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MAZAS OCULTAS. RASTROS DE MINERÍA PREHISTÓRICA EN EL CERRO MINADO DE HUERCAL-OVERA (ALMERÍA)

2014; University of Granada; Volume: 24; Linguagem: Espanhol

10.30827/cpag.v24i0.4087

2659-9295

Selina Delgado Raack, Nicolau Escanilla Artigas, Roberto Risch,

Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia

Metallurgy in southeast Iberia played a leading role in the development of the Los Millares and El Argar archaeological groups. However, to date little is known about one of the key aspects of prehistoric metal production: the mining process. The recent identif ication of prehistoric mining traces at Cerro Minado, in the northeast of the present day province of Almeria, sheds new light on a long debated issue. After a geological and mineralogical characterisation of the ore deposit, a specif ic petrographic, morpho-technical and functional research programme has allowed the def inition of a set of macro-lithic tools, which had remained unnoticed in the prehistoric archaeological record in Southeast Iberia.