Cutting down on the grog: the crystallisation of Neolithic ceramic traditions at Cova d’En Pardo (Alicante, Spain) and cultural change in the western Mediterranean basin (mid-6th and 5th millennia cal. BC)
| Autor: | Consuelo Roca de Togores Muñoz, Jorge A. Soler Díaz, Miguel del Pino Curbelo, Gabriel García Atiénzar, Peter M. Day |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Prehistoria, Arqueología, Historia Antigua, Filología Griega y Filología Latina, Prehistoria y Protohistoria |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Technology
010506 paleontology Archeology Provenance Pottery 01 natural sciences Mediterranean Basin Petrography 0601 history and archaeology Ceramic Neolithic Optical petrography 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 060102 archaeology Grog Prehistoria 06 humanities and the arts Archaeology Technology analysis Anthropology visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Scanning electron microscopy Geology |
| Zdroj: | RUA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Alicante Universidad de Alicante (UA) |
| ISSN: | 1866-9565 1866-9557 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12520-020-01259-z |
| Popis: | This paper presents the characterisation of 48 ceramic samples from Cova d’En Pardo (Alicante, Spain). Provenance and technology analysis are carried out on materials dated back to different Early and Middle Neolithic cultural phases, including pioneer and Epicardial levels, poorly known in the area. The techniques employed are optical petrography and scanning electron microscope. Two main fabrics were identified, characterised by the heavy presence of temper (grog and calcite), along with five minor petrographic classes, including two imports, one of them probably from southern Iberia. The comparison among occupational phases within the site reveals changes along the stratigraphic series, especially during the transition from the 6th to 5th millennia cal. BC, which is reflected in temper choice. Evidence from the earliest occupation of the site also agrees with the picture of discontinuity previously observed on nearby contexts between pioneer and traditional Cardial ceramic technology, which might be connected to neolithization routes. Firing technology is characterised by the occurrence of microstructure gradients and signs of fast heating rates. Sample preparation and analyses were funded by the projects NEOMEDPOT (Marie Skłodowska-Curie program, European Commission, grant number 659466) and Espacios sociales y espacios de frontera durante el calcolítico y la Edad del Bronce en el Levante de la península Ibérica (HAR2016-76586-P, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and FEDER). Miguel del Pino is a postdoctoral researcher within the Viera y Clavijo program, funded by the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). The initial draft of the paper was finished while a postdoctoral researcher within the APOSTD program funded by the Generalitat Valenciana and FEDER funds (Spain). |
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