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El cuarzo como material votivo y arquitectónico en el complejo funerario megalítico de Palacio III (Almadén de la Plata, Sevilla): Análisis contextual y mineralógico

El cuarzo como material votivo y arquitectónico en el complejo funerario megalítico de Palacio III (Almadén de la Plata, Sevilla): Análisis contextual y mineralógico
El cuarzo como material votivo y arquitectónico en el complejo funerario megalítico de Palacio III (Almadén de la Plata, Sevilla): Análisis contextual y mineralógico
This paper examines an assemblage of quartz objects, such as crystals (rock crystal and prase) and pebbles, that
were found in two spatially and chronologically different
contexts of the Palacio III megalithic complex (Almadén de
la Plata, Seville, Spain) excavated by the universities of Seville and Southampton between 2001 and 2002. Firstly,
these objects are described macroscopically from a mineralogical and crystallographic point of view. When possible, samples are studied by X-ray diffraction and SEM in order to determine their mineralogical and chemical composition. Secondly, other similar instances, in which quartz and rock crystal objects have been found among the grave goods of funerary contexts of southern Iberian, are described. Finally, we propose a series of interpretations for these objects, both from a functional as well as a symbolical perspective, assessing the significance of their presence in spatially discrete and chrono-culturally distant contexts.
0082-5638
137-150
Forteza González, Matilde
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García Sanjuán, Leonardo
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Hernández Arnedo, María Jesús
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Salguero Palma, Jara
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Forteza González, Matilde
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Hernández Arnedo, María Jesús
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Salguero Palma, Jara
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Forteza González, Matilde, García Sanjuán, Leonardo, Hernández Arnedo, María Jesús, Salguero Palma, Jara and Wheatley, David W. (2008) El cuarzo como material votivo y arquitectónico en el complejo funerario megalítico de Palacio III (Almadén de la Plata, Sevilla): Análisis contextual y mineralógico. Trabajos de Prehistoria, 65 (2), 137-150. (doi:10.3989/tp.2008.08008).

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This paper examines an assemblage of quartz objects, such as crystals (rock crystal and prase) and pebbles, that
were found in two spatially and chronologically different
contexts of the Palacio III megalithic complex (Almadén de
la Plata, Seville, Spain) excavated by the universities of Seville and Southampton between 2001 and 2002. Firstly,
these objects are described macroscopically from a mineralogical and crystallographic point of view. When possible, samples are studied by X-ray diffraction and SEM in order to determine their mineralogical and chemical composition. Secondly, other similar instances, in which quartz and rock crystal objects have been found among the grave goods of funerary contexts of southern Iberian, are described. Finally, we propose a series of interpretations for these objects, both from a functional as well as a symbolical perspective, assessing the significance of their presence in spatially discrete and chrono-culturally distant contexts.

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Published date: 2008

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Local EPrints ID: 157873
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/157873
ISSN: 0082-5638
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ORCID for David W. Wheatley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-704X

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Author: Matilde Forteza González
Author: Leonardo García Sanjuán
Author: María Jesús Hernández Arnedo
Author: Jara Salguero Palma

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