10 research outputs found
Artistic expressions and funerary record during the Early Cardial and Epicardial Neolithic in Catalonia
[spa] En aquest treball es fa un repĂ s sobre dos aspectes claus en l'esfera de les creences del grups neolĂtics que, durant la Taula Rodona de Montserrat, no van ser quasi tinguts en compte, perquè la informaciĂł disponible era quasi inexistent. De manera que les dades que s'han aconseguit els darrers anys han suposat un important salt endavant. La contextualitzaciĂł de les manifestacions artĂstiques Ă©s cada cop millor i les manifestacions funerĂ ries sĂłn cada cop mĂ©s nombroses.[eng] This paper reviews two key aspects in the sphere of the beliefs of the Neolithic groups that, during the Taula Rodona de Montserrat, were almost ignored, because the available information was almost non-existent. So the data obtained in recent years has been a major leap forward. Contextualization of the artistic record has improved, and funerary evidence are increasing in numbe
Les sepultures de la Feixa del Moro
A inicis dels anys vuitanta, amb motiu de la realitzaciĂł del primer inventari general del patrimoni arqueològic d’Andorra, es va documentar al paratge conegut com la Feixa del Moro, un sepulcre en cista que, per les seves caracterĂstiques arquitectòniques i els materials recuperats a l’interior, s’adscrivia al neolĂtic mitjĂ , tambĂ© conegut com la cultura dels sepulcres de fossa (Bosch Gimpera 1919). Les intervencions posteriors realitzades en aquesta zona de muntanya van posar al descobert diverses estructures d’hĂ bitat i de producciĂł, aixĂ com dues noves
sepultures en cista. La magnitud de la troballa i l’aposta que va fer el director de les intervencions per impulsar anĂ lisis innovadores varen fer d’aquest jaciment arqueològic un dels referents mĂ©s importants del neolĂtic del nord-est peninsular vigent encara en l’actualitat. Trenta anys desprĂ©s, un equip pluridisciplinari, en el
marc de diferents projectes d’investigació (HAR2011-23149, HAR2015-67323-C2-1/2-P, HAR2016-75201-P), ha analitzat i revisat nombrosos enterraments entre els quals es troba el jaciment de la Feixa del Moro. Amb aquest article, els integrants de l’estudi s’han proposat revisar i actualitzar tota la informació existent de la Feixa del Moro per garantir la coherència i el rigor d’aquestes dades en estudis futurs. Alhora
es donen a conèixer els resultats de les darreres anĂ lisis realitzades per engrescar els investigadors a promoure nous estudis que ajudin a entendre les societats neolĂtiques. AixĂ doncs, l’article tĂ© els objectius segĂĽents:
1. Revisar tota la informaciĂł existent.
2. Actualitzar les dades.
3. Presentar els nous resultats.Peer reviewe
Carefully sourced, carefully managed: multi-isotopic analysis from Bronze and Iron Age equid teeth from Can Roqueta (Barcelona, Spain)
Equids played an important role in the development of communication in past societies, and were part of the exchanges between populations. The multi-isotopic study (strontium, carbon and oxygen isotopes) conducted on equid teeth from Bronze and Early Iron Age Can Roqueta suggests that animals originate from diverse locations and their diet and watering was carefully managed. The enriched oxygen and carbon isotopic ratios in equid teeth compared with other taxa from the same site supports that equids may have drunk from water basins, thus creating a 13 C and 18 O isotopic enrichment and partial covariance, similar to a 'lake' effect. This is the most comprehensive study on equid mobility in Iberia so far
Noves dades sobre el poblament paleolĂtic al massĂs del Garraf-Ordal
Des de l"any 2000, el Grup de Recerca del Quaternari (GRQ) del SERP de la Universitat de Barcelona ha estat fent tasques arqueològiques en un conjunt de jaciments de cronologia plistocena a les comarques del Baix Llobregat i del Garraf, en l"entorn geogrĂ fic dominat pel massĂs del Garraf. La major part de les localitats que s"han investigat eren inèdites com a jaciments abans d"aquestes intervencions, motiu pel qual l"estudi que se n"estĂ fent estĂ omplint un important buit de coneixement en el registre de la prehistòria d"aquesta part del territori, especialment entorn a aspectes que fan referència al medi natural i al comportament dels primers grups humans
Paleogenetic evidence of a Pyrenean Neolithic family: Kinship, physical appearance and biogeography multidisciplinary analysis
One of the most important Neolithic necropolises in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula is La Feixa del Moro (3975-3790 cal. BC), located at 1335 mamsl in the Pyrenees (Juberri, Sant Julia de Lòria, Andorra). Within the scarcity of multiple simultaneous Neolithic burials, the main importance of La Feixa del Moro lies in the fact that it is one of the very few cases to suggest a biological family burial, comprising two adults and a newborn baby.
Accordingly, the purpose of the present work was the multidisciplinary interpretation of the necropolis in the Neolithic context of the Pyrenees, on a potential route between the Iberian Peninsula and Europe. Therefore, kinship and biogeographic analyses were performed, as well as external visible characteristics phenotyping.
Our results suggest the possibility of a traditional nuclear family, pointing to a very probable relation between the newborn and both adults. First, two mitochondrial haplotypes and two lineages were determined: H1, for the presumable mother and newborn, and U5, for the presumed father. Second, regarding their physical appearance, they all had brown eyes, the adult female and the neonate had dark brown hair, while the adult male's hair was dark red-brown. Finally, it was possible to confirm the sex of two of the individuals, as the newborn baby gender was also confirmed by the High Troughoutput Sequencing analysis.
The multidisciplinary analysis of the La Feixa del Moro burial place envisions a very probable familial burial. Not only does the genetic evidence point to biological kinship, but also the archaeological record indicates a habitational area surrounding the burial site. The similar artefacts and the care shown during the funerary ritual suggest a probable biological Neolithic family.This work was supported by the research project (Santander-Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, https://www.bancosantander.es/es/universidades) [G/6401400/8000] for C.G; by the [HAR2015-67323-C2-2-P] project, funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades of the Spanish Government (MICINNhttp://www.ciencia.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/) and the BES2010-035322, and by [PR41/17–21018] project, funded by Banco Santander-Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (https://www.bancosantander.es/es/universidades). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Peer reviewe