RT Journal Article
T1 Personal body ornamentation on the Southern Iberian Meseta: An archaeomineralogical study
A1 Odriozola Lloret, Carlos P.
A1 Villalobos García, Rodrigo
A1 Martínez-Blanes, José M.
A1 Avilés, Miguel Ángel
A1 Palomares Zumajo, Norberto
A1 Benito Sánchez, María
A1 Barrio Aldea, Carlos
A1 Salazar-García, Domingo C.
A1 Benítez de Lugo Enrich, Luis
AB Beads and pendants from the Castillejo del Bonete (Terrinches, Ciudad Real) and Cerro Ortega (Villanueva de la Fuente, Ciudad Real) burials were analysed using XRD, micro-Raman and XRF in order to contribute to the current distribution map of green bead body ornament pieces on the Iberian Peninsula which, so far, remain undetailed for many regions. XRD, micro-Raman and XRF analyses showed that most of the beads from Castillejo del Bonete (Late 3rd millennium cal. BC) were made from variscite or green phyllosilicates, while Cerro Ortega's (Late 4th millennium cal. BC) beads were made out of fossil wood or Clinochlore. Significantly enough, while XRD pointed to variscite as the main crystallo-graphic phase, the elemental composition did not match any elemental compositions of known and characterised sources, thus suggesting an unknown south-eastern source or an extra-peninsular origin of these ornamental pieces.
PB Elsevier
SN 2352-409X
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23880
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23880
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Universidad de Sevilla
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 may 2025