A propósito de "Una necesaria revisión de las cerámicas andalusíes halladas en Italia"

ESPAÑOL: El presente trabajo surge como respuesta a algunos estudios previos de Rafael Azuar que ponían en tela de juicio las dataciones aportadas por los denominados bacini, piezas cerámicas utilizadas en la decoración de algunos edificios, generalmente religiosos, en Italia, y en concreto las referidas a materiales procedentes de al-Andalus. Los autores comienzan explicando los argumentos que permiten sostener la veracidad de estas cronologías, y pasan revisión de manera exhaustiva a los numerosos materiales que procedentes de al-Andalus fueron utilizados como bacini, haciendo especial hincapié en la cronología que proporcionan y en las fundamentos en los que ésta se sustenta. / ENGLISH: This work is a response to previous studies by Rafael Azuar which questioned the accepted datings for the so-called bacini, ceramic artifacts used in Italy as decorative elements in some buildings, normally of a religious character, and more specifically the datings of artifacts from Al Andalus. The authors first present the arguments supporting these datings. They then move to an exhaustive review of the great number of artifacts which came from Al Andalus and were used as bacini. Finally, on the basis of the evidence provided by these artifacts, they focus particularly on the chronology suggested by these

Genoese Trade Networks in Southern Iberian Peninsula: Trade, Transmission of Technical Knowledge and Economic Interactions

This paper presents the results of a research project undertaken at the University of Granada, and in collaboration with several European research groups. We aim to investigate the process of interaction and integration between different economic areas in the western Mediterranean during the late Middle Ages. The southeast of the Iberian Peninsula has been analysed as a case study. Genoese merchants were particularly active within this area; they played a key role in connecting diverse trading areas (including Seville, Granada, and Valencia), thanks to their complex trading network. They controlled a wide range of production activities in key places, playing an important role in the transmission of technical know-how, and thereby promoting the reorganization of production activities. This complex process is exemplified by the production of high-quality pottery (regarded as a luxury item)

Ceramic Production and Social Change in the South east of the Iberian Peninsula between the Islamic and Christian Periods: The Case of Granada

We want to express our gratitude to Manuel Jesus Linares Losa and Jose Domingo Lentisco Navarro for sharing with us the conclusions of their in-depth study of the archaeological assemblages from Moclin and Lanjaron, respectively. Without their assistance this work would not have been possible. This work was undertaken within the frames of projects P18-FR-2046 and A-HUM-040-UGR18 "INCOME Industria y Comercio en al-Andalus. Siglos XII-XV", Convocatoria proyectos de I+D+i-Universidades y entidades publicas de investigacion y Proyectos I+D+I-Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucia 2014-2020, Junta de Andalucia; POST-TERY Sistemas productivos ceramicos post-medievales del sureste peninsular iberico: Arqueologia y Arqueometria (PPJIA2020.12), and FAJALAUZA-Hd. La alfareria post-medieval a la luz de las Humanidades digitales. Aportaciones desde Fajalauza, funded by Vicerrectorado de Investigacion Transferencia, and Vicerrectorado de Extension Universitaria y Patrimonio, Universidad de Granada. Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Granada / CBUA.The major social and political shifts undergone by the south eastern Iberian Peninsula, and specifically Granada, Spain, between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries brought about clear changes in the ceramic repertoire. This work analyzes these changes through the comparative analysis of three archaeological sites: the Castle of Moclín, the Palace of the Abencerrajes, and the Fortress of Lanjarón. These sites present a clear transitional sequence spanning Nasrid repertoires and Early Modern Castilian productions, including instances of both continuity and rupture. The article advances a new statistical methodology to analyze the degree of standardization of these productions, the coefficient of variation.Las grandes transformaciones sociales y políticas que tienen lugar en el sureste de la Península Ibérica y en concreto en Granada (España) desde el siglo XIV hasta el XVII, tuvieron una clara plasmación material en el repertorio cerámico. En esta investigación nos proponemos realizar un análisis de estos cambios a partir del estudio comparativo de tres yacimientos arqueológicos: el Castillo de Moclín, el Palacio de los Abencerrajes y la Fortaleza de Lanjarón. En ellos se nos ofrece una clara secuencia de transición entre los ajuares cerámicos nazaríes, las producciones netamente castellanas y modernas, pudiéndose observar rupturas y continuidades. Iniciando una metodología de análisis del nivel de estandarización de estas producciones a través de análisis estadísticos (coeficiente de variación).Junta de Andalucia P18-FR-2046 A-HUM-040-UGR18Vicerrectorado de Investigacion Transferencia, Universidad de GranadaVicerrectorado de Extension Universitaria y Patrimonio, Universidad de GranadaUniversidad de Granada / CBU

