La intervención arqueológica en el Castillo de Cote (Montellano, Sevilla). Campaña 1998

La investigación en el Castillo de Cote (Montellano, Sevilla, España) se planteó con un enfoque multidisciplinar del estudio del yacimiento y su entorno. Arqueólogos, geógrafos, historiadores y filólogos trabajaron juntos para diagnosticar la potencialidad del yacimiento y delimitarlo. La integración de la diferente información obtenida nos permite presentar en este artículo un yacimiento medieval muy complejo (donjon, castillo, villa intramuros, arrabal y huertas extramuros). Se identificaron y localizaron los principales hitos del paisaje histórico: topónimos, manantiales de agua dulce y salada, pozos, tierras de labor, bosques y vías de comunicación (rutas, senderos, caminos, pasos de montaña, puentes). También descubrimos los vestigios de una organización del paisaje romano precedente.The research in Cote castle (Montellano, Seville, Spain) was planned as a multidisciplinary approach to the site and its environment. Archaeologists, geographers, historians and philologists worked together focused on diagnosing the site potentiality and on establishing its boundaries. The different data produced were combined and allowed us to depict expund in this paper a complex medieval settlement (donjon, castle, village within walls, suburb – arrabal – and outlying orchards) and its evolution. The main landmarks of the historic landscape were identified and located: place-names, fresh and salt water springs, wells, farm lands, woods and communication routes (tracks, paths, roads, mountain passes, bridges). We also found clear vestiges of the former Roman landscape layout

Excavaciones en la tumba 3 de La Pijotilla

En 1991 dimos a conocer el hallazgo de la denominada tumba T3 en un informe sobre las intervenciones llevadas a cabo en La Pijotilla durante la campaña de 1990 (Hurtado 1991). En este trabajo queremos exponer sucintamente y a manera de informe descriptivo un avance sobre los primeros resultados de la investigación, a la espera de ofrecer una más pormenorizada publicación con los diversos análisis realizados y el estudio sobre el conjunto de tumbas de La Pijotilla

Radiocarbon dating of the Bronze Age necropolis of SE-K, SE-B and Jardín de Alá (Municipalities of Salteras and Garena, Sevilla)

Recientemente se han llevado a cabo intervenciones arqueológicas preventivas en tres yacimientos situa- dos en el área del Campo de Tejada, denominados SE-B, SE-K, y Jardín de Alá. En los tres, situados próximos entre sí en los términos de Salteras y Gerena, provincia de Sevilla, se han documentado ente- rramientos que, en general, corresponden a la Edad de Bronce, aunque presentando diversidad en la tipología y ritual funerario. En esta comunicación se presentan los resultados de 7 dataciones radiocar- bónicas (AMS) obtenidas a partir de muestras, todas ellas de carácter antropológico, de contextos arqueológicos precisos de cada uno de los tres yacimientos.Rescue archaeological interventions have been recently carried out in three sites, named SE-K, SE-B and Jardín de Alá, in the Campo de Tejada area. In all of them, located next to each other in the municipalities of Salteras and Gerena (province of Sevilla -SW Spain-), graves have been documented, corresponding, in general, to the Bronze Age, although presenting typological and ritual differences. In this paper the results of 7 radiocarbon (AMS) datings are presented, obtained from samples of anthropological character from precise archaeological contexts from the mentioned site

The maternal genetic make-up of the Iberian Peninsula between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age

Abstract Agriculture first reached the Iberian Peninsula around 5700 BCE. However, little is known about the genetic structure and changes of prehistoric populations in different geographic areas of Iberia. In our study, we focus on the maternal genetic makeup of the Neolithic (~ 5500–3000 BCE), Chalcolithic (~ 3000–2200 BCE) and Early Bronze Age (~ 2200–1500 BCE). We report ancient mitochondrial DNA results of 213 individuals (151 HVS-I sequences) from the northeast, central, southeast and southwest regions and thus on the largest archaeogenetic dataset from the Peninsula to date. Similar to other parts of Europe, we observe a discontinuity between hunter-gatherers and the first farmers of the Neolithic. During the subsequent periods, we detect regional continuity of Early Neolithic lineages across Iberia, however the genetic contribution of hunter-gatherers is generally higher than in other parts of Europe and varies regionally. In contrast to ancient DNA findings from Central Europe, we do not observe a major turnover in the mtDNA record of the Iberian Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age, suggesting that the population history of the Iberian Peninsula is distinct in character