Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian Peninsula

Textile production is among the most fundamental and more complex technologies in human prehistory, but is under-investigated due to the perishable nature of fibrous materials. Here we report a discovery of five textile fragments from a prehistoric (fourth-third millennium cal BC) burial deposit loc...

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Autores: Gleba, Margarita, Bretones García, M. Dolores, Cimarelli, Corrado, Vera Rodríguez, Juan Carlos, Martínez Sánchez, Rafael M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
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spelling Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian PeninsulaGleba, MargaritaBretones García, M. DoloresCimarelli, CorradoVera Rodríguez, Juan CarlosMartínez Sánchez, Rafael M.ImaginMass spectrometryMicroscopyArchaeologyGeology2506 GeologíaTextile production is among the most fundamental and more complex technologies in human prehistory, but is under-investigated due to the perishable nature of fibrous materials. Here we report a discovery of five textile fragments from a prehistoric (fourth-third millennium cal BC) burial deposit located in a small cave at Peñacalera in Sierra Morena hills, near Córdoba, Southern Spain. These textiles accompanied a set of human remains as grave goods, together with other organic elements such as fragments of wood and cork, and some pottery vessels. They were characterized and dated using digital microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. Two of the fragments described here are the oldest examples of loom-woven textiles in the Iberian Peninsula, dating from the second half of the fourth millennium cal BC. This correlates chronologically with the first appearance of loom weights in the archaeological record of this region. The more recently dated textile is the earliest preserved cloth intentionally coloured with cinnabar in the western Mediterranean. The Peñacalera finds are a key reference for understanding the development of textile technologies during the Neolithic and Copper Age in western Europe and beyond.Nature Research20212021-01-0120212021-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10272/20778reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/207782026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian Peninsula
title Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian Peninsula
spellingShingle Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian Peninsula
Gleba, Margarita
Imagin
Mass spectrometry
Microscopy
Archaeology
Geology
2506 Geología
title_short Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian Peninsula
title_full Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian Peninsula
title_fullStr Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian Peninsula
title_full_unstemmed Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian Peninsula
title_sort Multidisciplinary investigation reveals the earliest textiles and cinnabar‑coloured cloth in Iberian Peninsula
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gleba, Margarita
Bretones García, M. Dolores
Cimarelli, Corrado
Vera Rodríguez, Juan Carlos
Martínez Sánchez, Rafael M.
author Gleba, Margarita
author_facet Gleba, Margarita
Bretones García, M. Dolores
Cimarelli, Corrado
Vera Rodríguez, Juan Carlos
Martínez Sánchez, Rafael M.
author_role author
author2 Bretones García, M. Dolores
Cimarelli, Corrado
Vera Rodríguez, Juan Carlos
Martínez Sánchez, Rafael M.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Imagin
Mass spectrometry
Microscopy
Archaeology
Geology
2506 Geología
topic Imagin
Mass spectrometry
Microscopy
Archaeology
Geology
2506 Geología
description Textile production is among the most fundamental and more complex technologies in human prehistory, but is under-investigated due to the perishable nature of fibrous materials. Here we report a discovery of five textile fragments from a prehistoric (fourth-third millennium cal BC) burial deposit located in a small cave at Peñacalera in Sierra Morena hills, near Córdoba, Southern Spain. These textiles accompanied a set of human remains as grave goods, together with other organic elements such as fragments of wood and cork, and some pottery vessels. They were characterized and dated using digital microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. Two of the fragments described here are the oldest examples of loom-woven textiles in the Iberian Peninsula, dating from the second half of the fourth millennium cal BC. This correlates chronologically with the first appearance of loom weights in the archaeological record of this region. The more recently dated textile is the earliest preserved cloth intentionally coloured with cinnabar in the western Mediterranean. The Peñacalera finds are a key reference for understanding the development of textile technologies during the Neolithic and Copper Age in western Europe and beyond.
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