The ivory workshop of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain) and the identification of ivory from Asian elephant on the Iberian Peninsula in the first half of the 3rd millennium BC

Nocete, Francisco; Vargas, Juan Manuel; Schuhmacher, Thomas X.; Banerjee, Arun K.; Dindorf, Willi

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.10.028

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“…Especially in the Guadalquivir estuary, and also the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, we could detect not only African but also Asian ivory at that time (Banerjee et al, 2011;Nocete et al, 2013;García Sanjuán et al, 2013). It therefore seems possible that in this framework of an import of Asian ivory from or via Syria also some eastern knot-headed pins could have reached the Iberian Southeast and Southwest, although we still have not found any piece.…”

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Dancing in the Dark? The westernmost “Cypriot” knot-headed pin from Aïn Smene (Morocco)

Schuhmacher

2014

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The present article presents a review of a singular find of a copper pin together with Bell Beaker items in a cave in Morocco. Although in the first publication of this piece Georges Souville already established a connection of the pin to the so called "Cypriot" knot-headed pins of Central Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, this piece never found the attention it deserved and never entered in the distribution maps of this type of pins. The recent publication of new metal analysis of the pin and the accompanying Palmela point even led to a rejection of this identification and its chalcolithic dating and the assumption of a Early Iron Age/Phoenician chronology. Here we review again the whole context and the findings and their potential analogies. Finally the identification as a "Cypriot" knot-headed pin will be affirmed and the finding is seen as part of the Late Chalcolithic exchange of ivory and other prestige-goods between the Near East, the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula. Key-words:Knot-headed pin. Palmela point. Bell Beakers. Morocco. Iberian Peninsula. Exchange. Prestige-goods. Ivory. ResumenEste artículo presenta una revisión de un alfiler de cobre singular, hallado en una cueva de Marruecos junto con cerá-mica campaniforme. Aunque Georges Souville ya en la primera publicación de esta pieza estableció una conexión con las llamadas alfileres "chipriotas" de Centroeuropa y del Mediterráneo Oriental, ésta nunca recibió la atención que merece ni entró en los mapas de distribución de este tipo. La reciente publicación de unos nuevos análisis del alfiler y de la punta de Palmela, que la acompaña, llevaron incluso a rechazar esta identificación y su cronología calcolíti-ca para asumir una datación en la Primera Edad del Hierro y la Época Fenicia. Aquí revisamos otra vez todo el contexto y los hallazgos y sus posibles analogías. Finalmente confirmamos la identificación de la pieza como alfiler "chipriota" y lo interpretamos como parte del intercambio de marfil y otros objetos de prestigio entre el Próximo Oriente, el Magreb y la Península Ibérica.

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Dancing in the Dark? The westernmost “Cypriot” knot-headed pin from Aïn Smene (Morocco)

Schuhmacher

2014

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“…The intensification of the activity associated with this Mediterranean amber route is also supported by the presence of an outstanding amount of Asian ivory associated with amber contexts in the PP4 Montelirio structure 10.042-10.049 ) and in the IES ivory workshop at Valencina (Nocete et al 2013). However, the Mediterranean route cannot have been the only route by which 'elites' were procuring exotic goods by this time.…”

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

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The identification of archaeological amber has been used in Iberian prehistory to evidence long-distance exchanges and engage Iberia in networks that connect western Europe with central and northern Europe, the emergence of social complexity, and the consolidation of trade networks. However, until now, no comprehensive analytical study of the Iberian amber has been produced to support any of the interpretive models currently in use. This paper approaches the analysis of Iberian Peninsula amber artefacts by considering their provenance (based on FTIR characterization), chronology, and spatial relationship with other exotica. Our work increases the number of analyzed artefacts to 156 (24%), out of the c. 647 currently known for the Iberian Peninsula. Based on these new data and a review of Murillo-Barroso and Martinón-Torres (2012), this overview outlines amber consumption patterns from the 6th to 2nd millennia BCE and demonstrates long-distance amber exchange connecting Iberia with the Mediterranean region from the Neolithic period onwards.

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“…But a project of investigation about ivory delivered new data on this behalf 15 . So we could show by scientific analysis that since the beginning of the Chalcolithic (end of the 4 th and beginning of the 3 rd millennium BC) and during the whole 3 rd millennium BC Asian ivory was in circulation in South-Eastern and South-Western Iberian Peninsula (Nocete et al, 2013;García Sanjuán et al, 2013). This ivory probably came from the so called Syrian Elephant, in fact an extinct variant of the modern Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), who lived till the 7 th century BC in the whole region from Palestine, Syria to the Middle Euphrates (Pfälzner, 2013).…”

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Some Reflections About an Alabaster Stele From Mari (Syria) and Its Possible Relations to the Western Mediterranean

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2013

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Some reflections about an Alabaster stele from Mari (Syria) and its possible relations to the Western Mediterranean. Algunas reflexiones sobre una estela de alabastro procedente de Mari (Siria) y sus posibles relaciones con el Mediterráneo Occidental. 07-10-201307-10- Aceptado: 20-10-2013 Resumen El presente artículo trata de una estela de alabastro con decoración antropomorfa descubierta en las excavaciones de (Syria). Ya que en el contexto del Bronce Antiguo del Próximo Oriente contamos con pocas piezas parecidas, subrayamos sus posibles paralelos en el Mediterráneo Occidental. Así encontramos en la Península Ibérica todos los elementos presentes en la estela de Mari. Entre los artefactos tratados destacamos en primer lugar las placas de pizarra y la cerámica simbólica con su simbología de ojos. Esto se engloba en la cuestión de las relaciones del Calcolítico de la Península Ibérica con Oriente.Palabras clave: Estela de alabastro -Mari-simbología de ojos -placas de pizarra-Península Ibérica -Contactos a través del Mediterráneo. AbstractThe present articles treats an alabaster stele with anthropomorphic decoraction discovered in the excavations of Mari (Syria) 1 . As there are only a few comparable objects in its Near Eastern Early Bronze Age context, special attention is drawn to the possible parallels in the Western Mediterranean. In fact it is on the Iberian Peninsula were all elements and symbols united on the Mari stele occur. Among the artefact groups in question we mention especially the slate slab idols and the so called Symbolkeramik, all with oculus symbolism. This implies the question of the eastern relations of Iberian Chalcolithic during the third millennium.

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The ivory workshop of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain) and the identification of ivory from Asian elephant on the Iberian Peninsula in the first half of the 3rd millennium BC

Cited by 39 publications

References 21 publications

Dancing in the Dark? The westernmost “Cypriot” knot-headed pin from Aïn Smene (Morocco)

Dancing in the Dark? The westernmost “Cypriot” knot-headed pin from Aïn Smene (Morocco)

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

Some Reflections About an Alabaster Stele From Mari (Syria) and Its Possible Relations to the Western Mediterranean

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