Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)

The 2978 faunal bone remains recovered from the Bronze Age levels at the Castillejo del Bonete site between 2005 and 2019 were analyzed in this study. In the main structure (Great Tumulus 1, Tumulus 2, and Tomb 5), the faunal bone remains were identified and interpreted as offerings in a funerary co...

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Autores: Galindo-Pellicena, María Ángeles, Pérez-Romero, Amalia, Gómez-Felipe, Andrea, Romero-Ruiz, Marta, Blázquez-Orta, Raquel, Andreu-Alarcón, Silvia, Benítez de Lugo Enrich, Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118367
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spelling Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)Galindo-Pellicena, María ÁngelesPérez-Romero, AmaliaGómez-Felipe, AndreaRomero-Ruiz, MartaBlázquez-Orta, RaquelAndreu-Alarcón, SilviaBenítez de Lugo Enrich, Luis903.28(460)9025956.012562/569:903(460)Bronze AgeCastilla La ManchaSpainZooarchaeologyTaphonomyPrehistoriaArqueologíaPaleontologíaZoología5504.05 Prehistoria5505.01 Arqueología2401 Biología Animal (Zoología)2416 PaleontologíaThe 2978 faunal bone remains recovered from the Bronze Age levels at the Castillejo del Bonete site between 2005 and 2019 were analyzed in this study. In the main structure (Great Tumulus 1, Tumulus 2, and Tomb 5), the faunal bone remains were identified and interpreted as offerings in a funerary context. In Enclosure 4, a large building possibly dedicated to the celebration of wakes and rituals—including the eating of food and drinking—in honor of the deceased, the anthropic modifications on the bone surfaces indicate their possible consumption. The cave is constituted by four galleries with inhumations (in Galleries 2, 3, and 4) and pithoi (in Gallery 4). Wild and domestic animals were identified in the cavity, and the caprine (likely sheep) is the best represented taxa in the entire cave. The almost complete skeletal representation; the predominance of fetal, neonate, and juvenile individuals; the absence of anthropic modifications related to consumption, in addition to the bone industry made of caprine bones (such as an eye idol and anthropomorphic artefacts), suggest that caprines were used as offerings to the deceased that accompany them. Postdepositional taphonomic alterations, the animals not having been found in anatomical connection, and the refits of the bones between different stratigraphical units indicate the repeated use of the cave during the Bronze Age.MDPIUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20252025-01-0120252025-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118367reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)InglésengPID2021-122355NB-C31 ES Not availableMCIN AEI 10.13039open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1183672026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)
title Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)
spellingShingle Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)
Galindo-Pellicena, María Ángeles
903.28(460)
902
59
56.012
562/569:903(460)
Bronze Age
Castilla La Mancha
Spain
Zooarchaeology
Taphonomy
Prehistoria
Arqueología
Paleontología
Zoología
5504.05 Prehistoria
5505.01 Arqueología
2401 Biología Animal (Zoología)
2416 Paleontología
title_short Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)
title_full Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)
title_fullStr Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)
title_sort Animals for the deceased. Zooarchaeological analysis from Bronze Age of Castillejo del Bonete site (Terrinches, Ciudad Real and Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Galindo-Pellicena, María Ángeles
Pérez-Romero, Amalia
Gómez-Felipe, Andrea
Romero-Ruiz, Marta
Blázquez-Orta, Raquel
Andreu-Alarcón, Silvia
Benítez de Lugo Enrich, Luis
author Galindo-Pellicena, María Ángeles
author_facet Galindo-Pellicena, María Ángeles
Pérez-Romero, Amalia
Gómez-Felipe, Andrea
Romero-Ruiz, Marta
Blázquez-Orta, Raquel
Andreu-Alarcón, Silvia
Benítez de Lugo Enrich, Luis
author_role author
author2 Pérez-Romero, Amalia
Gómez-Felipe, Andrea
Romero-Ruiz, Marta
Blázquez-Orta, Raquel
Andreu-Alarcón, Silvia
Benítez de Lugo Enrich, Luis
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 903.28(460)
902
59
56.012
562/569:903(460)
Bronze Age
Castilla La Mancha
Spain
Zooarchaeology
Taphonomy
Prehistoria
Arqueología
Paleontología
Zoología
5504.05 Prehistoria
5505.01 Arqueología
2401 Biología Animal (Zoología)
2416 Paleontología
topic 903.28(460)
902
59
56.012
562/569:903(460)
Bronze Age
Castilla La Mancha
Spain
Zooarchaeology
Taphonomy
Prehistoria
Arqueología
Paleontología
Zoología
5504.05 Prehistoria
5505.01 Arqueología
2401 Biología Animal (Zoología)
2416 Paleontología
description The 2978 faunal bone remains recovered from the Bronze Age levels at the Castillejo del Bonete site between 2005 and 2019 were analyzed in this study. In the main structure (Great Tumulus 1, Tumulus 2, and Tomb 5), the faunal bone remains were identified and interpreted as offerings in a funerary context. In Enclosure 4, a large building possibly dedicated to the celebration of wakes and rituals—including the eating of food and drinking—in honor of the deceased, the anthropic modifications on the bone surfaces indicate their possible consumption. The cave is constituted by four galleries with inhumations (in Galleries 2, 3, and 4) and pithoi (in Gallery 4). Wild and domestic animals were identified in the cavity, and the caprine (likely sheep) is the best represented taxa in the entire cave. The almost complete skeletal representation; the predominance of fetal, neonate, and juvenile individuals; the absence of anthropic modifications related to consumption, in addition to the bone industry made of caprine bones (such as an eye idol and anthropomorphic artefacts), suggest that caprines were used as offerings to the deceased that accompany them. Postdepositional taphonomic alterations, the animals not having been found in anatomical connection, and the refits of the bones between different stratigraphical units indicate the repeated use of the cave during the Bronze Age.
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