The use of ivory in the Mediterranean dates back to the Paleolithic, and it had a significant impact during the Copper Age in southern Europe. This article examines the ways in which elephant tusks were used and the process of producing ivory objects during the Copper Age in the Iberian Peninsula. Valencina's mega-site in southern Spain is used as a study sample because of its abundant...

La Pena  de los Enamorados, a limestone massif located in Antequera, Spain, is a famous landmark since (at least) the Middle Ages on account of its marked anthropomorphic silhouette and geographic position right at the crossroads of Andalucía’s two main communication routes (connecting Malaga ´ and Cordoba, ´ in a South-North direction, and Sevilla and Granada in a West-East direction). In the last fifteen years,...

Antequera in southern Spain is widely recognised as an outstanding example of the European megalithic phenomenon. One of its most remarkable features is the evident relationship between conspicuous natural formations and human-built monuments. Here, the authors report the results of their investigation of a tomb newly discovered at the site of Piedras Blancas at the foot of La Peña de los Enamorados, a limestone massif...

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 new scientifc methods may address this problem. Through the analysis of sexually dimorphic...

The organizers are seeking papers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and theoretical approaches addressing one or more of the following topics: Prehistoric/historic/contemporary warfare, ritual violence, biodiversity, natural resource utilization, past and present cases of environmental degradation/sustainability, egalitarianism, advent of social complexity, social inequality, conflict resolution, and prosocial behavior from a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. Organizers Dr. Richard J. Chacon (Winthrop University) Dr....

El artículo de divulgación del proyecto de Piedras Blancas en Antequera, en la revista #Historia de #NationalGeographic,  ha sido la más leída en esta semana. La investigación en torno al complejo funerario publicado en Antiquity, revela que fue construido en parte por las manos del hombre, aprovechando la roca natural, hace aproximadamente unos 5.000 años. Más información en: Historia National Geographic   Artículo científico en Antiquity

El próximo jueves 25 de mayo en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid), se dictará la conferencia: Mujeres y Poder en la Prehistoria. La "Señora del Marfil" del Mega-Sitio de la Edad del Cobre de Valencina, impartida  por  Marta Cintas Peña y Leonardo García Sanjuán. Lugar: Salón de Actos, Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid) 18:30 h  

  Con el proyecto Gigantes de la Prehistoria. Megalitismo y Complejidad Social Temprana en Antequera y Valencina concurrimos en el Premio Nacional de Arqueología y Paleontología Fundación PALARQ, cuyo objetivo es reconocer la excelencia y originalidad de proyectos arqueológicos y paleontológicos liderados por equipos de investigación españoles. Más información: Fundación PALARQ  

Leonardo García Sanjuan is a new JMA-Chair in the ROOTS Cluster of Excellence at the University of Kiel in Germany (during the spring 2023). The research of our colleague Leonardo Garcia will focus on various topics, such as early social complexity, funerary practices, megalithic monuments and prehistoric landscapes, with special attention to Late Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age Iberia. More information: https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/news/we-welcome-leonardo-garcia-sanjuan-as-new-jma-chair   

We have published the book  "Territorios Rupestres en América Latina"  The book edited por Aline Lara Galicia y Luis Martos López, brings together rock art research in different American countries. Publisher by Universidad Pablo de Olavide-ENREDRAS. Free download: https://rio.upo.es/xmlui/handle/10433/15715  

On February 2 was presented the book "Dolmen de Menga intervention 2005-2006. Investigating the genesis of an exceptional Neolithic monument", a book that presents the work carried out by the ATLAS group and institutional collaborations of national and international researchers. The speakers at the event were: Juan Rosas Gallardo, Councilman of World Heritage of the City Council of Antequera; Manuel Pimentel Siles, Editor of Almuzara...

We have published the book Dolmen de Menga: Intervention 2005-2006. Investigando la Génesis de un Monumento Neolítico Excepcional (Seville, Editorial Universidad de Sevilla and Almuzara Universidad, 2022). The book edited by Leonardo García Sanjuán, with a foreword by Professor Antonio Gilman and preamble by Manuel Pimentel, brings together interdisciplinary research from the excavations carried out at the dolmen between 2005 and 2006 More information at:...

We have published a book of interdisciplinary scientific dissemination, about some evidence about the cult of water among humans and the link with the oceans from the past to the present.  Download

Nuestro paper "Gender Inequalities in Neolithic Iberia: A Multi-Proxy Approach", publicado en 2019 en European Journal of Archaeology (factor de impacto 1,85),  tras tres años  en el top ten de los artículos más leídos de esa revista Más información  

Los investigadores Prof. Johan Ling y Dr. Cecilia Lindhé de la Universidad de Gothenburg  presentarán la conferencia "Metal trade between the Atlantic north and Iberia 1300- 700 BC" Lunes 5 de diciembre 12 h Aula Carriazo Facultad de Geografía e Historia

Seminario entorno a la tecnología LIDAR en Arqueología, sus avances, sus problemas y sus acciones.  participa Francisco Sánchez, Universidad de Sevilla  y Antonio Monterroso, Universidad de Córdoba 24 de noviembre 18 a 20h Sala Carriazo de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia Universidad de Sevilla