- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Archaeometallurgy, Phoenician Punic Archaeology, Marxism & Archaeology, and 46 moreBalearic prehistory, Experimental Archaeology, Maritime Archaeology, Archaeometry, Bronze And Iron Age In Mediterrarranean (Archaeology), Bell Beakers (Archaeology), Copper extraction and production, Arqueología del Bronce Final y Hierro I, Ancient Navigation, Balearic Archaeology, Island archaeology, Copper age, Mediterranean prehistory, Archaeometallurgy, Mineralogy, Archaeometry, Baleares /Balearic Islands, Coastal and Island Archaeology, Mineral Processing, Extractive Metallurgy, History, Archaeological Chemistry, Ancient Metallurgy, Metalwork (Archaeology), Âge du Bronze, Protohistoric Iberian Peninsula, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Mediterrranean Archaeology, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Late Bronze Age, Archaeology of Mining, Bronze Age Metalwork, Provenance studies of archaeological material, Lead Isotope Analysis, copper oxhide ingots LBA Cyprus Crete lead isotopes, Ancient Mining and Metallurgy, Archaeological GIS, Mediterranean archaeology, Arqueometalurgia, 2nd Millenium BC, Età nuragica, Bronze Age swords, Household Archaeology, Sardinia (Archaeology), Sicilian Middle Bronze Age, Nuragic Archaeology, Sardinian Nuragic, and archaeology of Sardinia in phoenician ageedit
Current paleodietary studies about the Naviform and Talayotic groups that took place in Minorca (Balearic Islands) during the Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age (ca.1600–850/800 BC) have suggested a mixed and variable diet, largely depending... more
Current paleodietary studies about the Naviform and Talayotic groups that took place in Minorca (Balearic Islands) during the Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age (ca.1600–850/800 BC) have suggested a mixed and variable diet, largely depending on terrestrial sources of vegetables and meat. This study explores the nutritional pattern of the individuals buried in the Cova des Pas site (Minorca Island, Spain), a cave used as a collective sepulcher and the most exceptional and major human assemblage found in the Balearic Islands during this period. Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotopic signatures were measured on extracted bone collagen from 49 individuals. Further, faunal remains from the Son Mercer de Baix site, the closest contemporaneous village to the collective sepulcher, were also analyzed to provide a baseline corpus of data to interpret human isotopic data. The results indicate a human diet based mainly on C3plants with an important consumption of animal protein. The δ15N...
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Trabajo presentado en las VIII Jornades d’Arqueologia de les Illes Balears, celebradas en Alcudia del 11 al 13 de octubre de 2018.-- Coordinacio: Jordi Hernandez-Gasch, Maria J. Rivas Antequera, Margalida Rivas Llompart.
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Des d’una perspectiva materialista, la present tesi doctoral analitza les caracteristiques socials i economiques de les comunitats prehistoriques de les illes Pitiuses (Eivissa i Formentera). Es realitzen aportacions significatives als... more
Des d’una perspectiva materialista, la present tesi doctoral analitza les caracteristiques socials i economiques de les comunitats prehistoriques de les illes Pitiuses (Eivissa i Formentera). Es realitzen aportacions significatives als seus espais i activitats domestics a partir del cas del poblat de Cap de Barbaria II i s’avalua el pes dels contactes exteriors a parir de l’estudi arqueometric de la seva metal·lurgica. Tot plegat aporta informacions substancials sobre les dinamiques historiques propies de les illes Balears, en el context general del Mediterrani Occidental durant l’edat del bronze (ca 2.100-850 cal ANE).
Research Interests: Archaeology, Humanities, Art, Metallurgy, Prehistory, and 8 moreBronze Age, Arqueologia, Formentera, Ibiza, Prehistòria, Eivissa, Edat Del Bronze, and Pitiüses
En este trabajo se da a conocer un conjunto material asociado a la producción metalúrgica en Menorca durante el periodo Naviforme, mediante los casos de Cala Blanca y Son Mercer de Baix. Además, se tratan aspectos relativos a la... more
En este trabajo se da a conocer un conjunto material asociado a la producción metalúrgica en Menorca durante el periodo Naviforme, mediante los casos de Cala Blanca y Son Mercer de Baix. Además, se tratan aspectos relativos a la circulación de metal incluyendo en el estudio varios conjuntos de lingotes inéditos. La información presentada permite contextualizar las prácticas de producción metalúrgica en la isla y caracterizar dichos conjuntos de evidencias mediante su análisis de composición elemental (FRX-ED). En conjunto, se arrojan datos importantes para la comprensión de los espacios de producción y formas de circulación de metal en la isla de Menorca con implicaciones para el archipiélago balear y el Mediterráneo Occidental durante el Bronce Final.
