Juan Jesús Cantillo Duarte

Universidad de Cádiz | UCA · Department of History, Geography and Philosophy

El volumen recoge el conocimiento científico reunido por equipos portugueses y españoles, sobre las representaciones humanas de gran y pequeño tamaño del megalitismo del extremo suroccidental de Europa

Se presenta una nueva documentación gráfica con tecnologías digitales de una necrópolis de Edad del Bronce en el valle del Guadalhorce (Pizarra, Málaga). Se enmarca en un estudio sociológico e histórico vinculado con sociedades clasistas iniciales y se reflexiona sobre los límites occidentales de la Cultura de El Argar.

An interdisciplinary team of experts in prehistoric archeology, terrestrial fauna and marine fauna of the Universities of Cadiz, Córdoba and CSIC of Barcelona, has studied sites from various prehistoric times in the Strait of Gibraltar region, both on the European and North African shore. In particular from the Neolithic period we have recently exc...

In recent decades, investigations in the southern Iberian Peninsula have increased our understanding of the socioeconomic impact of the spread of the Neolithic in southwestern Europe, including changes in marine resources exploitation. Nevertheless , considerable uncertainty still exists around the seasonality of such subsistence systems and the pu...

The cist tombs necropolis at Castillejos de Luna, in Sierra de Gibralmora-Sierra del Hacho (Pizarra, Málaga, Spain) was known from the graphic documentation and the grave goods of two tombs. New studies have documented nine burials. The aim of this article is to present the new virtualisation work that has been carried out in the necropolis, to gen...

Presentamos los resultados preliminares de la intervención arqueológica preventiva realizada en el yacimiento neolítico de Campo de Hockey 2, situado a escasos metros al oeste de Campo de Hockey 1 (San Fernando, Cádiz). Representa la continuidad del poblado documentado en 2007, destacando la documentación de numerosas estructuras de hogar y concher...

Este artículo es una aproximación a los proyectos que estamos desarrollando en el extremo sur de la península ibérica sobre prácticas funerarias de la prehistoria reciente. En concreto, se exponen una serie de datos de tres yacimientos importantes para comprender la evolución de las construcciones megalíticas como son Campo de Hockey (San Fernando)...

Molluscs used as personal adornment in Gravettian context are scarce in the Iberian Peninsula.Less than 200 pieces have been barely found along the Mediterranean, and most of them incoastal sites. This article presents thirteen new items–in the majority of marine origin–found by a Spanish-German team during a joint research project in Cueva de Arda...

The region around the Strait of Gibraltar offered Neolithic societies a bridge connecting Iberia and North Africa. Using the sea for access to additional resources, Neolithic groups in the area developed close links with this territory as evidenced by its burial rites and storage practices. Nonetheless, the role pottery and its contents may have ha...

Las ostras constituyen un aspecto muy poco estudiado de la economía hispanorromana. Se presenta el estudio arqueomalacológico de un depósito inédito de ostras planas (Ostrea edulis) localizado en Los Bañales (Uncastillo, Zaragoza), fechado en los últimos momentos de vida de la ciudad romana (época tardoantoniniana-primo severiana). El depósito se h...

Abordamos en el presente artículo el estudio del registro arqueomalacológico documentado en diferentes contextos prehistóricos de la comarca del Guadalteba, Málaga. El registro apunta a una recolección de especies, tanto marinas como de agua dulce, vinculadas especialmente a un uso como elementos de adorno-colgante. Valoramos las especies con mayor...

Recientemente se ha retomado el estudio de la villa maritima romana y de la problemática arqueológica del Cabo Trafalgar, el antiguo Promontorium Iunonis (Barbate, Cádiz), con el objetivo fundamental de caracterizar su piscina de acuicultura, única hasta la fecha en Baetica. Se presenta en este trabajo un avance de la campaña de marzo de 2021, que...

This paper presents the results of the “Archaeological Map in Northern Morocco” project, which has been carried out by researchers from the University of Cadiz, University of Abdelmalek Essaadi and INSAP of Rabat. Four seasons of archaeological survey have taken place in the Tetouan region as well as excavations in the Cave El Hafa and the rock-she...

The excavations undertaken at the Campo de Hockey site in 2008 led to the identification of a major Neolithic necropolis in the former Island of San Fernando (Bay of Cádiz). This work presents the results of the latest studies, which indicate that the site stands as one of the oldest megalithic necropolises in the Iberian Peninsula. The main aim of...

The Cueva de Ardales is a hugely important Palaeolithic site in the south of the Iberian Peninsula owing to its rich inventory of rock art. From 2011–2018, excavations were carried out in the cave for the first time ever by a Spanish-German research team. The excavation focused on the entrance area of the cave, where the largest assemblage of non-f...

Résumé Nous présentons dans ce travail, un panorama synthétique des occupations humaines du Nord du Maroc, en mettant l’accent sur l’association des données anthropologiques et des données culturelles, ceci dans un cadre chronologique compris entre le Paléolithique Moyen (MSA) et le Paléolithique Supérieur. Nous présentons aussi les projets dévelop...

This paper presents the results of the “Archaeological Map in Northern Morocco” project, which has been carried out by researchers from the University of Cadiz, University of Abdelmalek Essaadi and INSAP of Rabat. Four seasons of archaeological survey have taken place in the Tetouan region as well as excavations in the Cave El Hafa and the rock-she...

In this paper we expose the materials from the Bell Beaker phase recovered in the surroundings of Cerro Sabora, an archaeological site that allows us to expand our knowledge of the social formations of the end of the 3rd millennium BC. This place helps us, with the limitations of a superficial study, to understand the dynamics of settlement and ter...

