Chalcolithic Microbetylism

Authors

  • JOSÉ LUIS ESCACENA CARRASCO DEPARTAMENTO DE PREHISTORIA Y ARQUEOLOGÍA. UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA. GRUPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN TELLUS (HUM-949 DEL PAIDI)
  • MIGUEL FLORES DELGADO GRUPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN TELLUS (HUM-949 DEL PAIDI)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21071/aac.v30i.12433

Keywords:

Iberian Peninsula, Chalcolithic, betyl, funerary practices.

Abstract

In the south of the Iberian Peninsula there are chalcolithic sites with collections of small pebbles, but these are not work tools. These small stones appear in funerary contexts. They are usually elongated, and show fluvial erosion. Sometimes they preserve traces of red paint. Its features allow and contexts allou interpreting them as microbetyls.

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Published

2019-12-15

How to Cite

ESCACENA CARRASCO, J. L., & FLORES DELGADO, M. (2019). Chalcolithic Microbetylism. Anales De Arquelogía Cordobesa, 30, 21–50. https://doi.org/10.21071/aac.v30i.12433

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