MAJALADARES SPAIN "A BRONZE AGE VILLAGE OF FARMERS, HUNTERS AND HERDERS"

HARRISON, RICHARD J.

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ISBN:978-3-89646-379-1
EAN:9783896463791
Editorial: VERLAG MARIE LEIDORF
Fecha de la edición:2007
Número de la edición: 1
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:210
Idiomas:INGLES

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One fourth of the Late Copper and Bronze Age settlement of Majaladares, prov. Saragossa, was excavated in 1990-1994 and 1999 by the author and his wife Gloria Moreno López, to the memory of whom the book is dedicated. The aim was to reconsider the model of intensification in Bronze Age economy. The site is some 600 m² wide and situated on 3 terraces in the dry central Ebro valley on an outcrop with springs. The material from a stratigraphy of 1.55 m was sieved. It belongs to 8 phases [Neolithic - Copper Age: timber houses, 2300-2100 - hiatus - EBA: timber hall, hoard, 2100-1900 - hiatus - LBA: timber houses, 1400-1200 - long hiatus - Visigoths, 5th century]. 3,483 animal bones were analysed to the result that the inhabitants, like those of the neighbouring settlement of Moncín [2600-1200], were specialised hunters and horse breeders. From 1750 onwards an intensification of grain production occurred in both settlements, however in Majaladares no silos with clay counters existed, which was interpreted as a sign of a subordinate relationship to Moncín. The find material is remarkably similar with pottery, remains of copper casting, 471 flint tools and bone artefacts