From the earliest farmers to the first urban centres: a socio-economic analysis of underground storage practices in north-eastern Iberia

The evolution of storage features in prehistory hasbeen linked to larger socio-economic and demo-graphic changes. The investigation of such an evolu-tion in the archaeological record, however, isrestricted in scope, both geographically and chronologically. This article offers a comparative approach...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Prats Ferrando, Georgina, Antolín i Tutusaus, Ferran, Alonso, Natàlia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/69734
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.153
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/69734
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mediterranean
Iberian Peninsula
Neolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Agricultural production
Storage silos
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Sumario:The evolution of storage features in prehistory hasbeen linked to larger socio-economic and demo-graphic changes. The investigation of such an evolu-tion in the archaeological record, however, isrestricted in scope, both geographically and chronologically. This article offers a comparative approach tounderstanding the development of Neolithic to LateIron Age (c.5600–50 BC) farming communities innorth-eastern Iberia, based on diachronic changes inthe volume and shape of underground storage silos. Results indicate that variations in silo capacity andmorphology correlate with archaeological evidence forlong-term socio-economic changes within these prehis-toric and protohistoric farming communities.