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Cycles of time in the Iberian culture: the astronomical orientation of the temple of El Tossal de Sant Miquel de Llíria
2006
We present an archaeoastronomical study of the temple of the Iberian settlement of El Tossal de Sant Miquel de Llíria (València). We find that the major axis of the building is oriented very close to the east-west cardinal axis. The entrance of the temple is pointing towards an outstanding mountain on the eastern horizon, where the sunrise around the equinoxes takes place. On the other hand, the absence of other constructions just in front of the cultic building seems to support the inference that the astronomical relation was intentional, because it would permit the observation of the sunrise from the temple. The existence of other nearby Iberian sanctuaries showing similar relations with …
Cycles of time in the Iberian culture: the astronomical orientation of the temple of El Tossal de Sant Miquel de Llíria
2006
We present an archaeoastronomical study of the temple of the Iberian settlement of El Tossal de Sant Miquel de Llíria (València). We find that the major axis of the building is oriented very close to the east-west cardinal axis. The entrance of the temple is pointing towards an outstanding mountain on the eastern horizon, where the sunrise around the equinoxes takes place. On the other hand, the absence of other constructions just in front of the cultic building seems to support the inference that the astronomical relation was intentional, because it would permit the observation of the sunrise from the temple. The existence of other nearby Iberian sanctuaries showing similar relations with …
Iron metallurgy, political economy and social change during the first millennium BC in eastern Iberia
2020
Analizamos las dinámicas históricas de adopción y uso social de la metalurgia del hierro entre los ríos Ebro y Segura a lo largo del primer milenio a.C. Diferentes escalas de análisis, desde los contextos rituales hasta los patrones de asentamiento o la organización interna de los poblados, nos permiten identificar diversas etapas: los primeros objetos de hierro en la zona fueron bienes de prestigio que circularon en un marco de conexiones mediterráneas a partir de los siglos XII-XI a.C. La actividad siderúrgica en la zona se documenta a partir del siglo VIII a.C., con la instalación de población de origen fenicio en asentamientos costeros. La generalización del hierro se producirá a partir…
La panoplia en los vasos del Tossal de Sant Miquel (Llíria). Ensayo de interpretación iconográfica
2013
The set of more than 225 vases with figurative decoration found in El Tossal de Sant Miquel (TSM), Lliria, with a chronology that it is fitted in the second stage of the Middle Iberian, between IIIrd century B.C. at the beginning of the IInd B. C, and published by first time in the Corpus Vasorum Hispanorum, offers a rich iconography in arms elements. Across his analysis it is tried to determine if a edetana panoply exists and if this one changes according to so called «Styles I and II». (Ballester, 1935, 1954; Bonet, 1995; Aranegui et alii, 1997b; Pérez Ballester, Mata, 1998; Izquierdo, Perez Ballester, 2005).El conjunto de más de 225 vasos con decoración figurada encontrados en El Tossal …
Tras un denário imitativo de Turiasu hallado en Vila Real (Portugal)
2017
El artículo da a conocer el hallazgo aislado de un importante denario procedente del norte de Portugal. La moneda se caracteriza por ser forrada o falsa de época y por presentar un arte imitativo de Turiasu. También se ofrecen algunas reflexiones y nuevo material numismático en torno a los denarios forrados, imitativos, híbridos e incusos.
Iberian Wolf Howls: Acoustic Structure, Individual Variation, and a Comparison with North American Populations
2007
We present a detailed description of the acoustic structure of howls emitted by Iberian wolves and a comparison with published descriptions of North American wolf howls. We recorded and analyzed 176 howls emitted by 11 wolves held in captivity in social groups of 1–5 individuals. Our sample included solo howls as well as howls included in choruses. Iberian wolf howls are long (1.1- to 12.8-s) harmonic sounds, with a mean fundamental frequency between 270 and 720 Hz. Our results revealed striking similarities between Iberian and North American wolf howls in all variables analyzed except for the number of discontinuities in the frequency of the howl, which was lower for Iberian wolves. Using …
Tipos nomenclaturales de lirios ibéricos (Iris y géneros relacionados, Iridaceaae)
2012
Nomenclatural types are reported for seventeen taxa belonging to Iris and six related genera, which are accepted in the forthcoming treatment of Iridaceae for Flora iberica. Among them, 13 lectotypes and one neotype are designated for the first time, and three previous typifications are briefly commented. Se presentan los tipos nomenclaturales de 17 táxones pertenecientes a Iris y otros seis géneros relacionados, que se aceptan en el tratamiento de las Iridaceae para Flora iberica. De ellos, se designan por primera vez 13 lectótipos y un neótipo, y se comentan brevemente tres tipificaciones previas. This research was partly supported by Flora iberica project, parts VIII & IX (CGL2008-02982-…
Holocene interaction of maritime and continental climate in Central Europe: New speleothem evidence from Central Germany
2019
Central European climate is strongly influenced by North Atlantic (Westerlies) and Siberian High circulation patterns, which govern precipitation and temperature dynamics and induce heterogeneous climatic conditions, with distinct boundaries between climate zones. These climate boundaries are not stationary and shift geographically, depending on long-term atmospheric conditions. So far, little is known about past shifts of these climate boundaries and the local to regional environmental response prior to the instrumental era.\ud \ud High resolution multi-proxy data (stable oxygen and carbon isotope ratios, S/Ca and Sr/Ca) from two Holocene stalagmites from Bleßberg Cave (Thuringia) are used…
Coprolites in natural traps : direct evidence of bone-eating carnivorans from the Late Miocene Batallones-3 site, Madrid, Spain
2021
We describe two carnivoran coprolites found in the pseudokarst natural carnivore trap of Batallones-3, from the Late Miocene of Spain. The larger one, comprising multiple indistinguishable fragments of broken and corroded bones, indicates that the producer of the dropping might have been highly capable of crushing the softer parts of large bones. On the other hand, the smaller one shows several relatively larger and more complete bone fragments, thus exhibiting a greater capacity to break and swallow large portions of bone. The external morphology of the large coprolite is similar to that of extant bears, whereas the smaller one more closely resembles that of the living insectivorous hyaeni…
Vegetation and climate in the eastern Iberian Peninsula during the pre-evaporitic Messinian (late Miocene). Palynological data from the Upper Turolia…
2015
International audience; The present paper reports a complete palynological study of the Upper Turolian sediments outcropping at the Venta del Moro site (eastern Iberian Peninsula). The pollen assemblages observed mainly reflect the local and regional vegetation, which must have formed part of a wetland ecosystem within a general setting of open steppe, as indicated by the great abundance and diversity of herbaceous pollen. This reflects the persistence of open vegetation in the Iberian Peninsula after the Middle Miocene when it became extensive. We here report the most recent record of Disanthus for the Iberian Peninsula. This shrub played an important role in an unusual, edaphically-mediat…