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Conference Presentations by Hugo H Hernández
Geo-Temas, 2024
Las calizas lacustres-palustres del Mioceno de la Sierra de Araico (Condado de Treviño, Burgos - ... more Las calizas lacustres-palustres del Mioceno de la Sierra de Araico (Condado de Treviño, Burgos - Berantevilla, Álava) se ubican en el sinclinal surpirenaico de Miranda-Treviño (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica). En estos relieves carbonatados afloran varias decenas de horizontes silicificados que aparecen con morfologías estratiformes (silcretas de origen palustre) y nodular (sílex de origen lacustre) que han sido explotados intensamente durante la Prehistoria. Se presenta una cartografía de alta resolución donde se han mapeando accidentes estructurales generalmente marcados por los resaltes originados por las líneas de capa, junto a rasgos de modelado antrópico reflejo de las explotaciones: fundamentalmente trincheras superficiales y escombreras de diversos tipos, etc. Son rellenos mineros que al ser tan antiguos (5.000-6.000 años), se encuentran integrados en el paisaje siendo de difícil identificación. La utilización de modelos de sombras 3D generados con LiDAR se utiliza como una herramienta poderosa para mapear dichos indicios. Actualmente los escombros mineros tapan los afloramientos de sílex de modo que es difícil, a primera vista, darse cuenta de la trascendencia que tuvieron estos afloramientos como lugar de explotación de este recurso mineral tan importante en la Prehistoria. Estos sílex se han difundido por toda la Cornisa cantábrica, Pirineo occidental y Cuenca Aquitana, constituyendo uno de los principales sílex trazadores de la Prehistoria en la Península Ibérica.
Geo-Temas, 18, 2021
Abstract publicado de la contribución al X Congreso Geológico de España, 5-7 julio 2021, Vitoria-... more Abstract publicado de la contribución al X Congreso Geológico de España, 5-7 julio 2021, Vitoria-Gasteiz, "La cantera de sílex neolítica de Pozarrate (Treviño, Burgos), al sur de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica"
ArkeoGazte 13 Zk. (2023): Arq. Exp. y en Comunidad by Hugo H Hernández
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(es) ¿Tienes carpetas llenas de fotografías de aquel museo o yacimiento que visitaste y no sabes ... more (es) ¿Tienes carpetas llenas de fotografías de aquel museo o yacimiento que visitaste y no sabes que hacer con ellas? Aprovecha esta oportunidad, porque ¡ya está en marcha el Concurso de Fotografía arqueológica de nuestra revista con la que elegiremos las portadas del siguiente número!
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(en) Do you have folders full of photographs of that museum or site you visited and don't know what to do with them? Take advantage of this opportunity, because the Archaeological Photography Contest of our journal has started! We will use them to choose the covers of the next issue!
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Bisitatu zenuen museo edo aztarnategi hartako argazkiz betetako karpetak dituzu, eta ez dakizu ze... more Bisitatu zenuen museo edo aztarnategi hartako argazkiz betetako karpetak dituzu, eta ez dakizu zer egin haiekin? Aprobetxatu aukera hau, dagoeneko martxan baitago gure aldizkariaren Argazki Arkeologikoen Lehiaketa!!! Hurrengo zenbakiaren azalak aukeratuko ditugu honen bidez!
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The research work gains full sense when it directly leads to a benefit for society. The creation ... more The research work gains full sense when it directly leads to a benefit for society. The creation of knowledge is fundamental, but it is also required the organization of divulgation strategies and, furthermore, the creation of both collaborative and communal proposals. In fact, the number of voices and proposals advocating for community projects with a significance and direct results for the communities has grown over time, rather than just unidirectionally transfer the research results to society, conceived either as a consumer, a target or a not involved subject. Taking this approach into account, Experimental Archaeology can be defined as a scientific method for understanding and interpreting archaeological reality by approaching the activities carried out by past societies through their reproduction. Thus, becoming another tool in the research corpus of current archaeological science. Furthermore, Community Archaeology can be defined as a diverse set of schemes for understanding and practising Archaeology which, although they can be developed in different ways, are based on the same premise: the transfer to the community the control, at least partially, of the various phases of an archaeological project (Mosher, 2002). Therefore, it is not incidental the union of these two archaeological disciplines in a single editorial that serves as the starting point of the present monographic issue (no. 13, year 2023) of ArkeoGazte Aldizkaria. Both are approaches to society-as main target of scientific information and the historical discourse that develops from archaeological records-and share strong social and didactic paths to deliver knowledge. This is a key point, as it favours an approach radically different to those from which traditional Archaeology has evolved and seeks to transcend the vision of society or community as recipients of previously generated knowledge. By their nature, Experimental and Community Archaeology, individually or jointly, are two disciplines that do not present temporal limitations in their application. This characteristic is in connection with Monographic: Experimental and Community Archaeology Revista ArkeoGazte, 13, 2023 Editorial previous ArkeoGazte monographs that had as their main points other timeless themes, such as stone or bone, but also work or gender, sex and sexuality.
Papers by Hugo H Hernández
Archaeologia Polona, 60, 2022
This paper presents the current state of research on the Early Neolithic flint quarry of Pozarrat... more This paper presents the current state of research on the Early Neolithic flint quarry of Pozarrate (Treviño, Burgos) in the north of Spain. This site is part of the Prehistoric Flint Mining Complex of Treviño. The geological features of the territory made it a suitable place for the exploitation of the Treviño flint since Paleolithic times, especially during the Neolithic. Recent research at the site has revealed interesting findings, such as antler and dolerite mining equipment and different flint tools, among other recoveries. Radiocarbon dates indicate an Early Neolithic activity which makes Pozarrate one of the few flint procurement sites in the Iberian Peninsula from this period. Moreover, a considerable number of elements link Pozarrate to the Early European Neolithic flint mining phenomenon.
