Jose A Tuñón-López

University of Jaén | UJAEN · University Research Institute for Iberian Archaeology

El trabajo que se muestra a continuación presenta los resultados obtenidos en el análisis mdediante CG-MS y HPLC-APCI-MS de indicadores o marcadores químicos conservados en el interior de dos conjuntos cerámicos pertenecientes a los sitios arqueológicos de La Ayuela (ss. VII-VI a V a.C.) y La Estación (s. VI a.C.), ambos situados en la provincia de...

The objective of this paper is to characterise the composition and manufacturing techniques of the white paste inlays in the Bronze Age pottery decorations on the eastern Iberian Peninsula, using as a case study the Argaric archaeological site of Peñalosa (Baños de la Encina, Jaén, Spain). The determination of the characteristics and manufacture of...

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This paper discusses results obtained from in situ analysis of the tesserae of the Roman mosaic of Los Amores (Cástulo site, Linares, Spain) dating back to the turn of the 1st to the 2nd century AD. Specifically, it focuses on the scene The Judgment of Paris. In view of the exceptional state of preservation of the mosaic, from which very few tesser...

This paper discusses results obtained from in situ analysis of the tesserae of the Roman mosaic of Los Amores (Cástulo site, Linares, Spain) dating back to the turn of the 1st to the 2nd century AD. Specifically, it focuses on the scene The Judgment of Paris. In view of the exceptional state of preservation of the mosaic, from which very few tesser...

Cultural Heritage objects are frequently unavailable for transportation to laboratory facilities due to their size, location or local Cultural Heritage preservation regulations. The development of handheld XRF (hXRF) systems has, therefore, proven to be essential in the study of unmovable objects. In this study, two handheld XRF instruments—Bruker™...

Wall paintings have become one of the most relevant, complex and challenging research subjects in Archaeometry. Minimally- or non-invasive, accurate and multidisciplinary methods are needed to successfully address the problems posed by their physical and chemical properties and by their analysis techniques. Specifically, the analytical method imple...

El proyecto Cástulo: Investigación Arqueométrica y Transferencia Social ha sido concebido como un proyecto de investigación arqueométrica de carácter interdisciplinar en el que participan el Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Arqueología Ibérica de la Universidad de Jaén, el Conjunto Arqueológico de Cástulo y la Universidad de Gante (Bélgi...

This paper is about the results obtained from the physico-chemical analysis of the Orientalizing (7th century BC) archaeological materials retrieved from the ritual and funerary areas of the site Cerro de los Vientos (Baeza, Jaén, Spain). The samples under study are native tradition and Phoenician ceramic vessels, and beads of several colours. The...

El objetivo principal del trabajo es el análisis mediante GC-MS de 6 recipientes cerámicos procedentes del sitio arqueológico de Alarcos (Ciudad Real) para determinar indicadores químicos de contenidos. Cronológicamente se identifican como pertenecientes a la fase del Bronce Final. Los indicadores químicos analizados han sido: • Lípidos: ácidos gra...

An in situ archaeometrical campaign was organized in 2018 for the physicochemical analysis of the exceptional Mosaico de los Amores of the Cástulo archaeological site (Linares, Spain). Several mobile instruments were brought on the field to investigate the colourful tesserae of the mosaic. The main aim of the current research paper is the compariso...

El objetivo principal del trabajo es el análisis de un conjunto de 9 recipientes cerámicos procedentes de 5 tumbas de la necrópolis ibérica de Alarcos (Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real) para determinar indicadores químicos de contenidos relacionados con la presencia de lípidos y/o ceras. El proceso de trabajo ha seguido tres fases: Primera, selección y prep...

In the present work, an analytical methodology for the comprehensive evaluation of multiclass lipids (including mono-, di- and triacylglycerols (MAGs, DAGs and TAGs) along with sterols) in archaeological ceramic vessels has been developed. It is based on the use of ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-h...

The knowledge and dissemination of the Iberian culture (6th to 1st century BC) have made great progress within the last three decades, so much so that it is now one of the main fields in the study of the Protohistory of the Iberian Peninsula. Even so, certain topics remain which need further research in Iberian Archaeology, such as the processes of...

This paper discusses the results of chemical analysis with regard to a major ceramic set retrieved from the sanctuary of Puerta del Sol. The site dates back to the 5th century BC and lies in the Iberian oppidum of Puente Tablas in Jaén, Spain. This is the first research paper on the Iberian culture to identify and describe accurately a sanctuary ri...

El presente trabajo muestra los resultados obtenidos tras el análisis de indicadores físico-químicos de interés arqueológico con la finalidad de abordar dos problemáticas diferentes en el mismo sitio arqueológico. Por un lado el conocimiento de los contenidos preservados en recipientes cerámicos y, por otro, la posible identificación de restos crem...

Recent archaeological research on the Iberian cemetery of Tutugi (from fourth to third century bc ), in the administrative term of Galera (Granada, Spain), has granted access to a range of materials revealing major features of Iberian culture. The only information available on pigments in the Iberian culture refers to domestic ceramic and the insid...