Overview
- Is a transdisciplinary research for the study of past herders
- Presents a ground-breaking approach to Neolithic and Bronze age human groups
- Covers humans, economy, and cultural traditions in Iberia late Prehistory
Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology (IDCA)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Humans and Funerary Practices
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Subsistence Activities and Landscape Management
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Keywords
- Archaeomagnetic studies at El Mirador cave
- Agriculture and Husbandry in archaeology
- Agriculture and forest management at El Mirador cave
- Bronze Age deposit of El Mirador cave
- Collective Burial in El Mirador cave
- Environmental Archaeology of Bronze Age
- El Mirador cave and palaeoenvironment
- El Mirador cave cannibalism case
- Fumier sequence of El Mirador cave
- Funerary practices at El Mirador cave
- Iberian Peninsula archaeology
- Genomic analysis of the individuals from El Mirador cave
- Husbandry and wild animal exploitation at El Mirador cave
- Lipidic biomarkers for identification of herder’s activities
- Microscopic and virtual approaches to oral pathology
- Pen Management
- Population DNA
- Prehistoric anthropogenic burnt sediments
- Small vertebrate accumulations from El Mirador cave
- Vegetation and climate at El Mirador cave
About this book
This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the El Mirador cave located on the Atapuerca karstic system, one of the longest Pleistocene and Holocene archaeopaleontological deposits in Iberia. This book presents the results including new unpublished and published data to discuss different aspects related to the prehistoric herders and farmers that occupied this territory.
Divided into four parts, the book covers site presentation and the paleoenvironmental reconstruction covering a chronological span between 7060 ± 40-3040 ± 40 yrs. The history of the excavation and the excavation methodology is detailed in this part including new unpublished recording techniques using 3D scanning and photogrammetry and a very meticulous sampling strategy. The book presents formation processes of the deposit which are key to understanding the successive occupations of the caves regarding its use as sheepfold cave as well as human remains that are part ofdifferent funerary contexts in the cave. In the last section, the book covers material culture found in the cave including lithic tools and pottery. This interdisciplinary work is of interest to scholars in anthracology, zooarchaeology, paleoanthropology, lithic technology, and experimental archaeology.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Ethel Allué is a researcher at IPHES-CERCA since 2005. She is an expert on charcoal with a main focus on the study of past environment and wood uses, especially fuel. She has worked in different areas of the world, mostly located in the northern hemisphere, the Mediterranean and temperate areas in contexts from the early Pleistocene to historical times. She is associated lecturer on Prehistory at the History degree at the University Rovira i Virgili.
Dr. Patricia Martín is a postdoctoral researcher "María de Maeztu" at IPHES-CERCA. Her research focuses on the study of early husbandry practices in the Mediterranean region and of the symbolism of domestic animals in funerary contexts. She uses zooarchaeology, taphonomy and isotope datasets to investigate animal exploitation and human interaction. He participates in different research projects, among which is that of the excavations in the Sierra de Atapuerca. Dr. Josep Maria Vergès is a researcher at IPHES-CERCA since 2005. He is an expert in lithic technology, usewear analyses and experimental archaeology. He has experience working on archaeological contexts from different periods from early Pleistocene to historical times. His long-lasting experience in archaeological field work has allowed him to direct a number of excavations among which El Mirador cave. He is associated lecturer at the Experimental Archaeology and Microscopy courses from the Quaternary and Archaeology Master Degree at the University Rovira i Virgili.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Prehistoric Herders and Farmers
Book Subtitle: A Transdisciplinary Overview to the Archeological Record from El Mirador Cave
Editors: Ethel Allué, Patricia Martín, Josep Maria Vergès
Series Title: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12278-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12277-4Published: 21 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12280-4Published: 21 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12278-1Published: 20 October 2022
Series ISSN: 1568-2722
Series E-ISSN: 2730-6984
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 392
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History, general, Archaeology, European History