Open Archaeology, 8: 273-286, 2022
In this work, we present the preliminary data we have obtained in the Neolithic flint quarry of P... more In this work, we present the preliminary data we have obtained in the Neolithic flint quarry of Pozarrate, currently under archaeological works. We want to put forward an update about the sedimentary fillings of one of the crescent-shaped dump quarries (6000-5600 BP). It is located at the Sierra de Araico-Cucho (Treviño, northern Spain). In this region, Tertiary carbonated terrains which host important silicifications called Treviño flint (Tarriño, A. (2006). El sílex en la cuenca vasco-cantábrica y Pirineo Navarro. Caracterización y su aprovechamiento en la Prehistoria. Monograía 21, Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura) are outcropped. The procurement of these silicifications by prehistoric populations was motivated by the good quality of this raw material for knapping. Currently, it constitutes one of the few Neolithic known flint mines of the Iberian Peninsula, understood as places of exploitation of flint with landscape modifications. Some instruments related to prehistoric quarry works have been recovered, such as picks, maces, and hammers made of flint, dolerite, and deer antler. Studies on Pozarrate material remains have been conducted in an interdisciplinary way, in order to have a better understanding of the prehistoric mining processes. Several methodologies are being used in the study of the lithic industries, including flint characterization, procurement, typological, typometrical, technological, and functional approaches. We have obtained the initial data about extraction, selection, management, and use processes of the flint and dolerite assemblages. Deer antler remains have recently undergone a restoration process and preliminary data have been offered. Moreover, an experimental approach has been applied to clarify specific archaeological issues and technical solutions for quarrying using dolerite maces.
EXARC Journal (PLEASE VISIT exarc.net/issue-2020-1/ea/mining-pozarrate FOR A FULL VERSION), 2020
The aim of this paper is to introduce the scientific works performed in the Sierra de Araico Neol... more The aim of this paper is to introduce the scientific works performed in the Sierra de Araico Neolithic Mining Complex, mainly located in the Treviño enclave of Spain, in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, between Burgos and Álava provinces. Archaeological works were focused on the Pozarrate quarry, dated to the Neolithic period (6000-5600 BP). This site is unique since it has been used recently to intensively dig out high-quality flint cores. This type of flint, called Treviño, has had wide circulation in archaeological sites of the Cantabrian Mountains and Western Pyrenees. The interdisciplinary research applied to Pozarrate site involves LiDAR analysis and geological, procurement, typological, technological and functional research related to flint blanks and different mining tools manufactured on the local flint. The research also includes the study of other raw materials, such as dolerite hammer stones and antler picks. Different experiments, related to the comprehension of mining processes, have been carried out in order to clarify the archaeological findings of the site. Particularly, we present the results of an experiment on flint changes produced by contact with fire and an experiment on the replication, utility and use-life of hammer stones used to dig out the flint cores.
Álvarez Fernández, A. et al. (orgs.): Los tiempos cambian, de la piedra al teclado. X Jornadas de Jóvenes en Investigación Arqueológica, Burgos 7-10 Junio 2017. AHA (Asociación de Historia y Arqueología de Burgos). Burgos, 2019
El estudio del registro lítico cuenta con una amplia trayectoria científica desde los inicios de ... more El estudio del registro lítico cuenta con una amplia trayectoria científica desde los inicios de la disciplina prehistórica, sin dejar de evolucionar tanto a nivel teórico como práctico, constituyendo en la actualidad uno de los pilares fundamentales para la secuenciación sistemática de las culturas arqueológicas y la reconstrucción de las actividades socio-económico-culturales de los grupos humanos del pasado. Las diferentes metodologías implicadas en su investigación han proliferado durante las últimas décadas, aunque no siempre de una manera coordinada. Desde una perspectiva dialéctica que reivindique el papel activo de la materialidad de las sociedades prehistóricas, abogamos por una visión de los artefactos líticos como sujetos inmersos en las redes sociales de sus productores, y por lo tanto dotados de una “biografía” propia y una trayectoria “vital” rastreable arqueológicamente, en la que entran en juego diferentes influencias, desde su naturaleza petrológica como materia prima en bruto, hasta su abandono en contextos antrópicos y sus consecuentes alteraciones postdeposicionales. Por ello, este espacio de debate que transcribimos aquí pretende integrar las diferentes aproximaciones metodológicas relativas a las industrias de origen lítico, estructurado en cinco fases: una primera, geológica, con estudios arqueopetrológicos y de aprovisionamiento; una segunda, tecnológica, tipológica y morfométrica; una tercera, de uso, donde se enmarquen los estudios traceológicos y de residuos; una cuarta, la cognitiva, fundamentada en los estudios etnoarqueológicos y experimentales; y finalmente, una quinta, tafonómica, reservada a los estudios de alteraciones postdeposicionales en objetos líticos.
