Papers by Joan Oller Guzmán
LIMES XXV, 2024
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Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2022
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Frontiers of Enviromental Archaeology, 2024
The Iron Age site of Tossal de Baltarga (Bellver de Cerdanya) was a large Iberian residential com... more The Iron Age site of Tossal de Baltarga (Bellver de Cerdanya) was a large Iberian residential complex occupying a strategic position in the middle of the Eastern Pyrenees. It was destroyed by fire in the second half of the rd century BCE, preserving an important volume of archaeological and bioarchaeological material in certain areas. This is the case of Building G, a two-story construction whose violent blaze has o ered the possibility of analyzing a precise moment in the history of an Iron Age productive unit. The existence of a stable on the lower floor, where four sheep, a goat, and a horse were documented, and an upper floor, where textile production and storage were evidenced, allows us to analyse the complexity of the economic activities and exploitation of local resources, such as livestock, agriculture, forestry and mining.
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Thetis , 2024
The 2023 archaeological season of the Sikait Project in the Wadi el Gemal National Park has conti... more The 2023 archaeological season of the Sikait Project in the Wadi el Gemal National Park has continued to decipher the historical evolution of the ancient industry at Smaragdos, the only known source of beryl in the Roman Empire according to the classical literary sources. The work focused on the continuation of the excavations in the main site of Sikait, the documentation of the emerald mines, and conservation interventions. In addition to that, an
intensive topographical survey of different areas of the Wadi el Gemal Park has been conducted. This paper offers an overview of the preliminary results of the season.
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European Journal of Postclassical Archaeologies, 2023
The religious practices in the mining communities are one of the most understudied aspects of anc... more The religious practices in the mining communities are one of the most understudied aspects of ancient mining. The work conducted during the last years in the ancient emerald mining region in the Egyptian Eastern Desert – known as the Smaragdos in Antiquity – is providing remarkable evidence for approaching this subject.
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Enviromental Archaeology, 2023
Over the last decades, micro-archaeological and ethnoarchaeological approaches have demonstrated ... more Over the last decades, micro-archaeological and ethnoarchaeological approaches have demonstrated the importance of animal dung deposits for reconstructing past human lifeways, primarily within caves and rock-shelters. The case study of Tossal de Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees) provides evidence from simultaneous storage and penning, along with the in situ remains in anatomical connection of several ovicaprines and a horse within a
building destroyed by fire, dating to the second half of the third century BC. The current study provides new evidence for animal management and organisation of space at the site through examination in micromorphological thin-section and integrated phytolith and dung spherulite analyses. Micromorphological results reveal spatial variations in dung accumulation, possibly related to differences in the use of space. Phytolith records further
provide insights into herbivorous regimes, dominated by a range of grass matter suggested to derive from fodder and/or grazing through the penning lifetime. This integrated approach contributes to the understanding of depositional pathways and taphonomy of penning deposits within built environments, critical for the reconstruction of activity areas and practices related to animal management, foddering/grazing patterns, site formation
processes, concepts of space within the settlement, health and the complexity of interactions between people and animals in mountain areas.
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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023
Despite the important role of livestock farming amongst Iron Age communities living in mountain r... more Despite the important role of livestock farming amongst Iron Age communities living in mountain regions, there is little information about livestock management, and particularly stabling practises, breeding systems, and grazing/foddering patterns. The study of the ground floor of Building G in Tossal de Baltarga has provided valuable insights into these important issues and has given us a better understanding of the social and economic patterns involved in all these livestock activities. It revealed the existence of a stable from the Late Iron Age, thanks to unique in situ finds of the stabled animals, including four sheep, a goat, and a horse, in addition to a range of organic remains preserved by fire and penning deposits. It is the first documented to date in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. Through an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach, combining a range of analytic procedures, including osteology, dental microwear, stable isotopes, phytoliths, dung spherulite analyses, and thin-section micromorphology, for the first time, this study has provided new, high-resolution evidence of livestock management strategies. Specifically, the research shed light on animal penning and feeding practises, revealing variable herbivorous regimes between species, the practise of seasonal movements, and the possible use of fodder as the main dietary regime of the animals stabled there. At the same time, the Baltarga case-study illustrates an indoor production unit that could reveal possible private control of some domestic animals in the Pyrenean Late Iron Age.
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Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, 2023
El presente trabajo analiza un hallazgo monetario de interés realizado en el yacimiento arqueológ... more El presente trabajo analiza un hallazgo monetario de interés realizado en el yacimiento arqueológico de Sikait (antigua Senskis), en la región conocida en la Antigüedad como «Smaragdos» (actualmente, en el Parque Nacional de Wadi el Gemal, Desierto Arábigo, Egipto). Se trata de un bronce del emperador Antonino Pío representando los símbolos zodiacales. Su estudio permitirá, por un lado, profundizar alrededor de las emisiones de tipo zodiacal llevadas a cabo por este emperador en Egipto y su significación. Por otro lado, analizar el uso de emisiones monetarias como elementos votivos dentro de los espacios rituales de cronología tardía en este asentamiento vinculado a las minas de berilo de época romana.
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Faventia, 2017
Resum En aquest article intentarem fer un repàs al voltant de les característiques de la població... more Resum En aquest article intentarem fer un repàs al voltant de les característiques de la població humana situada a part de la depressió Prelitoral Catalana (actual Vallès) durant el període de la primera edat del ferro (viii-vii a.C.). Analitzarem les característiques dels assentaments que s'hi han docu-mentat arqueològicament i, a partir d'aquí, intentarem plantejar algunes hipòtesis al voltant de la societat que els habità, amb l'objectiu de conèixer millor els antecedents que suposaren l'aparició del món iber laietà en aquesta àrea.
