Irene Jiménez Jiménez
Ph. D. in Prehistory, University of Valladolid (Spain).
Master's degree in Archaeology and Heritage in Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
Five-years degree in History at University of Valladolid (Spain).
Address: Valladolid, Spain
Master's degree in Archaeology and Heritage in Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
Five-years degree in History at University of Valladolid (Spain).
Address: Valladolid, Spain
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The arrival of the Neolithic brought important changes which had an impact not only on aspects such as economy, human settlement or subsistence, but also on funerary practices, rituals and symbolism. The aim of this paper is to make an approach to these mortuary rites in the Early Neolithic in an specific area, the Northern Plateau (Spain). Evidences in relation to these kind of practices are scarce but very meaningful. Anthropology and ethnoarqueology can be very useful in the study of the funerary practices. Therefore we compare the archaeological record with other mortuary practices from ethnographic societies. The purpose of this work is to find a relationship between archaeological evidence and ethnographic practice to understand the symbolic world of prehistoric populations.
the context of the research project ‘The pathways of the Neolithic’. Through the analysis of the radiocarbon dates
and a detailed stratigraphic interpretation three occupations have been established with chronologies within
different periods of the vith millennium cal BC. A general description of the archaeological events documented
in each phase, and of most of the recovered material –pottery, lithic artefacts, bone industry and ornaments,
faunal and carpological remains– is offered. Moreover, in the light of the new dates presented, a review of the
Neolithisation process in the Lower Aragón region, and also in the Ebro valley, is proposed. Also the identification
of archaeological sites as Neolithic ones only on the basis of the presence of some elements considered
as ‘Neolithic markers’, without any consideration of the subsistence strategies or territorial exploitation, is
questioned.
Iniciábamos entonces la primera campaña de excavación en la Cova de
Els Trocs bajo los auspicios del Gobierno de Aragón y el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (HAR 2009-09027) que nos habían concedido financiación para un proyecto pluridisciplinar, que intentaba profundizar en el conocimiento de la introducción de la economía de rendimientos diferidos en las tierras del Interior peninsular y que llevaba por título “Los Caminos del Neolítico” (Rojo y otros, 2012).
No pretendemos en este trabajo realizar una descripción pormenorizada
de la arqueología de la cueva con sus estratos, sedimentos, estructuras y demás artefactos y ecofactos que, a lo largo ya de cinco campañas, se acumulan en nuestras bases de datos y que han sido objeto de una reciente publicación (Rojo y otros, 2013). Nuestra intención aquí es, simplemente, utilizar una serie de argumentos arqueológicos y arqueobiológicos que nos permitan plantear la hipótesis de que quienes ocuparon la Cova de Els Trocs desde el último cuarto del VI mileno cal ANE hasta finales del IV (ibídem, Tab. I) eran unos grupos humanos
poco numerosos que practicaban una economía primordialmente pastoril.
The arrival of the Neolithic brought important changes which had an impact not only on aspects such as economy, human settlement or subsistence, but also on funerary practices, rituals and symbolism. The aim of this paper is to make an approach to these mortuary rites in the Early Neolithic in an specific area, the Northern Plateau (Spain). Evidences in relation to these kind of practices are scarce but very meaningful. Anthropology and ethnoarqueology can be very useful in the study of the funerary practices. Therefore we compare the archaeological record with other mortuary practices from ethnographic societies. The purpose of this work is to find a relationship between archaeological evidence and ethnographic practice to understand the symbolic world of prehistoric populations.
the context of the research project ‘The pathways of the Neolithic’. Through the analysis of the radiocarbon dates
and a detailed stratigraphic interpretation three occupations have been established with chronologies within
different periods of the vith millennium cal BC. A general description of the archaeological events documented
in each phase, and of most of the recovered material –pottery, lithic artefacts, bone industry and ornaments,
faunal and carpological remains– is offered. Moreover, in the light of the new dates presented, a review of the
Neolithisation process in the Lower Aragón region, and also in the Ebro valley, is proposed. Also the identification
of archaeological sites as Neolithic ones only on the basis of the presence of some elements considered
as ‘Neolithic markers’, without any consideration of the subsistence strategies or territorial exploitation, is
questioned.
Iniciábamos entonces la primera campaña de excavación en la Cova de
Els Trocs bajo los auspicios del Gobierno de Aragón y el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (HAR 2009-09027) que nos habían concedido financiación para un proyecto pluridisciplinar, que intentaba profundizar en el conocimiento de la introducción de la economía de rendimientos diferidos en las tierras del Interior peninsular y que llevaba por título “Los Caminos del Neolítico” (Rojo y otros, 2012).
No pretendemos en este trabajo realizar una descripción pormenorizada
de la arqueología de la cueva con sus estratos, sedimentos, estructuras y demás artefactos y ecofactos que, a lo largo ya de cinco campañas, se acumulan en nuestras bases de datos y que han sido objeto de una reciente publicación (Rojo y otros, 2013). Nuestra intención aquí es, simplemente, utilizar una serie de argumentos arqueológicos y arqueobiológicos que nos permitan plantear la hipótesis de que quienes ocuparon la Cova de Els Trocs desde el último cuarto del VI mileno cal ANE hasta finales del IV (ibídem, Tab. I) eran unos grupos humanos
poco numerosos que practicaban una economía primordialmente pastoril.