Fernández-Eraso, J., Muijka-Alustiza, J. A., Arrizabalaga, A. y García-Díez, M. (coords.) (2017): Miscelánea en honor a Lydia Zapata Peña (1965-2015). Universidad del País Vasco. Leioa., 2017
El estudio de la transición a la economía de la producción viene acumulando datos sustanciales pa... more El estudio de la transición a la economía de la producción viene acumulando datos sustanciales para el área vasca. Con ellos se van comprendiendo los hechos objetivos, pero necesitan ser visualizados, también, con una perspectiva mayor, dentro de problemáticas que son comunes al conjunto de Europa. En este sentido aportamos dos reflexiones principales: sobre los discursos basados en la radiocronología —con una crítica sobre el significado y valor de las series C14—; sobre los aportes de la antropología molecular y la problemática de los mestizajes poblacionales. Damos también nuestra opinión sobre asuntos tales como la territorialidad mesolítica o la
difusa barrera entre lo salvaje y lo doméstico.
Entre Ciência e Cultura. Da interdisciplinaridade à Transversalidade da Arqueologia. Actas das VIII Jornadas de Jovens em Investigação Arqueologica, 2017
Recent Prehistory is characterized not only by a combination of changes in palaeoenvironmental te... more Recent Prehistory is characterized not only by a combination of changes in palaeoenvironmental terms, but also in the daily life of humans, reflected in new economic and cultural habits. Therefore, bioarchaeological studies of human remains
play an important role in archaeology. Within this field, population palaeogenetics, autosomal DNA and isotopic biochemistry analyses can answer several questions in the prehistoric speech. Our present article attempts to reflect this reality through
methodological cases from Neolithic European sites, where these analytics have been performed with satisfactory results. We also propose their application in various sites in the Iberian Peninsula. An integrated approach of these methods reveals some
issues of interest (demographics and daily life), as differential patterns among Mesolithic and Neolithic populations in a diachronic reconstruction. We claim the study of the Mesolithic sites in order to conduct a statistically valid comparative regarding the larger number of Neolithic evidences, with the aim to provide new data about the transition economies to food production, despite the limitations of the archaeological record of the last hunter-gatherer communities.
COELHO, I. P., TORRES, J. B., GIL, L. S., y RAMOS, T. (coords.), Entre ciência e cultura: Da interdisciplinaridade à transversalidade da arqueologia. Actas das VIII Jornadas de Jovens em Investigação Arqueológica. CHAM-FCSH/UNL-UAç e IEM-FCSH/UNL. Lisboa: 37-38, 2017
In many agricultural and hunter-gatherer communities, edible wild plants are still a relevant foo... more In many agricultural and hunter-gatherer communities, edible wild plants are still a relevant food source, although their use has been, in many cases, undervalued. In this sense, acorns have been known as a foodstuff in written sources since antiquity, as well as from scientific analyses in archaeobotany and ethnobotany. We have tried to reconstruct the chaîne opératoire in the preparation of acorn cake, with experiments using materials similar to those potentially used in the western Pyrenees in the past. Furthermore, we have considered some ethnographic data which are available for this area. The results show that the treatment of pre-selected acorns by raw-roasting and leaching is feasible and we emphasise their nutritional value. The results of the experiments improved considerably with the use of pottery and optimal storage conditions. In addition, several by-products useful for other daily tasks were generated which may have been used as well in the past.
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2016
In many agricultural and hunter-gatherer communities, edible wild plants are still a relevant foo... more In many agricultural and hunter-gatherer communities, edible wild plants are still a relevant food source, although their use has been, in many cases, undervalued. In this sense, acorns have been known as a foodstuff in written sources since antiquity, as well as from scientific analyses in archaeobotany and ethnobotany. We have tried to reconstruct the chaîne opératoire in the preparation of acorn cake, with experiments using materials similar to those potentially used in the western Pyrenees in the past. Furthermore, we have considered some ethnographic data which are available for this area. The results show that the treatment of pre-selected acorns by raw-roasting and leaching is feasible and we emphasise their nutritional value. The results of the experiments improved considerably with the use of pottery and optimal storage conditions. In addition, several by-products useful for other daily tasks were generated which may have been used as well in the past.
En la comunidad científica no hay consenso sobre los mecanismos de adopción de la economía de pro... more En la comunidad científica no hay consenso sobre los mecanismos de adopción de la economía
de producción en Europa, barajándose como hipótesis la difusión démica, la difusión cultural o el
autoctonismo de las poblaciones preexistentes. Estas cuestiones plantean el problema de cómo
se transmitieron estas técnicas de transformación de la naturaleza, y si estos cambios se pudieron
adoptar de manera pacífica o por presión de otros grupos. Para una aproximación a la problemática
se realizará un análisis de (1) evidencias arqueológicas del cambio en yacimientos que muestren
rastros materiales y/o estratigráficos de neolitización diferenciables; (2) la etnología comparada,
útil para comprender el fenómeno de adopción de mejoras tecnológicas, pero sin abandonar otras
prácticas de carácter propio; y (3) ejemplos de aculturación atestiguados mediante fuentes escritas,
en cuyos ejemplos podemos encontrar paralelos que nos ayuden a comprender cómo pudo ser un
fenómeno de aculturación impuesta en los albores del Neolítico europeo / In the scientific community there is not any consensus on the mechanisms of production economy
adoption throughout Europe. We can consider some hypothesis as demic diffusion, cultural diffusion
or even autochthonism at the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. These issues pose the fundamental
problem on how these skills of nature transformation took place, and if these changes could occur
peacefully or by pressure from other groups. For an approach to this problem an exercise in analysis
of three aspects will take place: (1) archaeological evidence of change in deposits showing material and stratigraphical traces of a differentiable neolithization process; (2) comparative ethnology,
useful to understand the phenomenon of adoption of technological improvements but without
abandoning own practices; and (3) examples of attested acculturation through written sources,
whose examples we can find parallels to help us to understand how it could be a phenomenon of
imposed acculturation in the dawn of European Neolithic.
