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Cinco campañas de excavación en las Áreas 2A y G de Saruq al Hadid (Dubái, EAU): evidencias de producción de cobre, área de talleres y actividades ceremoniales en la Edad del Hierro II

Tatiana Valente
Sanisera Archaeology Institute
Fernando Contreras
Sanisera Archaeology Institute
Ahmed Mahmud
Dubai Municipality – Architectural Heritage & Antiquities Department
Mansour Boraik Radwan Karim
Dubai Municipality – Architectural Heritage & Antiquities Department
Mahra Saif Al Mansoori
Dubai Municipality – Architectural Heritage & Antiquities Department
Hassan Zein
Dubai Municipality – Architectural Heritage & Antiquities Department
Portada Volumen 23 de Isimu
Publicado diciembre 23, 2020

Palabras clave:

Saruq al-Hadid, Edad del Hierro II, producción de cobre, área de talleres, actividades ceremoniales, Saruq al-Hadid, Edad del Hierro II, producción de cobre, área de talleres, actividades ceremoniales
Cómo citar
Valente, . T., Contreras, F., Mahmud, A., Boraik Radwan Karim, M., Saif Al Mansoori , M., & Zein, H. (2020). Cinco campañas de excavación en las Áreas 2A y G de Saruq al Hadid (Dubái, EAU): evidencias de producción de cobre, área de talleres y actividades ceremoniales en la Edad del Hierro II. ISIMU, 23, 169–195. https://doi.org/10.15366/isimu2020.23.010

Resumen

Tras efectuar cinco campañas de excavación en las áreas “2A” y “G” de Saruq al-Hadid, se localizaron más de veinte estructuras de combustión, de las que desconocemos con qué etapa de producción metalúrgica estaban relacionadas. La secuencia estratigráfica se sitúa en la Edad del Hierro II, e integra un conjunto notable de objetos metálicos y de muestras, que evidencian la manipulación del oro y del cobre. Se han documentado, materias primas y herramientas de trabajo para la elaboración de joyas. La distribución espacial de algunos de los objetos, sugieren rituales y ceremonias, con escenificaciones votivas. Buen ejemplo de ello, pueden demostrarlo los hallazgos de figuritas antropomórficas, serpientes y armas en miniatura, recipientes en cerámica y piedra blanda que son habituales y representativos de contextos arqueológicos asociados a espacios sagrados.

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