Margarita Sánchez Romero

La población infantil de la Motilla del Azuer: Un estudio bioarqueológico

Our main goal in this paper is the analysis of children through funerary record at the archaeological Bronze Age site of La Motilla del Azuer, Daimiel, in La Mancha area. We have chosen a settlement with high-quality archaeological and anthropological data, and a precise methodology of excavation, documentation and contextualization allow us to formulate cultural hypothesis and understand the roles of different members of the social group, not only due to sex and age identities but also to economic and social positions.

Childhood and the Construction of Gender Identities through Material Culture

Abstract Societies need to reproduce themselves both in a biological and in an ideological and social way. Through this paper, the author tries to understand how the process of social reproduction affects childrens lives regarding gender identity. Through the material culture that can be found in archaeological records, one can try to understand how age and gender identities are interconnected and how they manifested themselves in the creation of childhood identities. Materiality is employed in the creation and experience of age and gender categories through speci fic costumes, ornaments and practices of body modi fication. From a phenomenological perspective, the author analyses the material culture from the funerary record of Bronze Age societies of the south of Spain taking into account the links between bodies and objects, and using micro-history to extrapolate local experiences to a broader picture in order to understand how societies deal with the phenomenon of childhood.

Actividades de mantenimiento en la Edad del Bronce del sur peninsular: el cuidado y la socialización de individuos infantiles

In this paper we will analyse maintenance activities related to care and socialization of children during Bronze Age in the South of Iberian Peninsula. Our aim is in one hand to consider works and experiences derived from these practices and in the other hand an approach to children not only as objects but as actors in activities related to social organisation in these societies.

Arqueología de las mujeres y de las relaciones de género

Este dossier de Complutum contiene algunas de las conferencias presentadas en el marco de la segunda edicion del curso Arqueologia y Genero: Vida cotidiana, relaciones e identidad que se celebro del 7 al 11 de Marzo de 2005 en la facultad de Filosofia y Letras de la Universidad de Granada. Fue organizado por el Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueologia y el Instituto Universitario de Estudios de la Mujer ambos pertenecientes a la Universidad de Granada y dirigido por Margarita Sanchez Romero y Francisco Contreras Cortes. Pudo realizarse gracias a las subvenciones concedidas por el Instituto Andaluz de la Mujer de la Consejeria para la Igualdad y el Bienestar Social de la Junta de Andalucia, el Instituto de la Mujer del Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras de la Universidad de Granada y la Fundacion Caja Granada.

Chronology of Megalithic Funerary Practices in Southeastern Iberia: The Necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain)

An excavation carried out at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria in 2015 offered an excellent opportunity for dating a widespread variety of polygonal, rectangular, and trapezoidal-shaped tombs with short passages for which, surprisingly, there were previously no known radiocarbon ( 14 C) measurements available. Based on the anthropological remains, a series of 19 14 C dates was obtained and modeled in a Bayesian statistical framework. The results stress a long period of use that began in the Late Neolithic (3525–3195 cal BC), reaching the most intensive ritual activity during the Copper Age and ending in the Early Bronze Age (2125–1980 cal BC). Throughout this period, tombs were built at different times and used at different temporal scales and intensities, ranging from a few decades to centuries.