Zooarchaeological evidence for domestic rituals in the Iron Age communities of north-eastern Iberia (present-day Catalonia) (6th-2nd century BC)

Many socio-economic changes occurred in southern Europe during the first millennium BC. In north-eastern Iberia societies evolved from the small-scale local groups of the Late Bronze Age to the more complex societies of the Iron Age. Together with a diversity of material changes (detected in pottery...

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Autores: Belarte Franco, Maria Carme, Valenzuela Lamas, Sílvia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/261970
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/261970
https://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12008
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Restes d'animals (Arqueologia) -- Catalunya
Edat del ferro -- Catalunya
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Sumario:Many socio-economic changes occurred in southern Europe during the first millennium BC. In north-eastern Iberia societies evolved from the small-scale local groups of the Late Bronze Age to the more complex societies of the Iron Age. Together with a diversity of material changes (detected in pottery, agricultural techniques, architecture, etc.), a new ritual manifestation is attested in the Ancient Iberian Period (about 550 BC), lasting until some time after the Roman conquest. This consisted of sheep and goats (among other species) being carefully deposited below the floors of some domestic buildings. In this article the characteristics of these associated bone groups are described and their significance is discussed.