VI Jornades d'Arqueologia de les Illes Balears duites a terme a l'illa de Formentera durant els dies 27, 28 i 29 de setembre de l’any 2014.-- Coordinacion Antonia Martinez Ortega i Glenda Graziani Echavarri.
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Convocatoria de Beques d’investigacio sobre el patrimoni historic i cultural d’Eivissa. Consell Insular d’Eivissa. Any 2016 (BOIB num. 103, 13 d’agost de 2016; i num 108, 25 d’agost de 2016).
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Abstract The Ibiza and Formentera islands (Pityusic Islands, Balearic Archipelago, Spain) were colonised by continental Bell Beaker communities. These islands have no mineral resources for producing copper or tin-bronze objects locally,... more
Abstract The Ibiza and Formentera islands (Pityusic Islands, Balearic Archipelago, Spain) were colonised by continental Bell Beaker communities. These islands have no mineral resources for producing copper or tin-bronze objects locally, so their metals are a good indication of Western Mediterranean trade dynamics. During the first centuries of occupation (ca. 2100-1400 cal BC), they remained almost isolated in terms of the metal trade, and only a few objects have been attributed to this period. Nevertheless, this situation changed significantly during the Late Bronze Age (1400–850/700 cal BC). Several ingots and metallic objects, acquired through external contact, have been found and ascribed to this period. Archaeometallurgical research concerning these objects has revealed technological patterns in the copper-tin alloys and shed some light on regional and long-distance metal trade dynamics.
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En este trabajo presentamos un conjunto de 6 fechas de carbono 14 del poblado de Cap de Barbaria II (Formentera, Islas Baleares), que permiten acotar su ocupación dentro de la Edad del Bronce. Además, se tratan aspectos metodológicos... more
En este trabajo presentamos un conjunto de 6 fechas de carbono 14 del poblado de Cap de Barbaria II (Formentera, Islas Baleares), que permiten acotar su ocupación dentro de la Edad del Bronce. Además, se tratan aspectos metodológicos relativos a la calibración e interpretación de las fechas en función de la naturaleza de las muestras (hueso y concha). La información delimita cronológicamente el grupo arqueológico naviforme en las islas Pitiusas (Ibiza y Formentera) y proporciona datos importantes para la comprensión de su formación, desarrollo y extinción en el conjunto del archipiélago balear.
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Research Interests: Geography, Mediterranean prehistory, Paleoecology, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Baleares /Balearic Islands, and 12 moreMediterranean archaeology, Early Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age Archaeology, Balearic prehistory, Illes Balears / Balearic Islands, Insularity, Formentera, Balearic Archaeology, Archaeopalynology, Elsevier, Prehistory of Balearic Islands, and Islands Archaeology
In this article, we describe petrological, mineralogical and typological analyses of handmade pottery recovered from the Bronze Age site of Cap de Barbaria II, which is located on the island of Formentera (Balearic Islands, Spain). In... more
In this article, we describe petrological, mineralogical and typological analyses of handmade pottery recovered from the Bronze Age site of Cap de Barbaria II, which is located on the island of Formentera (Balearic Islands, Spain). In addition, the mineralogy and texture of several clay deposits present within the study area are also characterized using X-ray powder diffraction and laser diffraction particle size analysis. The goals of this research are, first, to identify the different technological choices made by the community of potters that inhabited this settlement in various stages of the chaine operatoire (i.e., the procurement of raw materials, preparation of pastes, shaping of the vessels, and firing); second, we aim to determine the relationships between the technological choices identified at this site and the prehistoric technological traditions observed on the other islands of the Balearic archipelago. The results provide evidence that the Bronze Age potters from Cap d...
