Lead and copper mining in Priorat county (Tarragona, Spain) : from cooperative exchange networks to colonial trade (2600-500 BC)
Rafel i Fontanals, Núria 1954-
Soriano, Eni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Armada Pita, Xosé Lois
Hunt Ortiz, Mark A.
Montero Ruiz, Ignacio

Imprint:	Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018
Description:	12 pàg.
Abstract:	Research into the role of mining and metallurgy in ancient societies has attracted considerable attention and has been approached from diverse interpretative perspectives. Some authors attribute an essential role to metal in the socioeconomic development of prehistoric communities and, more specifi cally, to its control by elites (see for example, Kristiansen 1987; Pare 2000; Vandkilde 2010). Others tend to relativise its importance in the creation and maintenance of power (Kuijpers 2012; Stöllner 2012). Along the same lines as other authors who have tackled this question (for a summary see O'Brien 2015, 290-98), we suggest that these perspectives are not mutually exclusive. Only a detailed study of each individual case can lead us to models based not only on prior theoretical positions, but also on interpretations that take into account both the theoretical frameworks and, above all, their particular empirical grounds. A research programme begun in the year 2000 in the mining basins of Priorat county (Tarragona, Spain) is providing abundant data on prehistoric exploitations. These show a general scenario of their nature within the framework of the socioeconomic developments in the area during different temporal and cultural phases. This picture reveals very different situations depending on the phases, allowing us to suggest two very different management models for the area's metal-mineral resources. The evidence we present here shows how the economic appreciation of mining and its relationship with the ruling elites present very different panoramas, depending on the chronological and social contexts.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Capítol de llibre ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Metals, minds and mobility. Integrating scientific data with archaeological theory, p. 147-158, ISBN 978-1-78570-905-0

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