Technology and function of the Chalcolithic dagger from Cabezos Viejos (Archena, Murcia, Spain)
- C. Gutiérrez Sáez
- I. Martín Lerma 1
- J. A. Marín de Espinosa
- J. Lomba Maurandi
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Universidad de Murcia
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- João Marreiros (ed. lit.)
- Nuno Bicho (ed. lit.)
- Juan F. Gibaja (ed. lit.)
Éditorial: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1-4438-6816-7, 978-1-4438-6816-7
Année de publication: 2014
Pages: 755-763
Congreso: International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis : Use-Wear 2012 : held at the University of Algarve, Faro, October 10, 11 and 12th 2012
Type: Communication dans un congrès
Résumé
The Chalcolithic collective burial from Cabezos Viejos (Archena, Murcia) contained the remains of 23 individuals in two chambers, A and B. Burial goods are unequally present, B chamber featuring better quality and more abundant items than A chamber. A knife/dagger from B chamber, of exceptional size and quality, shows signs of careful technical elaboration procedures that might suggest its foreign origins. Use-wear analysis results indicate a multiple use in different activities.