Geo-Temas, 2024
Las calizas lacustres-palustres del Mioceno de la Sierra de Araico (Condado de Treviño, Burgos - ... more Las calizas lacustres-palustres del Mioceno de la Sierra de Araico (Condado de Treviño, Burgos - Berantevilla, Álava) se ubican en el sinclinal surpirenaico de Miranda-Treviño (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica). En estos relieves carbonatados afloran varias decenas de horizontes silicificados que aparecen con morfologías estratiformes (silcretas de origen palustre) y nodular (sílex de origen lacustre) que han sido explotados intensamente durante la Prehistoria. Se presenta una cartografía de alta resolución donde se han mapeando accidentes estructurales generalmente marcados por los resaltes originados por las líneas de capa, junto a rasgos de modelado antrópico reflejo de las explotaciones: fundamentalmente trincheras superficiales y escombreras de diversos tipos, etc. Son rellenos mineros que al ser tan antiguos (5.000-6.000 años), se encuentran integrados en el paisaje siendo de difícil identificación. La utilización de modelos de sombras 3D generados con LiDAR se utiliza como una herramienta poderosa para mapear dichos indicios. Actualmente los escombros mineros tapan los afloramientos de sílex de modo que es difícil, a primera vista, darse cuenta de la trascendencia que tuvieron estos afloramientos como lugar de explotación de este recurso mineral tan importante en la Prehistoria. Estos sílex se han difundido por toda la Cornisa cantábrica, Pirineo occidental y Cuenca Aquitana, constituyendo uno de los principales sílex trazadores de la Prehistoria en la Península Ibérica.
Geo-Temas, 18, 2021
Abstract publicado de la contribución al X Congreso Geológico de España, 5-7 julio 2021, Vitoria-... more Abstract publicado de la contribución al X Congreso Geológico de España, 5-7 julio 2021, Vitoria-Gasteiz, "La cantera de sílex neolítica de Pozarrate (Treviño, Burgos), al sur de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica"
(EN) Would you like to see your undergraduate thesis published in a scientific journal? You have ... more (EN) Would you like to see your undergraduate thesis published in a scientific journal? You have the chance with ArkeoGazte!
We are looking for dissertations that have been submitted after the academic year 2019-2020, whose main topic is Archaeology, with no chronological, geographical or thematic restrictions. If you have a degree in Archaeology, History, Art History or Humanities from any university, this is your opportunity.
To participate please write to our email, you have until the 30th of November. We are waiting for you, come on!
(EU) Gustatuko litzaizuke zure Gradu Amaierako Lana aldizkari zientifiko batean argitaratua ikust... more (EU) Gustatuko litzaizuke zure Gradu Amaierako Lana aldizkari zientifiko batean argitaratua ikustea? ArkeoGazterekin baduzu aukera!
2019-2020 ikasturtetik aurrera aurkeztu diren GrALen bila gabiltza, gai nagusia Arkeologia dutena, muga kronologiko, geografiko zein gaikakorik gabea. Edozein unibertsitatetan Arkeologia, Historia, Artearen Historia edo Humanitateak ikasi badituzu hau da zure aukera.
Parte hartzeko idatzi gure helbidera. Azaroaren 30a arteko epea duzu. Zure zain gaude, animatu!
(ES) ¿Te gustaría ver tu Trabajo de Fin de Grado publicado en una revista científica? ¡ArkeoGazte... more (ES) ¿Te gustaría ver tu Trabajo de Fin de Grado publicado en una revista científica? ¡ArkeoGazte te ofrece la oportunidad!
Buscamos TFG que hayan sido presentados a partir del año académico 2019-2020, cuyo tema principal sea la Arqueología, sin restricciones cronológicas, geográficas o temáticas. Si eres graduado en Arqueología, Historia, Historia del Arte o Humanidades en cualquier universidad, esta es tu ocasión.
Para participar escríbenos a nuestro correo, tienes de plazo hasta el 30 de noviembre. ¡Te estamos esperando, anímate!
(es) ¿Tienes carpetas llenas de fotografías de aquel museo o yacimiento que visitaste y no sabes ... more (es) ¿Tienes carpetas llenas de fotografías de aquel museo o yacimiento que visitaste y no sabes que hacer con ellas? Aprovecha esta oportunidad, porque ¡ya está en marcha el Concurso de Fotografía arqueológica de nuestra revista con la que elegiremos las portadas del siguiente número!
Apunta bien los requisitos: formato vertical, al menos 300 ppp, tamaño máximo 10-15 MB, medidas 1748x2480 pixel. Lxs autorxs deben tener todas las autorizaciones necesarias para publicar la foto. ¡Anímate, te estamos esperando!
(en) Do you have folders full of photographs of that museum or site you visited and don't know what to do with them? Take advantage of this opportunity, because the Archaeological Photography Contest of our journal has started! We will use them to choose the covers of the next issue!
Take note of the requirements: vertical format, at least 300 dpi, maximum size 10-15 MB, dimensions1748x2480 pixel. The authors must have all the necessary authorisations to publish the photo - Come on, we are waiting for you!
Bisitatu zenuen museo edo aztarnategi hartako argazkiz betetako karpetak dituzu, eta ez dakizu ze... more Bisitatu zenuen museo edo aztarnategi hartako argazkiz betetako karpetak dituzu, eta ez dakizu zer egin haiekin? Aprobetxatu aukera hau, dagoeneko martxan baitago gure aldizkariaren Argazki Arkeologikoen Lehiaketa!!! Hurrengo zenbakiaren azalak aukeratuko ditugu honen bidez!