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In this article, we describe petrographical, mineralogical and typological analyses of handmade pottery recovered from the Bronze Age site of Cap de Barbaria II, which is located on the island of Formentera (Balearic Islands, Spain). In... more
In this article, we describe petrographical, mineralogical and typological analyses of handmade pottery recovered from the Bronze Age site of Cap de Barbaria II, which is located on the island of Formentera (Balearic Islands, Spain). In addition, the mineralogy and texture of several clay deposits present within the study area are also characterized using X-ray powder diffraction and laser diffraction particle size analysis. The goals of this research are, first, to identify the different technological choices made by the community of potters that inhabited this settlement in various stages of the chaîne opératoire (i.e., the procurement of raw materials, preparation of pastes, shaping of the vessels, and firing); second, we aim to determine the relationships between the technological choices identified at this site and the prehistoric technological traditions observed on the other islands of the Balearic archipelago. The results provide evidence that the Bronze Age potters from Cap de Barbaria II developed a very cohesive production system for the procurement of raw materials and the paste recipes used to produce the vessels. Moreover, the results indicate a clear preference for the longterm use of decalcified clays and spathic calcite temper, thus reflecting a consistent community of practice among the potters that shared several technological choices with artisans located at other sites on Formentera and other islands within the archipelago.
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Ralph Araque Gonzalez. Intercultural Communications and Iconography in the Western Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age (Freiburg Archaeological Studies 9. Rahden, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2018, 397pp., 214 figs., 20 tables, hbk, ISBN 978-3-89646-797-3)more
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Fernandes, DM., Mittnik, A., Olalde, I., Lazaridis, I., Cheronet, O., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Bernardos, R., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Carlsson, J., Culleton, BJ., Ferry, M., Gamarra, B., Lari, M., Mah, M., Michel, M., Modi, A., Novak,... more
Fernandes, DM., Mittnik, A., Olalde, I., Lazaridis, I., Cheronet, O., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Bernardos, R., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Carlsson, J., Culleton, BJ., Ferry, M., Gamarra, B., Lari, M., Mah, M., Michel, M., Modi, A., Novak, M., Oppenheimer, J., Sirak, KA., Stewardson, K., Mandl, K., Schattke, C., Özdogan, KT., Lucci, M., Gasperetti, G., Candilio, F., Salis, G., Vai, S., Camarós, E., Calò, C., Catalano, G., Cueto, M., Forgia, V., Lozano, M., Marini, E., Micheletti, M., Miccichè, RM., Palombo, MR., Ramis, D., Schimmenti, V., Sureda, P., Teira, L., Teschler-Nicola, M., Kennett, DJ., Lalueza-Fox, C., Patterson, N., Sineo, L., Coppa, A., Caramelli, D., Pinhasi, R., Reich, D. (2020). The Spread of Steppe and Iranian Related Ancestry in the Islands of the Western Mediterranean. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4 (334-345): 1-12.
doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1102-0
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Supplementary Information doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1102-0
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339462961_The_spread_of_steppe_and_Iranian-related_ancestry_in_the_islands_of_the_western_Mediterranean
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The islands of Ibiza and Formentera (the Pityusic Islands in the Balearic archipelago, Spain) were one of the last insular contexts to be colonised in the Mediterranean. The first settlement occurred during the second millennium cal BCE,... more
The islands of Ibiza and Formentera (the Pityusic Islands in the Balearic archipelago, Spain) were one of the last insular contexts to be colonised in the Mediterranean. The first settlement occurred during the second millennium cal BCE, probably by continental Bronze Age communities. During the first centuries of occupation (ca. 2100–1400 cal BCE), local material culture is defined in terms of the Bell-Beaker/Dolmenic and First Naviform periods. The Pityusic Islands have no mineral resources for producing copper or bronze objects locally, so the presence of metal objects dated to these periods necessarily indicates exog-enous contact. Seven metal objects have been found in five archaeological sites located in both islands. Archaeometallurgical research conducted on these objects reveals the economic behaviour of these first settlers in acquiring these resources. In this respect, aspects of this behaviour, such as technological patterns and trade dynamics, are analysed.
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The ArqueoBarbaria archaeological project aims to characterise the economic strategies and environmental context of Formentera's first human settlers at two Bronze Age sites (Cap de Barbaria II and cave 127) using an interdisciplinary... more
The ArqueoBarbaria archaeological project aims to characterise the economic strategies and environmental context of Formentera's first human settlers at two Bronze Age sites (Cap de Barbaria II and cave 127) using an interdisciplinary approach.
