres, Western Spain)

The Acehúche Gold Torc: Gold and Sacred Land on the Shores of the Tagus River (Cáceres, Western Spain)

Microhistory, Conjectural Reasoning, and Prehistory: The Treasure of Aliseda (Spain)

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