Objetos de oro y epicampaniforme en la Cova del Gegant. Relaciones en la costa mediterránea de la Península Ibérica durante la Edad del Bronce

Abstract

RESUMENEn este trabajo se analiza el estrato XXV de la Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona), adscrito a la Edad del Bronce, y se destaca la problemática cronológica de este período. En este yacimiento encontramos decoraciones epicampaniformes del "Grupo del Nordeste", tradicionalmente atribuidas a un Bronce Antiguo, un osario colectivo datado por C14 en el Bronce Medio, ornamentos en ámbar/resina de amplia cronología y dos piezas áu-reas, muy escasas en el nordeste de la Península Ibérica, que vinculamos con el episodio sepulcral. Las piezas arqueológicas y la serie de dataciones radiocarbónicas nos proporcionan datos importantes sobre las redes de intercambio y los desplazamientos a lo largo de la fachada mediterránea de la Península Ibérica durante la Edad de Bronce.

Amber imitation? Two unusual cases of Pinus resin-coated beads in Iberian Late Prehistory (3rd and 2nd millennia BC)

“…The Sicilian origin of the amber materials evidences that the area participated in long-distance exchange networks [2]. Additionally, the two gold artefacts ( tutuli ) recovered from the same layer are very rare ornaments in the SW of Europe and reinforce the idea that the site formed part of an exchange network along the Mediterranean shore of the Iberian Peninsula [20].…”

“…Location of the excavated area. C. Stratigraphy (section CC’ as detailed in B) (After Fig 1 in [20].…”

“…The archaeological layer ascribed to the Bronze Age (XXV), mainly preserved at the back of the main gallery (GP2), corresponds to the grid delimited area between squares H27 and H28 (~1.8 m 2 ) [20]. To the south, archaeological layer XXV is not preserved due to the ongoing marine erosion.…”

Amber, beads and social interaction in the Late Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula: an update

“…Nevertheless, we do agree that amber exchange networks must have reached the southern Iberian coast through North Africa, whereas northeastern Iberia participated in exchange networks that connected Southern France -from the Alps-with coastal Catalonia Fig. 19 Los Millares beads' SWIR spectra (Daura et al 2017) *These dates do not belong to individuals, they rather belong to clear depositional contexts where beads were found, with exception to Anta Grande do Zambujeiro which has been discussed above from the 5th millennium BCE, e.g. Alpine jade axe imports (Vaquer et al 2012), and obsidian (Terradas et al 2014).…”

“…8), one coral fragment and one Cypraea fragment. Additionally, two gold artefacts known as tutuli have been recovered from the same archaeological horizon; these are very rare ornaments in the SW of Europe (Daura et al 2017). …”