En este trabajo se presentan los resultados del estudio arqueomalacológico de una intervención arqueológica realizada en el Parque de las Acacias de Algeciras (provincia de Cádiz, España) durante el año 2015, la cual permitió exhumar parte de una de las fábricas de salazón del barrio industrial de Iulia Traducta, con contextos diversos datados entr...

Abordamos el estudio de los moluscos marinos recuperados en el yacimiento haliéutico de Portopalo di Capo Passero (Siracusa) durante la primera campaña de excavaciones (2019) en el marco del proyecto italo-español Archeofish. La muestra está formada por ocho especies de gasterópodos marinos (Bolinus brandaris, Phorcus turbinatus, Patella caerulea,...

El desarrollo de la producción cerámica es un elemento clave para analizar la transformación de las estructuras económicas y sociales de los grupos humanos durante el proceso de neolitización, al estar vinculada directamente con su progresiva sedentarización y la formación de sociedades complejas. A pesar de esto, y aunque el estudio de las tradici...

On the occasion of the prospecting and digital documentation campaign developed in the megalithic necropolis of La Lentejuela during July 2021, we present a preview of the results. The application of new archaeological record techniques such as 3D scanning or photogrammetry has made it possible to document with higher resolution a site with great p...

Las infraestructuras y procesos económicos ligados a la industria conservera del territorio de Gadir/Gades en la Antigüedad han sido profusamente estudiados tanto desde la perspectiva histórica como arqueológica desde hace décadas, atendiendo a múltiples parámetros y a las implicaciones de este sector como uno de los pilares fundamentales de desarr...

The site of Palomas, Facinas (Tarifa, Cádiz, Spain), was investigated by Breuil and Burkitt in the early 20th century and published in 1929. They identified four assemblages of wall paintings, including Palaeolithic representations in Palomas I. Recently, our team discovered previously unknown Palaeolithic paintings (including hand stencils and oth...

En este artículo presentamos los recursos didácticos diseñados en la museografía del recién estrenado Museo de Vejer, en Cádiz. Junto a ello, la planificación de actividades de difusión está permitiendo acercar la historia y el patrimonio de la localidad a los sectores más jóvenes, fundamental para su conservación como depositarios de este patrimon...

The archaeological investigations developed in the Cadiz coast and countryside during the last 25 years have revealed a series of human occupations dating between ca 8000-3000 cal BP and ranging culturally from Late Mesolithic until Late Bronze Age. Pollen analyses have revealed an open Mediterranean landscape developed under dry conditions driftin...

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In this paper, we provide new data on fish resource exploitation during the Mesolithic and Neolithic period on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Evidence from four different sites is presented: Vale Marim I (end of the seventh/beginning of the sixth millennium cal BCE) and Vale Pincel I (2nd and 3rd quarters of the sixth millennium cal B...

This study presents the results of the archaeological investigation in Benzú Cave, located on the North African shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. The archaeological deposits, approximately 1 m deep, belong to two occupational levels dated to the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. A wide range of artifacts was found, and this led to an interdisciplinary...

In the geohistorical region of the Strait of Gibraltar, which includes the south of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, important research has been carried out in recent years. This research has allowed us to document the presence of human groups as early as the Middle Pleistocene. Classical anthropology refers to these groups using various ter...

Le projet de recherche appelé «Carte Archéologique du nord du Maroc», a été développé par des chercheurs de l'Université de Cadix, Université Abdelmalek Esaadi, Direction Régionale de la Culture de la Région de Tanger-Tétouan et de l'INSAP de Rabat. Nous avons fait quatre campagnes de prospection archéologique dans la région de Tétouan qui ont augm...

RESUMEN. El yacimiento de La Esparragosa se encuen-tra ubicado en la provincia de Cádiz (España), en plena orilla norte del Estrecho de Gibraltar. La tumba que nos ocupa constituye un caso excepcional para la denominada «cultura de los silos», ya que se ha podido documentar en este enterramiento en fosa la existencia de un individuo cubierto por un...

ABSTRACT The rock-shelter of Benzú is located near the city of Ceuta in North Africa. The Benzú rock-shelter contains a sequence of 7 archaeological levels, which are associated with a clearly defined Mode 3 lithic technology. The similarities with other assemblages found in the south of the Iberian Peninsula are clear. We must also emphasise the e...

ABSTRACT A multidisciplinary group of researchers from the University of Cadiz (Spain), University of Abdelmalek Esaadi, Ministry of Culture of the Region Tangier-Tetouan and the INSAP from Rabat (Morocco) has developed the research project titled: “Archaeological Chart of Northern Morocco”. We have carried out four campaigns of archaeological s...

The rock-shelter of Benzú is located near the city of Ceuta in North Africa. At the rock-shelter of Benzú there is a sequence of 7 archaeological levels, which are associated with a clearly defined Mode 3 lithic technology. The similarities with other assemblages found in the south of the Iberian Peninsula are clear. We emphasise the exploitation o...

This article examines the role played by marine resources for hunter-gatherer groups of the Middle/Upper Pleistocene in the geohistorical region around the Straits of Gibraltar, on the basis of new evidence collected at the rock shelter of Benzú (North Africa). The stratigraphic sequence at Benzú has been dated to between 254 and 70 ka. The excavat...

Recent field research in the Eastern wall and in the Late Roman necropolis of the site of Baelo Claudia are shown in this paper