Nuevos datos arqueológicos sobre la evolución urbana de Emporion

Castanyer, Pere; Santos, Marta; Tremoleda, Joaquim

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“…The open space at the top of the terrace corresponds to a first westward extension of the nucleus. It was subsequently used as a worshiping and ritual area, as suggested by votive offerings and related finds recovered from it (Castanyer et al 2009(Castanyer et al -2011Santos et al 2013;Castanyer et al 2015). When considering the spatial distribution of activities, within context N-15, sector B, we can see that copper-based activities are always identified next to iron production waste and structures.…”

Section: The Archaeological Contextsmentioning

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“…Context N-15 is located at the Neapolis, below the nowadays visible Hellenistic Stoa. Excavations in this area (Castanyer et al 2009(Castanyer et al -2011Santos et al 2013;Castanyer et al 2015) documented the first occupational phases of the Neapolis. Here, a metallurgical workshop was uncovered, with several phases dated between the second half of the sixth century and the early fifth century BC.…”

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“…This paper presents the characterisation of the earliest metallurgical remains related to copper and tin bronze manufactured at the site. These finds come from the first occupational layers of the Neapolis, excavated recently (Aquilué et al 2011;Santos et al 2013;Castanyer et al 2009Castanyer et al -2011Castanyer et al 2015). These were dated by typological associations between the second half of the sixth and the beginning of the fifth century BC.…”

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Traditions and innovations: versatility of copper and tin bronze making recipes in Iron Age Emporion (L’Escala, Spain)

Montes-Landa

Montero‐Ruiz

Masoliver

et al. 2020

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Established around 575 BC, Emporion was a Greek colonial enclave in northeast Iberia and hence constitutes a good context to study Mediterranean innovations and their adaptation with indigenous technologies. Here, we present an analytical study of the archaeometallurgical assemblage from a workshop context dated to the first occupational moment of Emporion's Neapolis (second half of the sixth century BC), including slag and technical ceramics. We aimed at reverse engineering the copper and tin bronze metallurgical technologies at the site. The results allow the identification of copper smelting and melting, and a variety of bronze alloying techniques, together with iron smelting and forging. The use of Fe-rich copper ores with BaO, ZnO and PbO impurities is consistent with the exploitation of local sources, preceding the diversification of raw materials documented for later phases. The co-occurrence of co-smelting, cementation and co-melting as bronze making technologies is discussed with reference to parameters of efficiency and cost-effectiveness and contextualised in the broader colonial interaction, providing pointers for future comparative work and discussion. The early use of metallic tin for bronze production at the site supports a Mediterranean origin for this innovation in Iberia.

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Section: The Archaeological Contextsmentioning

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Traditions and innovations: versatility of copper and tin bronze making recipes in Iron Age Emporion (L’Escala, Spain)

Montes-Landa

Montero‐Ruiz

Masoliver

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“…La convivencia entre gentes de origen local y de origen griego en la zona emporitana e incluso en la misma Neápolis es una idea ampliamente aceptada (entre otros, Aquilué et al, 2010;Santos et al, 2013;Castanyer et al, 2015;Delgado Hervás y Ferrer, 2016). Esta imagen del asentamiento y el entorno emporitano como paisajes pluriétnicos se ha construido en base a múltiples evidencias, principalmente arqueológicas, epigráficas, literarias y genéticas (Sanmartí-Grego, 1988a, 1993Sanmartí-Grego et al, 1994;Aquilué et al, 2010;Olalde et al, 2019).…”

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“…Algunas décadas más tarde, en la segunda mitad del s. vi a. C., algunos grupos griegos se establecieron al s de la pequeña rada emporitana ( Fig. 1), creando un nuevo núcleo de hábitat conocido hoy como la Neápolis de Emporion (Aquilué et al, 2010;Santos et al, 2013;Castanyer et al, 2015).…”

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¿Dualidad étnica o heterogeneidad social? Un análisis de las cerámicas de uso cotidiano de la la Neápolis de Emporion

2020

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Resumen: Este trabajo examina los equipos cerámicos de distintas unidades estratigráficas correspondientes a contextos domésticos o zonas de vertido vinculadas a actividades cotidianas de la Neápolis de Emporion, fechadas en el periodo c. 425-375 a. C. El estudio se centra en el análisis de los equipos domésticos cerámicos-vasos de almacenamiento, cocina y consumo-y los analiza desde el punto de vista de sus tradiciones de manufactura y de su uso en prácticas cotidianas. Los resultados del análisis muestran la existencia de una fuerte imbricación cultural que invita a rechazar las interpretaciones tradicionales que propugnan la presencia de una estricta dualidad étnica en este enclave con la presencia de dos comunidades distintas y segregadas en el espacio, una interpretación basada fundamentalmente en informaciones transmitidas por las fuentes clásicas. Este trabajo rechaza el uso simplista de la cultura material como marcador étnico y enfatiza el rol jugado por algunos objetos cotidianos en estrategias sociales relacionadas con la construcción de la distinción social, así como con otras identidades que van más allá de la etnicidad. Palabras clave: comunidades mixtas; asentamientos griegos; prácticas cotidianas; prácticas de consumo; tradiciones culinarias; identidades sociales; contacto cultural.

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A combined approach to reconstructing livestock management in Iron Age north-eastern Iberia: estimating the season of death and palaeodiet using cementochronology and dental micro- and mesowear analyses

Jiménez-Manchón,

Rivals,

Gourichon

et al. 2023

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Two major settlements were established in the Empordà region (north-eastern Iberian Peninsula) in the Iron Age (6th-2nd centuries BC), 15 km from each other: the Greek colony of Empúries and the Iberian city of Ullastret. This coexistence of two different ethnic entities in the same region – and the same environment – presents an opportunity to shed light on the variability of livestock practices in these settlements, as well as their relationship with the environment. For this purpose, in addition to traditional zooarchaeological approaches, we reconstructed the animal palaeodiet and seasonality of death using three different proxies: dental meso- and microwear analyses, and cementum analysis. The results of the study, conducted on caprine and bovine teeth from both sites, support the hypothesis proposed in previous works, namely that the environment was exploited differently depending on livestock species. Caprinae (sheep and goats) were fed in marginal areas and less suitable areas for agriculture while, in contrast, cattle grazed on rich grassland and/or in wetland areas. The combination of cementochronology and dental microwear suggests a lower consumption of grasses in summer for Caprinae and cattle. Seasonality results show that Caprinae were mainly slaughtered during spring and summer.

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Nuevos datos arqueológicos sobre la evolución urbana de Emporion

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Traditions and innovations: versatility of copper and tin bronze making recipes in Iron Age Emporion (L’Escala, Spain)

Traditions and innovations: versatility of copper and tin bronze making recipes in Iron Age Emporion (L’Escala, Spain)

¿Dualidad étnica o heterogeneidad social? Un análisis de las cerámicas de uso cotidiano de la la Neápolis de Emporion

A combined approach to reconstructing livestock management in Iron Age north-eastern Iberia: estimating the season of death and palaeodiet using cementochronology and dental micro- and mesowear analyses

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