Ondo apuntatu baldintzak: formatu bertikala, gutxienez 300ppp, gehienezko tamaina 10-15MB, neurriak 1748x2480 pixel. Egileek behar diren baimen guztiak izan behar dituzte argazkia argitaratzeko. Anima zaitez, zure zain gaude!
The research work gains full sense when it directly leads to a benefit for society. The creation ... more The research work gains full sense when it directly leads to a benefit for society. The creation of knowledge is fundamental, but it is also required the organization of divulgation strategies and, furthermore, the creation of both collaborative and communal proposals. In fact, the number of voices and proposals advocating for community projects with a significance and direct results for the communities has grown over time, rather than just unidirectionally transfer the research results to society, conceived either as a consumer, a target or a not involved subject. Taking this approach into account, Experimental Archaeology can be defined as a scientific method for understanding and interpreting archaeological reality by approaching the activities carried out by past societies through their reproduction. Thus, becoming another tool in the research corpus of current archaeological science. Furthermore, Community Archaeology can be defined as a diverse set of schemes for understanding and practising Archaeology which, although they can be developed in different ways, are based on the same premise: the transfer to the community the control, at least partially, of the various phases of an archaeological project (Mosher, 2002). Therefore, it is not incidental the union of these two archaeological disciplines in a single editorial that serves as the starting point of the present monographic issue (no. 13, year 2023) of ArkeoGazte Aldizkaria. Both are approaches to society-as main target of scientific information and the historical discourse that develops from archaeological records-and share strong social and didactic paths to deliver knowledge. This is a key point, as it favours an approach radically different to those from which traditional Archaeology has evolved and seeks to transcend the vision of society or community as recipients of previously generated knowledge. By their nature, Experimental and Community Archaeology, individually or jointly, are two disciplines that do not present temporal limitations in their application. This characteristic is in connection with Monographic: Experimental and Community Archaeology Revista ArkeoGazte, 13, 2023 Editorial previous ArkeoGazte monographs that had as their main points other timeless themes, such as stone or bone, but also work or gender, sex and sexuality.
Archaeologia Polona, 60, 2022
This paper presents the current state of research on the Early Neolithic flint quarry of Pozarrat... more This paper presents the current state of research on the Early Neolithic flint quarry of Pozarrate (Treviño, Burgos) in the north of Spain. This site is part of the Prehistoric Flint Mining Complex of Treviño. The geological features of the territory made it a suitable place for the exploitation of the Treviño flint since Paleolithic times, especially during the Neolithic. Recent research at the site has revealed interesting findings, such as antler and dolerite mining equipment and different flint tools, among other recoveries. Radiocarbon dates indicate an Early Neolithic activity which makes Pozarrate one of the few flint procurement sites in the Iberian Peninsula from this period. Moreover, a considerable number of elements link Pozarrate to the Early European Neolithic flint mining phenomenon.
Open Archaeology, 8: 273-286, 2022
In this work, we present the preliminary data we have obtained in the Neolithic flint quarry of P... more In this work, we present the preliminary data we have obtained in the Neolithic flint quarry of Pozarrate, currently under archaeological works. We want to put forward an update about the sedimentary fillings of one of the crescent-shaped dump quarries (6000-5600 BP). It is located at the Sierra de Araico-Cucho (Treviño, northern Spain). In this region, Tertiary carbonated terrains which host important silicifications called Treviño flint (Tarriño, A. (2006). El sílex en la cuenca vasco-cantábrica y Pirineo Navarro. Caracterización y su aprovechamiento en la Prehistoria. Monograía 21, Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura) are outcropped. The procurement of these silicifications by prehistoric populations was motivated by the good quality of this raw material for knapping. Currently, it constitutes one of the few Neolithic known flint mines of the Iberian Peninsula, understood as places of exploitation of flint with landscape modifications. Some instruments related to prehistoric quarry works have been recovered, such as picks, maces, and hammers made of flint, dolerite, and deer antler. Studies on Pozarrate material remains have been conducted in an interdisciplinary way, in order to have a better understanding of the prehistoric mining processes. Several methodologies are being used in the study of the lithic industries, including flint characterization, procurement, typological, typometrical, technological, and functional approaches. We have obtained the initial data about extraction, selection, management, and use processes of the flint and dolerite assemblages. Deer antler remains have recently undergone a restoration process and preliminary data have been offered. Moreover, an experimental approach has been applied to clarify specific archaeological issues and technical solutions for quarrying using dolerite maces.
EXARC Journal (PLEASE VISIT exarc.net/issue-2020-1/ea/mining-pozarrate FOR A FULL VERSION), 2020
The aim of this paper is to introduce the scientific works performed in the Sierra de Araico Neol... more The aim of this paper is to introduce the scientific works performed in the Sierra de Araico Neolithic Mining Complex, mainly located in the Treviño enclave of Spain, in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, between Burgos and Álava provinces. Archaeological works were focused on the Pozarrate quarry, dated to the Neolithic period (6000-5600 BP). This site is unique since it has been used recently to intensively dig out high-quality flint cores. This type of flint, called Treviño, has had wide circulation in archaeological sites of the Cantabrian Mountains and Western Pyrenees. The interdisciplinary research applied to Pozarrate site involves LiDAR analysis and geological, procurement, typological, technological and functional research related to flint blanks and different mining tools manufactured on the local flint. The research also includes the study of other raw materials, such as dolerite hammer stones and antler picks. Different experiments, related to the comprehension of mining processes, have been carried out in order to clarify the archaeological findings of the site. Particularly, we present the results of an experiment on flint changes produced by contact with fire and an experiment on the replication, utility and use-life of hammer stones used to dig out the flint cores.