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The isle of Formentera (Balearic Archipelago, Spain) was one of the latest insular contexts to be colonized in the Mediterranean. The first settlement occurred during the second millennium cal BCE, and this late human occupation is... more
The isle of Formentera (Balearic Archipelago, Spain) was one of the latest insular contexts to be colonized in the Mediterranean. The first settlement occurred during the second millennium cal BCE, and this late human occupation is associated with insularity factors, including an extreme environment. Cap de Barbaria II is one of the biggest open-air naviform villages occupied during the first prehistoric settlement and for an extended period (ca. 1600–850 cal BCE). Multidisciplinary archaeological research conducted within the site reveals adaptation of the economic behaviour of these first settlers to an environment poor in resources. In this sense, aspects such as innovation, diversification, and intensification in the use of resources characterized the subsistence and technological patterns developed by the prehistoric inhabitants of Formentera. New data from different archaeological and paleoenvironmental studies, such as archaeobotanical, archaeozoological, or technological and functional, have been analyzed. In this sense, the assessed subsistence patterns, reveal adaptive strategies that encompass different local and exogenous resources and differ from those observed in the rest of the Balearic Islands.
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RESUMEN En este trabajo presentamos un conjunto de 6 fe-chas de carbono 14 del poblado de Cap de Barbaria II (Formentera, Islas Baleares), que permiten acotar su ocupación dentro de la Edad del Bronce. Además, se tratan aspectos... more
RESUMEN En este trabajo presentamos un conjunto de 6 fe-chas de carbono 14 del poblado de Cap de Barbaria II (Formentera, Islas Baleares), que permiten acotar su ocupación dentro de la Edad del Bronce. Además, se tratan aspectos metodológicos relativos a la calibración e interpretación de las fechas en función de la natu-raleza de las muestras (hueso y concha). La informa-ción delimita cronológicamente el grupo arqueológico naviforme en las islas Pitiusas (Ibiza y Formentera) y proporciona datos importantes para la comprensión de su formación, desarrollo y extinción en el conjunto del archipiélago balear.
ABSTRACT We present a series of six radiocarbon dates from the site of Cap de Barbaria II (Formentera, Balearic Islands). These place its occupation in the Bronze Age. In addition, methodological aspects of date calibration according to the nature of the samples (animal bone and shell) are discussed. This information defines chronological time span of the Naviform societies in the islands of Ibiza and Formentera and provides important elements for the understanding the formation, development, and end of these societies throughout the Balearic archipelago.
Palabras clave: Islas Baleares; Formentera; Naviforme; Radiocarbono; Edad del Bronce; Mediterráneo occidental.
ABSTRACT We present a series of six radiocarbon dates from the site of Cap de Barbaria II (Formentera, Balearic Islands). These place its occupation in the Bronze Age. In addition, methodological aspects of date calibration according to the nature of the samples (animal bone and shell) are discussed. This information defines chronological time span of the Naviform societies in the islands of Ibiza and Formentera and provides important elements for the understanding the formation, development, and end of these societies throughout the Balearic archipelago.
Palabras clave: Islas Baleares; Formentera; Naviforme; Radiocarbono; Edad del Bronce; Mediterráneo occidental.
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In this paper we present the study of a Palmela type arrowhead located in Formentera (Balearic Islands). It is the first and only specimen of this type located in the Pityusic archipelago and can be directly related to the... more
In this paper we present the study of a Palmela type arrowhead located in Formentera (Balearic Islands). It is the first and only specimen of this type located in the Pityusic archipelago and can be directly related to the first evidence of stable settlement during the end of the III millennium cal BC. Because of its typology and its metallic nature, it should be considered as an imported piece brought from outside of the island, possibly as a example of Formentera’s prehistoric population exchanges.
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Islands in archaeology were traditionally analysed in terms of isolation and connectivity through time as well as how these phenomena affected the structuration of specific cultures and social structures. Such approaches have now declined... more
Islands in archaeology were traditionally analysed in terms of isolation and connectivity through time as well as how these phenomena affected the structuration of specific cultures and social structures. Such approaches have now declined because they could not easily deal with the diversity and variability that island worlds present to us. These include: the level(s) of geographical constraints, their size and/or availability of primary resources, with human colonization creating even greater complexities. Examples of the latter involve peculiar processes of adaption, long-term lack of contacts, specific agro-pastoral systems and management of limited resources. Bio-molecular archaeology and the third science revolution are now opening new horizons in the analysis of islanders’ human-environmental diachronic relationships. At times, they have challenged previous concepts, interpretation, and established archaeological theories. In this session, we will deal with, not only the role of remote/limited islands as possible nodes of network, but also their bridging roles in cultural or biological bottle-neck processes and the challenges that human colonization (or re-colonization) faced. We will also discuss concepts of isolation and connectivity in relation to archaeological contexts or materials, landscape and insular identity and how contemporary trends in archaeological research can support original interpretations. Papers regarding all geographical contexts and chronological spans are welcome.