Overview

This book, constructed around a central theme rather than a specific time period or region, aims to show how different researchers working on different topics address the issues around the inter-relationships between groups in pre- and protohistoric periods, through the analysis of certain raw materials. This diachronic perspective allows the reader to obtain a broader view of some of the lines of research that are being followed in different areas of the Mediterranean. The editors intend for this monograph to open its doors to researchers who work over a broad chronological period, rather than focusing on a specific moment, as some congresses or collective monographs do. It is hoped that it presents avenues for future research, which can help other researchers to understand some of the lines that are currently being followed and the methodologies that are being used to analyse and determine the origin of raw materials used in the preparation of ornaments, ceramic vessels, lithic instruments, and other objects.

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Author:   Ana Cruz ,  Juan Francisco Gibaja
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Weight:   0.853kg
ISBN:  

9781407316369

ISBN 10:   1407316362
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   29 March 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Lists of Illustrations, Figures, Maps and Tables List of Contributors Abstract Introduction Ana Cruz, Juan F. Gibaja Chapter 1: Between Dominant Ideologies and Techno-economical Constraints: Spondylus Ornaments from the Balkans in the 5th Millennium BC Catalin Lazar, Monica Margarit, Valentin Radu Chapter 2: A Cult Tradition of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period in the Southeastern Region of Turkey Bahattin Çeli?k Chapter 3: Circulation of Products or Ideas? Earliest Pottery Evidence in the Cantabrian Region (North Spain) Miriam Cubas Chapter 4: Before Metal. Circulation of Goods and Human Mobility in the Early and Middle Neolithic in Portuguese Estremadura António Faustino Carvalho Chapter 5: Green and/or Far Away: The Case of the Alpine Axes in Iberia Ramón Fábregas Valcarce, Arturo de Lombera-Hermida, Carlos Rodríguez-Rellán, Pierre Petrequin Chapter 6: Symbolism, Exchange and Differential Grave Building Efforts during the Neolithic of the North-eastern Iberian Peninsula. The Necropolis of Bòbila Madurell-Can Gambús 1-2: An Example of Unequal Objects and Grave Goods Distribution Juan F. Gibaja, Stephanie Duboscq, Berta Morell, Alba Masclans, Maria Eulàlia Subirà, Araceli Martín, Jordi Roig, Joan Manel Coll, Millán Mozota, Gerard Remolins, Xavier Oms, Miriam Cubas, Antoni Palomo, Javier Plasencia, Paloma González, Pilar Bravo, Emiliano Hinojo Chapter 7: About the Presence of Exotic Materials in Some Funerary Megalithic Monuments in Alentejo (Portugal): The Cases of Cinnabar and Amber Leonor Rocha, Jorge de Oliveira, Cristina Barrocas Dias, José Mirão, Luís Dias, Ana Manhita Chapter 8: Upper Morgado Shelter, Still a Peripheral Funeral Context, or Perhaps Not? (Tomar, Central Portugal) Ana Cruz, João Carlos de Senna-Martinez, Luis Santos, Cláudia Relvado, Cheila Ribeiro, Teresa Fernandes, Ana Curto Chapter 9: Evolution of the Systems of Socio-technic Artefacts Used during the Neolithic and the Copper Age of the Spanish Northern Meseta Rodrigo Villalobos García Chapter 10: The Swansong of Knapping. Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Lithic Industries in the Interior of the Iberian Peninsula Nuria Castañeda Chapter 11: The Tagus Estuary Region in a Transitional Period: An Outsider's Reflections on Regional Late Bronze Age Rodrigo Banha da Silva Chapter 12: It's Right Over There! Trans-regional Contacts in Bronze Age Baixo Alentejo? Brief Reflections from the Hypogea Necropolis of Torre Velha 3 (Serpa, Portugal) Eduardo Porfírio, Miguel Serra Chapter 13: Interaction and Interchange. The Genesis of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age in the Middle Ebro Valley José Mª Rodanés Vicente, Jesús V. Picazo Millán Chapter 14: Trade and Exchange in the Southern Levant in the 13th Century BCE: A View from Tel Burna, a Town in the Shephelah, Israel Itzhaq Shai, Casey Sharp, Antonio de Freitas, Deborah Cassuto, Chris McKinny Chapter 15: Foreign Techniques and Technology in Philistine Pottery Production David Ben-Shlomo

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'This book provides interesting data and insights into the question of interregional exchanges through the analysis of material culture. . Most of the chapters offer fresh new data.' Peer reviewer

'This book provides interesting data and insights into the question of interregional exchanges through the analysis of material culture. . Most of the chapters offer fresh new data.' Peer reviewer

Author Information

Ana Cruz is the Head of the Centre for Transdisciplinary Archaeologies of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar. She is also a Postdoctoral student at the Geology Department of the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, and a member of the Archaeology Unit of the Geology Department (SSLE). Juan F. Gibaja received a PhD in Prehistory from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2002. Since 2016, he has been a researcher at the CSIC (Spanish Research Council). Specializing in use-wear analysis, his research has in recent years focused on funerary practices and the transition from Mesolithic to Neolithic in the central and western Mediterranean. Contributors: Rodrigo Banha da Silva, Cristina Barrocas Dias, David Ben-Shlomo, Pilar Bravo, António Faustino Carvalho, Deborah Cassuto, Nuria Castañeda, Bahattin Çeli?k, Ana Cruz, Miriam Cubas, Ana Curto, Antonio de Freitas, Arturo de Lombera-Hermida, Jorge de Oliveira, João Carlos de Senna-Martinez, Luís Dias, Stephanie Duboscq, Ramón Fábregas Valcarce, Teresa Fernandes, Juan F. Gibaja, Paloma González, Emiliano Hinojo, Catalin Lazar, Joan Manel Coll, Ana Manhita, Monica Margarit, Araceli Martín, Alba Masclans, Chris McKinny, José Mirão, Berta Morell, Millán Mozota, Xavier Oms, Antoni Palomo, Pierre Petrequin, Jesús V. Picazo Millán, Javier Plasencia, Eduardo Porfírio, Valentin Radu, Cláudia Relvado, Gerard Remolins, Cheila Ribeiro, Leonor Rocha, José Mª Rodanés Vicente, Carlos Rodríguez-Rellán, Jordi Roig, Luis Santos, Miguel Serra, Itzhaq Shai, Casey Sharp, Maria Eulàlia Subirà, Rodrigo Villalobos García

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