Álvarez Fernández, A. et al. (orgs.): Los tiempos cambian, de la piedra al teclado. X Jornadas de Jóvenes en Investigación Arqueológica, Burgos 7-10 Junio 2017. AHA (Asociación de Historia y Arqueología de Burgos). Burgos, 2019
El estudio del registro lítico cuenta con una amplia trayectoria científica desde los inicios de ... more El estudio del registro lítico cuenta con una amplia trayectoria científica desde los inicios de la disciplina prehistórica, sin dejar de evolucionar tanto a nivel teórico como práctico, constituyendo en la actualidad uno de los pilares fundamentales para la secuenciación sistemática de las culturas arqueológicas y la reconstrucción de las actividades socio-económico-culturales de los grupos humanos del pasado. Las diferentes metodologías implicadas en su investigación han proliferado durante las últimas décadas, aunque no siempre de una manera coordinada. Desde una perspectiva dialéctica que reivindique el papel activo de la materialidad de las sociedades prehistóricas, abogamos por una visión de los artefactos líticos como sujetos inmersos en las redes sociales de sus productores, y por lo tanto dotados de una “biografía” propia y una trayectoria “vital” rastreable arqueológicamente, en la que entran en juego diferentes influencias, desde su naturaleza petrológica como materia prima en bruto, hasta su abandono en contextos antrópicos y sus consecuentes alteraciones postdeposicionales. Por ello, este espacio de debate que transcribimos aquí pretende integrar las diferentes aproximaciones metodológicas relativas a las industrias de origen lítico, estructurado en cinco fases: una primera, geológica, con estudios arqueopetrológicos y de aprovisionamiento; una segunda, tecnológica, tipológica y morfométrica; una tercera, de uso, donde se enmarquen los estudios traceológicos y de residuos; una cuarta, la cognitiva, fundamentada en los estudios etnoarqueológicos y experimentales; y finalmente, una quinta, tafonómica, reservada a los estudios de alteraciones postdeposicionales en objetos líticos.
Fernández-Eraso, J., Muijka-Alustiza, J. A., Arrizabalaga, A. y García-Díez, M. (coords.) (2017): Miscelánea en honor a Lydia Zapata Peña (1965-2015). Universidad del País Vasco. Leioa., 2017
El estudio de la transición a la economía de la producción viene acumulando datos sustanciales pa... more El estudio de la transición a la economía de la producción viene acumulando datos sustanciales para el área vasca. Con ellos se van comprendiendo los hechos objetivos, pero necesitan ser visualizados, también, con una perspectiva mayor, dentro de problemáticas que son comunes al conjunto de Europa. En este sentido aportamos dos reflexiones principales: sobre los discursos basados en la radiocronología —con una crítica sobre el significado y valor de las series C14—; sobre los aportes de la antropología molecular y la problemática de los mestizajes poblacionales. Damos también nuestra opinión sobre asuntos tales como la territorialidad mesolítica o la
difusa barrera entre lo salvaje y lo doméstico.
Entre Ciência e Cultura. Da interdisciplinaridade à Transversalidade da Arqueologia. Actas das VIII Jornadas de Jovens em Investigação Arqueologica, 2017
Recent Prehistory is characterized not only by a combination of changes in palaeoenvironmental te... more Recent Prehistory is characterized not only by a combination of changes in palaeoenvironmental terms, but also in the daily life of humans, reflected in new economic and cultural habits. Therefore, bioarchaeological studies of human remains
play an important role in archaeology. Within this field, population palaeogenetics, autosomal DNA and isotopic biochemistry analyses can answer several questions in the prehistoric speech. Our present article attempts to reflect this reality through
methodological cases from Neolithic European sites, where these analytics have been performed with satisfactory results. We also propose their application in various sites in the Iberian Peninsula. An integrated approach of these methods reveals some
issues of interest (demographics and daily life), as differential patterns among Mesolithic and Neolithic populations in a diachronic reconstruction. We claim the study of the Mesolithic sites in order to conduct a statistically valid comparative regarding the larger number of Neolithic evidences, with the aim to provide new data about the transition economies to food production, despite the limitations of the archaeological record of the last hunter-gatherer communities.
COELHO, I. P., TORRES, J. B., GIL, L. S., y RAMOS, T. (coords.), Entre ciência e cultura: Da interdisciplinaridade à transversalidade da arqueologia. Actas das VIII Jornadas de Jovens em Investigação Arqueológica. CHAM-FCSH/UNL-UAç e IEM-FCSH/UNL. Lisboa: 37-38, 2017
In many agricultural and hunter-gatherer communities, edible wild plants are still a relevant foo... more In many agricultural and hunter-gatherer communities, edible wild plants are still a relevant food source, although their use has been, in many cases, undervalued. In this sense, acorns have been known as a foodstuff in written sources since antiquity, as well as from scientific analyses in archaeobotany and ethnobotany. We have tried to reconstruct the chaîne opératoire in the preparation of acorn cake, with experiments using materials similar to those potentially used in the western Pyrenees in the past. Furthermore, we have considered some ethnographic data which are available for this area. The results show that the treatment of pre-selected acorns by raw-roasting and leaching is feasible and we emphasise their nutritional value. The results of the experiments improved considerably with the use of pottery and optimal storage conditions. In addition, several by-products useful for other daily tasks were generated which may have been used as well in the past.
