José A. Esquivel

La distribución espacial de los restos faunísticos de Los Millares (Santa Fe de Mondújar, Almería) Spatial distribution of animal bones at Los Millares (Santa Fé de Mondújar, Almería)

The archaeological settlement of Los Millares has an record of animal bones very important. In this paper we have applied different statistical methods to analyze the spatial distribution of remains of animal bones and establish the patterns of behavior of the inhabitants because the activities carried out into a specific functional space have reported about your trace in the animal bones. These activities can be associated with consumption (sites to cut in pieces the animals body, the sites where the meat is eaten, the garbage sites, etc.) with the production of handmade objects (bone tools, stone tools, etc.). The results obtained show a different spatial distribution of fauna remains into the areas of settlement with reference to species and some parts of animal skeleton, in addition to the age and the sex of animals. Therefore, the results obtained show that there are social behaviors restricting the consumption of some species to a specific sector of population, and these behaviors can be seen in the animal remains. Moreover, there are evidences about economic matters like the meat production and exchange of animals.

A statistical approximation of common Roman ceramics from the Isturgi deposits (Andújar, Andalusia)

Common ceramics constitute a very abundant material in the archaeological record. This study focuses on analyzing and statistically interpreting, from the perspective of archaeological material culture, the features of Roman coarse-ware ceramics from the Isturgi deposits (Andujar, Andalusia). The main goal of this research was to study ceramics from an archaeological perspective with reference to quantitative and qualitative aspects. The fragments of pottery belong to three essential types - kitchenware, tableware, and pottery for storage and transportation - and have different characteristics. The data set consists of 3,626 fragments of ceramics of Roman origin, divided in three clearly differentiated groups: 1) common calcareous ceramics, b) oxidized kitchen ceramics, and 3) reduced kitchen ceramics, having a very different quantity of fragments (1,635; 1,714; and 277, respectively) distributed in 16 excavation zones. The analysis of the information has been carried out on the basis of univariate methods, analysis of correlation and regression, analysis of the variance (ANOVA) and multivariate factorial analysis (Factorial Analysis with Varimax Rotation mainly). In this form it is possible to characterize ceramics on the basis of whether they were fired in an oxidizing or a reducing atmosphere.

Statistical Analysis of Attitude and Behavior of Youths on the "Other" in Granada City (Andalusia, Spain)

The recent process of immigration, mainly since 2001, represents a serious integration problem for the society of Granada (Spain) due to the great increase of immigrants in the last years. The viewpoint of the young people in the city of Granada (from 14 to 25 years) is key with regard to future trends. These youths need to learn how to share and compete for the new economic niches inside the society of Granada, a situation aggravated by the economic crisis. This scenario presents increasing levels of racism and xenophobia at the moment. In this paper, using a statistical analysis of opinion polls, we examine the influence of the human diversity, i.e. migrants living in Granada, holding jobs and studying, etc. These analyses enable us to outline the way in which youths regard for- eigners, in order to understand and characterize how the phenomenon of the immigration will be perceived over the long term within the society Granada.