@misc{10481/104458,
year = {2025},
month = {6},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/104458},
abstract = {This study concerns prehistoric amber networks in north-eastern Iberia, emphasizing its distinct exchange
dynamics compared to other regions of the Iberian Peninsula. Baltic amber dominated assemblages in this
area from the Late Neolithic to the Bronze Age, contrasting with the prevalence of Sicilian amber in
southern Iberia, or Cretaceous Iberian amber in the northern region. The findings underscore the region’s
connection to southern France, with the Pyrenees serving as a cultural conduit, unlike the river Ebro, which
acted as a boundary. Here the authors present the results of a Fourier transform infrared spectrometry
(FTIR) analysis of twenty-one amber beads, primarily from collective burials. Eighteen were made of
Baltic succinite. Baltic amber may have begun to arrive as early as 3634–3363 cal BC, and continued to be
used until the Late Bronze Age. Exceptions included a unique spacer-bead made of gum and two bolus
pigments misidentified as amber. The results highlight Iberia’s regional diversity in raw material sourcing
and exchange, reflecting distinct sociocultural dynamics and challenging linear narratives of Iberian
prehistory.},
organization = {MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 PID2022-137494NB-I00},
organization = {FEDER, EU},
organization = {European Union’s Horizon 2020 101021480},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
keywords = {succinite},
keywords = {amber},
keywords = {late prehistory},
keywords = {north-eastern Iberia},
keywords = {provenance},
keywords = {FTIR},
title = {Amber Networks in Prehistory: North-Eastern Iberia as a Case Study},
doi = {10.1017/eaa.2025.12},
author = {Murillo Barroso, María de las Mercedes and Navero Rosales, Mercedes and González Marcén, Paloma and Martinón Torres, Marcos},
}