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2016
In many agricultural and hunter-gatherer communities, edible wild plants are still a relevant foo... more In many agricultural and hunter-gatherer communities, edible wild plants are still a relevant food source, although their use has been, in many cases, undervalued. In this sense, acorns have been known as a foodstuff in written sources since antiquity, as well as from scientific analyses in archaeobotany and ethnobotany. We have tried to reconstruct the chaîne opératoire in the preparation of acorn cake, with experiments using materials similar to those potentially used in the western Pyrenees in the past. Furthermore, we have considered some ethnographic data which are available for this area. The results show that the treatment of pre-selected acorns by raw-roasting and leaching is feasible and we emphasise their nutritional value. The results of the experiments improved considerably with the use of pottery and optimal storage conditions. In addition, several by-products useful for other daily tasks were generated which may have been used as well in the past.
En la comunidad científica no hay consenso sobre los mecanismos de adopción de la economía de pro... more En la comunidad científica no hay consenso sobre los mecanismos de adopción de la economía
de producción en Europa, barajándose como hipótesis la difusión démica, la difusión cultural o el
autoctonismo de las poblaciones preexistentes. Estas cuestiones plantean el problema de cómo
se transmitieron estas técnicas de transformación de la naturaleza, y si estos cambios se pudieron
adoptar de manera pacífica o por presión de otros grupos. Para una aproximación a la problemática
se realizará un análisis de (1) evidencias arqueológicas del cambio en yacimientos que muestren
rastros materiales y/o estratigráficos de neolitización diferenciables; (2) la etnología comparada,
útil para comprender el fenómeno de adopción de mejoras tecnológicas, pero sin abandonar otras
prácticas de carácter propio; y (3) ejemplos de aculturación atestiguados mediante fuentes escritas,
en cuyos ejemplos podemos encontrar paralelos que nos ayuden a comprender cómo pudo ser un
fenómeno de aculturación impuesta en los albores del Neolítico europeo / In the scientific community there is not any consensus on the mechanisms of production economy
adoption throughout Europe. We can consider some hypothesis as demic diffusion, cultural diffusion
or even autochthonism at the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. These issues pose the fundamental
problem on how these skills of nature transformation took place, and if these changes could occur
peacefully or by pressure from other groups. For an approach to this problem an exercise in analysis
of three aspects will take place: (1) archaeological evidence of change in deposits showing material and stratigraphical traces of a differentiable neolithization process; (2) comparative ethnology,
useful to understand the phenomenon of adoption of technological improvements but without
abandoning own practices; and (3) examples of attested acculturation through written sources,
whose examples we can find parallels to help us to understand how it could be a phenomenon of
imposed acculturation in the dawn of European Neolithic.
CKQ Estudios de Cuaternario, 5: 111-140, 2015
El trabajo realiza una aproximación a la situación actual de los estudios de ADN antiguo humano e... more El trabajo realiza una aproximación a la situación actual de los estudios de ADN antiguo humano en Europa, recopilando los datos de los individuos analizados hasta 2013 (n=700), a modo de síntesis interpretativa continental y regional de los territorios para los cuales se han obtenido resultados significativos (Centroeuropa, Cornisa Cantábrica, Mediterráneo occidental, Escandinavia-Báltico-Rusia y Alpes orientales). Las hipótesis se expresan en términos de continuidad o discontinuidad genética entre los grupos humanos habitantes de un territorio, centradas
en la problemática de la neolitización, en una horquilla cronocultural del Paleolítico superior a la Edad del Bronce. Los resultados se resumen en (1) una preponderancia del clado mitocondrial U para muestras preneolíticas; (2) la posibilidad de una intrusión démica en una fase inicial de la neolitización centroeuropea -tipo N1a, con pérdida posterior de ese haplogrupo mitocondrial-; (3) la evidencia del proceso
neolitizador como heterogéneo y con diferente impacto a escala regional; (4) una estabilización del acervo genético europeo actual como resultado de eventos postneolíticos; y (5) las posibilidades analíticas de la genética aplicada a las poblaciones antiguas como un instrumento de gran interés, observándose la necesidad de realizar más analíticas con recorrido diacrónico.
The present work is an approach to the current status of ancient DNA studies in Europe, collecting data for analyzed individuals until 2013 (n=700), as a continental and regional interpretative synthesis for the territories with significant results (Central Europe, Cantabrian Coast, Western Mediterranean, Scandinavia-Baltic Region-Russia and Eastern Alps). The hypotheses are expressed in terms of genetic continuity or discontinuity among human groups inhabitants of a territory, being focused on the issue of neolithization, in a chronocultural span from Upper Palaeolithic to Bronze Age.
The results are summarized in (1) a prevalence of mitochondrial clade U for preneolithic samples; (2) the possibility of a demic intrusion event at an early stage of the Central European Neolithic -with types like N1a, with the subsequent loss of the mitochondrial haplogroup-; (3) evidence of the neolithization process as heterogeneous, with different regional impacts; (4) stabilization of the current European gene pool as a result of postneolithic events; and (5) the analytical possibilities of applied Genetics on the field of ancient populations as an instrument of great interest, noting the need for more analytics in a diachronic path.
El trabajo realiza una aproximación a la situación actual de los estudios de ADN antiguo humano e... more El trabajo realiza una aproximación a la situación actual de los estudios de ADN antiguo humano en Europa, recopilando los datos de los individuos analizados hasta 2013 (n=700), a modo de síntesis interpretativa continental y regional de los territorios para los cuales se han obtenido resultados significativos (Centroeuropa, Cornisa Cantábrica, Mediterráneo occidental, Escandinavia-Báltico-Rusia y Alpes orientales). Las hipótesis se expresan en términos de continuidad o discontinuidad genética entre los grupos humanos habitantes de un territorio, centradas en la problemática de la neolitización, en una horquilla cronocultural del Paleolítico superior a la Edad del Bronce. Los resultados se resumen en (1) una preponderancia del clado mitocondrial U para muestras preneolíticas; (2) la posibilidad de una intrusión démica en una fase inicial de la neolitización centroeuropea -tipo N1a, con pérdida posterior de ese haplogrupo mitocondrial-; (3) la evidencia del proceso neolitizador como ...