Abstract. The First Iron Age in the Vallès: Some hypotheses about the background of the Iberian Laietanian world (8 th-7 th century b.c.) In this paper we will focus on the characteristics of the human population located in the Catalan Coastal Depression (Depressió Prelitoral, present-day Vallès) during the Iron Age I period (8 th-7 th century b.c.). We will analyze the characteristics of the archaeologically known settlements and, after that, we will try to offer some hypotheses about the society which inhabited them, being our main goal to obtain a better understanding of the background which allowed the emergence of the Iberian-Laietanian world in this area.
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Athenaeum, 2019
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Nilus, 2019
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Laietània Interior: marques i terrisseries d'àmfores al Vallès Occidental i Oriental, 2019
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Placer y Dolor, 2017
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RESUMEN Este artículo pretende ofrecer una panorámica de los primeros resultados obtenidos en el ... more RESUMEN Este artículo pretende ofrecer una panorámica de los primeros resultados obtenidos en el estudio de los yacimientos de época antigua documentados en el municipio de Belorado (Burgos): La Muela y La Mesa. Mediante la prospección superficial, geofísica y los sondeos arqueológicos se han podido empezar a documentar las primeras evidencias sobre la estructuración territorial y las características socio-económicas del poblamiento antiguo del valle del río Tirón. ABSTRACT Th is article provides an overview of the preliminary results obtained in the research of the archaeological sites in the town of Belorado (Burgos): La Muela and La Mesa. Th ese results are included into a research project that has implied the making of diff erent fi eld and geophysical surveys and archaeological excavations and has allowed to record the fi rst evidences related with the territorial structure and social and economic characteristics of the population that lived in the Tirón river valley during Pre-Roman and Roma times.
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Estrat Critic: revista d'Arqueologia, (ISSN 1887-8687). 5 - 1, pp. 276 - 277. Estrat Jove - UAB
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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2020
Recent excavations in the southwestern part of the embayment that served as the southern harbour ... more Recent excavations in the southwestern part of the embayment that served as the southern harbour of ancient Berenike uncovered, among others, a metallurgical furnace from late Hellenistic times. An analysis of this discovery in trench BE14/15-102 offers insight into metallurgical production taking place in the harbour zone in the last years of the Ptolemaic kingdom. The early Roman phase, as attested in this trench, indicates a restructuring of this part of the harbour and its new, changed function, as an open circulation area, probably with some wealthy residences nearby.
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intensive topographical survey of different areas of the Wadi el Gemal Park has been conducted. This paper offers an overview of the preliminary results of the season.
building destroyed by fire, dating to the second half of the third century BC. The current study provides new evidence for animal management and organisation of space at the site through examination in micromorphological thin-section and integrated phytolith and dung spherulite analyses. Micromorphological results reveal spatial variations in dung accumulation, possibly related to differences in the use of space. Phytolith records further
provide insights into herbivorous regimes, dominated by a range of grass matter suggested to derive from fodder and/or grazing through the penning lifetime. This integrated approach contributes to the understanding of depositional pathways and taphonomy of penning deposits within built environments, critical for the reconstruction of activity areas and practices related to animal management, foddering/grazing patterns, site formation
processes, concepts of space within the settlement, health and the complexity of interactions between people and animals in mountain areas.
Abstract. The First Iron Age in the Vallès: Some hypotheses about the background of the Iberian Laietanian world (8 th-7 th century b.c.) In this paper we will focus on the characteristics of the human population located in the Catalan Coastal Depression (Depressió Prelitoral, present-day Vallès) during the Iron Age I period (8 th-7 th century b.c.). We will analyze the characteristics of the archaeologically known settlements and, after that, we will try to offer some hypotheses about the society which inhabited them, being our main goal to obtain a better understanding of the background which allowed the emergence of the Iberian-Laietanian world in this area.
intensive topographical survey of different areas of the Wadi el Gemal Park has been conducted. This paper offers an overview of the preliminary results of the season.
building destroyed by fire, dating to the second half of the third century BC. The current study provides new evidence for animal management and organisation of space at the site through examination in micromorphological thin-section and integrated phytolith and dung spherulite analyses. Micromorphological results reveal spatial variations in dung accumulation, possibly related to differences in the use of space. Phytolith records further
provide insights into herbivorous regimes, dominated by a range of grass matter suggested to derive from fodder and/or grazing through the penning lifetime. This integrated approach contributes to the understanding of depositional pathways and taphonomy of penning deposits within built environments, critical for the reconstruction of activity areas and practices related to animal management, foddering/grazing patterns, site formation
processes, concepts of space within the settlement, health and the complexity of interactions between people and animals in mountain areas.
Abstract. The First Iron Age in the Vallès: Some hypotheses about the background of the Iberian Laietanian world (8 th-7 th century b.c.) In this paper we will focus on the characteristics of the human population located in the Catalan Coastal Depression (Depressió Prelitoral, present-day Vallès) during the Iron Age I period (8 th-7 th century b.c.). We will analyze the characteristics of the archaeologically known settlements and, after that, we will try to offer some hypotheses about the society which inhabited them, being our main goal to obtain a better understanding of the background which allowed the emergence of the Iberian-Laietanian world in this area.