4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe. - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:34:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe. - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Encounter of the three living and the three dead and the late medieval Dances of Death in SpainExternal link https://historylab.es/encounter-of-the-three-living-and-the-three-dead-and-the-late-medieval-dances-of-death-in-spainexternal-link/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=encounter-of-the-three-living-and-the-three-dead-and-the-late-medieval-dances-of-death-in-spainexternal-link Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:57 +0000 https://historylab.es/encuentro-de-los-tres-vivos-y-los-tres-muertos-y-las-danzas-de-la-muerte-bajomedievales-en-espanaenlace-externo/ The "Encounter of the Three Living and the Three Dead" and the "Danzas Macabras", known in Spain as the "Dances of Death", are two iconographic themes that perfectly reflect the situation of anguish that was palpable in European society at the end of the Middle Ages. More than a critique of classes, which does exist, the prevailing thought is the reality of all social classes, equalised in the face of Death. Mural painting is one of the most common mediums for the development of very large programmes in which the above-mentioned themes are associated with the wheel of Fortune and, to a lesser extent, the ride of the deadly sins, the latter without reference in Spain.

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]]> The “Encounter of the Three Living and the Three Dead” and the “Danzas Macabras”, known in Spain as the “Dances of Death”, are two iconographic themes that perfectly reflect the situation of anguish that was palpable in European society at the end of the Middle Ages. More than a critique of classes, which does exist, the prevailing thought is the reality of all social classes, equalised in the face of Death. Mural painting is one of the most common mediums for the development of very large programmes in which the above-mentioned themes are associated with the wheel of Fortune and, to a lesser extent, the ride of the deadly sins, the latter without reference in Spain.

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]]> The forms of rural urbanity in al-Andalus Taifa. Peasant strategies of consumption and distinction in the farmhouse of El Quemao (Sarrión, Teruel) https://historylab.es/the-forms-of-rural-urbanity-in-al-andalus-taifa-peasant-strategies-of-consumption-and-distinction-in-the-farmhouse-of-el-quemao-sarrion-teruel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-forms-of-rural-urbanity-in-al-andalus-taifa-peasant-strategies-of-consumption-and-distinction-in-the-farmhouse-of-el-quemao-sarrion-teruel Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:49 +0000 https://historylab.es/las-formas-de-la-urbanidad-rural-en-el-al-andalus-taifa-estrategias-campesinas-de-consumo-y-distincion-en-la-alqueria-de-el-quemao-sarrion-teruel/ We present the data obtained during the three archaeological excavation campaigns (2015, 2017 and 2018) carried out at El Quemao (Sarrión, Teruel), an Andalusian farmhouse made up of a dozen dwellings with a central courtyard that was occupied between the Caliphate and Taifa periods. The documentation work, which has already made it possible to recognise the complete plan of the settlement, has focused on carrying out several probes in four of the dwellings with the aim of gaining in-depth knowledge of the functioning of the domestic routines of the rural communities in this part of al-Andalus.

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]]> We present the data obtained during the three archaeological excavation campaigns (2015, 2017 and 2018) carried out at El Quemao (Sarrión, Teruel), an Andalusian farmhouse made up of a dozen dwellings with a central courtyard that was occupied between the Caliphate and Taifa periods. The documentation work, which has already made it possible to recognise the complete plan of the settlement, has focused on carrying out several probes in four of the dwellings with the aim of gaining in-depth knowledge of the functioning of the domestic routines of the rural communities in this part of al-Andalus.

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]]> Wine Archaeology in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages https://historylab.es/wine-archaeology-in-late-antiquity-and-the-middle-ages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wine-archaeology-in-late-antiquity-and-the-middle-ages Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:49 +0000 https://historylab.es/arqueologia-del-vino-en-la-antiguedad-tardia-y-la-edad-media/ Yolanda Peña Cervantes, PhD in archaeology and specialist in the study of production processes and the spaces used for the production of wine and oil, will present at the MAN her research on the archaeology of wine in the Late Antique and Medieval periods. She will analyse the production processes of this product on the basis of the available archaeological evidence, as well as its consumption patterns in this historical period, without forgetting its transcendental symbolic importance for Christianity.

