Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory ( IF 3.2 ) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 , DOI: 10.1007/s10816-023-09633-6 Marta Cintas-Peña , Rafael Garrido Pena , Ana M. Herrero-Corral , Raúl Flores Fernández , Anna J. Waterman , Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla , Pedro Díaz-del-Río , David W. Peate
Over the last several decades, the application of aDNA and strontium isotope analyses on archaeologically recovered human remains has provided new avenues for the investigation of mobility in past societies. Data on human mobility can be valuable in the reconstruction of prehistoric residential patterns and kinship systems, which are at the center of human social organization and vary across time and space. In this paper, we aim to contribute to our understanding of mobility, residence, and kinship patterns in late Prehistoric Iberia (c. 3300–1400BC) by providing new strontium data on 44 individuals from the site of Humanejos (Parla, Madrid). The study presented here is multi-proxy and looks at these new data by interweaving biological, chronological, and archaeological information. This analysis found that 7/44 individuals buried at Humanejos could be identified as non-local to the necropolis. Although more men (n = 5) than women (n = 2) were found in the non-local category, and more non-local individuals were identified in the pre-Bell Beaker (n = 5) than in Bell Beaker (n = 1) or Bronze Age (n = 1), we find no statistically significant differences concerning sex or time period. This contrasts with other archaeological datasets for late prehistoric Europe which suggest higher female mobility, female exogamy, and male-centered residential patterns were common. At Humanejos, we have also identified one non-local female whose exceptional Beaker grave goods suggest she was an individual of special status, leading to additional questions about the relationships between gender, mobility, and social position in this region and time period.
中文翻译:
Humanejos(马德里帕尔拉)铜青铜时代公墓中流动性的同位素证据:利用生物和考古变量的历时方法
在过去的几十年里,aDNA 和锶同位素分析对考古发现的人类遗骸的应用为研究过去社会的流动性提供了新的途径。关于人类流动的数据对于重建史前居住模式和亲属关系系统非常有价值,这些系统是人类社会组织的核心,并且随着时间和空间的不同而变化。在本文中,我们的目标是通过提供来自乌马内霍斯遗址(马德里帕尔拉)的 44 个人的新锶数据,促进我们对史前伊比利亚晚期(约公元前3300-1400 年)的流动、居住和亲属关系模式的理解。这里提出的研究是多代理的,通过交织生物学、年代学和考古学信息来研究这些新数据。该分析发现,埋葬在乌马内霍斯的 7/44 个人可以被确定为非墓地本地人。尽管 在非本地类别中发现的男性 ( n = 5) 多于女性 ( n = 2),并且在前贝尔烧杯 ( n = 5) 中发现的非本地个体比贝尔烧杯 ( n = 1) 或青铜时代 ( n = 1),我们发现性别或时间段没有统计学上的显着差异。这与史前晚期欧洲的其他考古数据集形成鲜明对比,这些数据集表明女性流动性较高、女性异族通婚和以男性为中心的居住模式很常见。在胡马内霍斯,我们还发现了一位非本地女性,其独特的烧杯墓葬物品表明她是一个具有特殊地位的个体,这引发了关于该地区和时期性别、流动性和社会地位之间关系的更多问题。