Sierra Morena, manantial de cobre del sur peninsular durante la prehistoria reciente
- Luis Arboledas Martínez 1
- Francisco Contreras Cortés 1
- Juan José López Martínez 1
- 1 Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada
ISSN: 1888-8615
Ano de publicación: 2023
Número: 40
Páxinas: 145-160
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: De re metallica ( Madrid ): revista de la Sociedad Española para la Defensa del Patrimonio Geológico y Minero
Resumo
Copper production has been a key element in the historiographical debate on the development and socio-economic organisation of Copper and Bronze Age societies in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. In this case, Sierra Morena was one of the most important copper-producing centres in the peninsula during the most recent prehistory, as suggested by the growing body of archaeological and archaeometric evidence, especially lead isotope analysis. This paper pres-ents a brief analysis of the main documented archaeomineral stays associated with mining and metallurgical activity (pits, tools, and remains of the metallurgical process) from this period in Sierra Morena.