LUCIAÑEZ TRIVIÑO , Miriam

Esta tesis doctoral tiene como objetivo principal determinar el papel tanto económico como social del marfil en el suroeste peninsular, en el seno de las sociedades de la Edad del Cobre a través del caso particular del mega-sitio de Valencina de la Concepción-Castilleja de Guzmán (Sevilla), y su comparación con otros contextos. Aunque la...

El uso del marfil en el Mediterráneo se remonta al Paleolítico, con un importante desarrollo durante la Edad del Cobre en el sur de Europa. Este artículo profundiza en la forma de explotación de los colmillos de elefante y en el proceso de fabricación de objetos de marfil durante la Edad del Cobre en la península ibérica. Se utiliza como...

As a raw material, ivory has been used to manufacture a wide range of objects, normally associated with sumptuous material culture. In this article we explore the role played by ivory and ivory artefacts among early complex societies, and particularly its importance in the definition of identities among emergent elites. To this end, we make a...

Restoration of archaeological ivoryusing the example of four chalcolithic objectsfrom the settlement of Valencina de la Concepción(Seville, Spain) Ivory has proved to be an important raw material for pre-historic research, as it can be used as an indicator forlong-distance trade and social inequality. However, the scientific potential of...

Today, mercury is a matter of concern for health and environmental authorities across western countries, and legislation has been passed and programs have been implemented for its total elimination from human activity. But this was not always the case: mercury and its compounds have been highly appreciated and used since remote times all over...

Given the absence of written records, the main source of information available to analyze gender inequalities in early complex societies is the human body itself. And yet, for decades, archaeologists have struggled with the sex estimation of poorly preserved human remains. Here we present an exceptional case study that shows how ground-breaking...