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A inicios de 2019, la Revista ArkeoGazte Aldizkaria lanzó un llamamiento a artículos científicos ... more A inicios de 2019, la Revista ArkeoGazte Aldizkaria lanzó un llamamiento a artículos científicos bajo la premisa editorial “Arqueología y Trabajo”. Desde la Arqueología podemos interpretar que, al estudiar científicamente la materialidad del pasado, producto del trabajo humano, todo lo que estudiemos sea tomado como arqueología y trabajo. Sin embargo, no es tan fácil encontrar estudios donde el foco de la investigación esté puesto en el trabajo humano en sí. Es por este motivo que elegimos Tecnología Prehistórica, de S. A. Semenov, con el propósito de realizar una recensión crítica de una obra clásica sobre el tema propuesto. Dejando por un momento de lado su difusión y popularización particulares, que analizaremos posteriormente, creemos que su idoneidad se debe a que, por una parte, se centra en acercamientos metodológicos tradicionalmente esenciales del trabajo humano durante la Prehistoria, como puedan ser la Tecnología y la Tipología prehistóricas, la Historia de la Técnica o la aplicación sistemática del marxismo/materialismo histórico a los restos arqueológicos estudiados. La otra característica fundamental que presenta esta obra y puede resultar de interés a nuestros objetivos, es que S. A. Semenov inaugura, con este trabajo, toda una corriente metodológica: la Traceología, que podemos conceptualizar como el estudio de las huellas de desgaste presentes en los útiles y herramientas humanas como resultado de su manipulación y posterior abandono.
EAC11 Conference Booklet, 2019
The aim of this communication is to introduce the scientific works performed in the Sierra de Ara... more The aim of this communication is to introduce the scientific works performed in the Sierra de Araico Neolithic Mining Complex, mainly located in the Treviño enclave of Spain, in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, between Burgos and Álava provinces. This site is unique since it has been used from Prehistory to nowadays to intensively dig out high-quality flint cores. This type of Flint, called Treviño, has had a wide circulation in archaeological sites of the Cantabrian Mountains and Western Pyrenees. The interdisciplinary research applied to this site involves LiDAR prospecting and geological, procurement, typological, technological and functional research related to flint blanks and different mining tools manufactured on the local flint. The research also includes the study of other raw materials, as hammer stone of ophite and antler picks. Different experimentations, related to the comprehension of mining processes, has been carried out in order to clarify the archaeological findings of the site. Particularly, we present the results of (1) an experiment on flint changes produced by contact with fire and (2) an experimentation on the replication, utility and uselife of hammer stone to dig out the flint cores.
Since the beginning of domestication, bread has been a basic foodstuff characterized by its calor... more Since the beginning of domestication, bread has been a basic foodstuff characterized by its caloric and nutritional value. We have tried to reproduce the acorn bread manufacturing process following the neolithical techniques with the aim of knowing the preparation times during its phases, as well as making diverse flavour tests to check the bitterness of bread. First of all, some common stages have been carried out in order to obtain the acorn flour. After this milling, the cooking experimentation has been divided into two different procedures: making the bread before and after a leaching process. It is worth to mention that the pottery selection has been limited due to the impossibility to find handmade ceramics. Therefore, a potter's wheel made plate has been used instead.
REVISTA ARKEOGAZTE es una revista científica de ARQUEOLOGÍA, editada por ARKEOGAZTE: ASOCIACIÓN D... more REVISTA ARKEOGAZTE es una revista científica de ARQUEOLOGÍA, editada por ARKEOGAZTE: ASOCIACIÓN DE JÓVENES INVESTIGADORES EN ARQUEOLOGÍA PREHISTÓRICA E HISTÓRICA con periodicidad anual y en la que los originales recibidos son evaluados por revisores externos mediante el sistema conocido como el de doble ciego. Se compone de las siguientes secciones: MONOGRÁ-FICO, VARIA, ENTREVISTA, RECENSIONES y publica trabajos originales de investigación en torno a una temática definida, trabajos originales de temática arqueológica libre, notas críticas de trabajos arqueológicos actuales o entrevistas a personalidades científicas de la Arqueología. Los originales se publican en castellano, euskera, inglés, portugués, gallego, catalán, francés e italiano. El Consejo de Redacción tiene el castellano, el euskera y el inglés como sus idiomas de trabajo.
Nº 10, año 2020. urtea 10. zk.
Arkeogazte: asociación de jovenes investigadores en arqueología prehistórica e histórica., 2019
ArkeoGazte: Revista de arqueología - Arkelogia aldizkaria, 2019
TRADUCCIÓN/ITZULPENA MAQUETACIÓN Y DISEÑO/MAKETAZIOA ETA DISEINUA EDITADO POR ARKEOGAZTE--K EDITA... more TRADUCCIÓN/ITZULPENA MAQUETACIÓN Y DISEÑO/MAKETAZIOA ETA DISEINUA EDITADO POR ARKEOGAZTE--K EDITATUA DIRECCIÓN/ZUZENDARITZA PÁGINA WEB/WEB ORRIALDEA