Metallurgical Control And Social Power. The Bronze Age Communities Of High Guadalquivir (Spain)
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Moreno Onorato, María Auxiliadora; Contreras Cortés, Francisco; Cámara Serrano, Juan Antonio; Simón García, José LuisEditorial
Fondazione Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnología “Leonardo da Vinci”
Materia
Edad del bronce Bronze age Alto Guadalquivir Upper Guadalquivir Valley Archaeometallurgy Arqueometalurgia Minería Mining Jerarquización social Social Hierarchization
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2003Referencia bibliográfica
MORENO ONORATO, A., CONTRERAS CORTÉS, F., CÁMARA SERRANO, J.A., SIMÓN GARCÍA, J.L. (2003): Metallurgical Control And Social Power. The Bronze Age Communities Of High Guadalquivir (Spain), Archaeometallurgy in Europe 2003 (Milán, 24-26 Septiembre 2003), Proceedings. Vol. 1. Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia/Fondazione Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnología “Leonardo da Vinci”/Archeologia Viva, Milano, pp. 625-634.
Patrocinador
Archeometallurgical Project: Bronze Age Communities 01 the High Guadalquivir (BHA2000-1512), funded by tbe Ministry of Seience and Teehnology; Peñalosa Project, funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Autonomaus Community of AndalusíaResumen
This research project is centered on lbe archaeometallurgic process lbat was
developed by Bronze Age communities in tbe High Guadalquivir (Spain). Copper,
bronze and silver mining and metallurgic transformations constitute one of tbe bases
of tbe historie develapment of tbese communities.· Such activity implies tbe use of
more complex technologies and lbe control of tbe distribution of tbese new products
by tbe aristoeratic groups.
The fieldwork carried out in lbe site of Peilalosa (Bailos de la Encina, provinee of
Jaen, Spain) has produced a great deal of archaeologieal n';mains showing tbe
complexity of tbe metallurgical process in Recent Prehistory. Excavations at Peilalosa
have allowed us to carry out archaeometaJlurgical research in relation to:
1. The sequence ofmelallurgical aetivity.
2. The ascription ofthis activity and its different phases to different vilJage areas.
3. Use of different stone raw materials to creale lbe necessary tools for lbe
metallurgical process and differenl minerals (malachile, azurile, galena, etc.) to be
fused.
4. General aecess to metallurgieal pracesses (found in al! tbe dwellings) and tbeir
praduels (presenl in a great number of tombs, especially in relation to daggers and
swords).
5. Differenees in tbe size of tbe weapons located in tbe differenl lombs.
6. Restricted access to non-copper minerals and, overall, lo items made witb preciaus
metals.