Un testimonio del proceso de dominación castellana de las Alpujarras. El castillo de Lanjarón a la luz de la arqueología

Las intervenciones arqueológicas efectuadas en el castillo de Lanjarón en los años 90 del siglo pasado, nos van permitir realizar una primera aproximación a un período complejo de la historia del reino granadino; aquella justamente posterior a la conquista castellana del Reino Nazarí, y los consiguientes esfuerzos realizados por la Corona de Castilla por controlar un territorio que le era ajeno, desconocido y conflictivo

La distribución de productos cerámicos entre la época almohade y la nazarí. El caso de El Castillejo (Los Guájares, Granada)

El poblado fortificado de El Castillejo, en Los Guájares (Granada) fue abandonado a finales del siglo XIII, o principios del XIV. Los habitantes abandonaron el asentamiento de manera repentina, dejando tras de sí la mayor parte de su ajuar cerámico, fenómeno poco habitual, lo que nos ha permitido reconstruir de manera certera su organización interna, observar los perfiles de sus pobladores y de qué modo se integraba éste en los circuitos de distribución de productos de la época. The fortified village of El Castillejo, located in Los Guájares in the Spanish province of Granada, was abandoned at the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century. The inhabitants abandoned the settlement suddenly, leaving behind most of their ceramics. This unusual find has allowed us to reconstruct the layout of the settlement quite accurately. We have also been able to draw up a profile of the people who lived there and deduce more about the role that this settlement played in the distribution of products at the time

El castillo de Moclín. De ḥiṣn a villa fronteriza

In this paper we will work in a general way the characteristics that the Nasrid border presents, focusing on the material innovations and the new buildings that separate it from the previous defensive structures as well as the agents that in our opinion would explain its appearance

La realidad material en el reino nazarí de Granada. Algunas reflexiones desde la arqueología granadina

Conocer la realidad material del reino nazarí de Granada no es una cuestión fácil de abordar, aunque pueda considerarse que la información que nos aporta su conocimiento, especialmente en un periodo histórico escaso en fuentes documentales escritas, es mucho más relevante, en términos históricos, de lo que en principio y tradicionalmente se ha podido pensar

Market, commercial networks, power and ceramic production in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. A panoramic view

En el presente trabajo trazaremos una visión panorámica de la evolución de la producción cerámica medieval en el sureste de la Península Ibérica prestando atención a los hitos evolutivos identificados que conllevaron la introducción de nuevas tecnologías así como los factores que podrían explicarlos.In this work we will draw a panoramic vision of the evolution of medieval ceramic production in the southeast of the Iberia, paying attention to the identified evolutionary events that led to the introduction of new technologies as well as the factors that could explain them

The Castle of Moclín. From a ḥiṣn to a border village

[EN] In this paper we will work in a general way the characteristics that the Nasrid border presents, focusing on the material innovations and the new buildings that separate it from the previous defensive structures as well as the agents that in our opinion would explain its appearance.García Porras, A. (2020). El Castillo de Moclín. De ḥiṣn a villa fronteriza. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 45-52. https://doi.org/10.4995/FORTMED2020.2020.11500OCS455

Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain)

This paper discusses recent archaeological fieldwork conducted at El Castillejo, a medieval Islamic settlement in Los Guájares, Granada, southern Spain. Results from combined archaeological excavation and archaeoseismological assessment of standing structures suggest that the site was affected by a destructive earthquake during its occupation. Radiocarbon samples and OSL analysis point to a seismic event in the period CE 1224–1266. The earthquake occurred within an area marked by a ‘seismological gap’ in terms of historic seismicity and the causative fault has been tentatively identified in the Nigüelas-Padul Fault System which lies north of the settlement. This event is not recorded by national or European seismic catalogues and represents the oldest historic earthquake in the Granada area. Our work stresses the significant impact that targeted archaeological investigations can generate in our understanding of the local historic seismicity, thus providing clear implications for seismic disaster prevention and reduction