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]]> Yolanda Peña Cervantes, PhD in archaeology and specialist in the study of production processes and the spaces used for the production of wine and oil, will present at the MAN her research on the archaeology of wine in the Late Antique and Medieval periods. She will analyse the production processes of this product on the basis of the available archaeological evidence, as well as its consumption patterns in this historical period, without forgetting its transcendental symbolic importance for Christianity.

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]]> Villages and oppida. Elites and craftsmen https://historylab.es/villages-and-oppida-elites-and-craftsmen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=villages-and-oppida-elites-and-craftsmen Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:42 +0000 https://historylab.es/poblados-y-oppida-elites-y-artesanos/ Video of the permanent exhibition of the National Archaeological Museum. Protohistoric area: Celtic peoples.

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]]> Video of the permanent exhibition of the National Archaeological Museum. Protohistoric area: Celtic peoples.

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]]> Plant food in the Iberian Peninsula in medieval times based on archaeobotanical evidence https://historylab.es/plant-food-in-the-iberian-peninsula-in-medieval-times-based-on-archaeobotanical-evidence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plant-food-in-the-iberian-peninsula-in-medieval-times-based-on-archaeobotanical-evidence Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:42 +0000 https://historylab.es/la-alimentacion-vegetal-en-la-peninsula-iberica-en-epoca-medieval-a-partir-de-la-arqueobotanica/ Despite being a fundamental element in the life of human communities, plants have attracted little interest in medieval archaeology. However, in recent years, there has been a growing interest in gaining a detailed understanding of the role of plants in medieval communities and this project responds to this interest. This project, funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, aims to: a) investigate the variety of plants used in the Iberian Peninsula in medieval times (6th-11th centuries AD); b) determine the introduction of new species and, c) study the interaction between human groups and plant species through different practices.

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]]> Despite being a fundamental element in the life of human communities, plants have attracted little interest in medieval archaeology. However, in recent years, there has been a growing interest in gaining a detailed understanding of the role of plants in medieval communities and this project responds to this interest. This project, funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, aims to: a) investigate the variety of plants used in the Iberian Peninsula in medieval times (6th-11th centuries AD); b) determine the introduction of new species and, c) study the interaction between human groups and plant species through different practices.

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]]> How they wove and wore clothes in the Iron Age https://historylab.es/how-they-wove-and-wore-clothes-in-the-iron-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-they-wove-and-wore-clothes-in-the-iron-age Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:34 +0000 https://historylab.es/asi-tejian-y-vestian-en-la-edad-del-hierro/ Through "three capsules" of knowledge in video format we will learn how men and women dressed in the Iron Age in the Iberian Peninsula and the sources used by archaeologists for their study. *The content of these capsules is the result of the internal research project carried out by the Department of Protohistory and Colonisation called "Protohistoric weaving and clothing". Susana de Luis Mariño (Department of Protohistory and Colonisation) and Elena Aznar Medina (Archaeologist specialising in protohistoric weaving).

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]]> Through “three capsules” of knowledge in video format we will learn how men and women dressed in the Iron Age in the Iberian Peninsula and the sources used by archaeologists for their study. *The content of these capsules is the result of the internal research project carried out by the Department of Protohistory and Colonisation called “Protohistoric weaving and clothing”. Susana de Luis Mariño (Department of Protohistory and Colonisation) and Elena Aznar Medina (Archaeologist specialising in protohistoric weaving).

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]]> what should I wear? Personal ornaments on supports of organic origin in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic of the Southeast Iberian Peninsula https://historylab.es/what-should-i-wear-personal-ornaments-on-supports-of-organic-origin-in-the-neolithic-and-chalcolithic-of-the-southeast-iberian-peninsula/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-should-i-wear-personal-ornaments-on-supports-of-organic-origin-in-the-neolithic-and-chalcolithic-of-the-southeast-iberian-peninsula Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:24 +0000 https://historylab.es/que-me-pongo-adornos-personales-sobre-soportes-de-origen-organico-en-el-neolitico-y-calcolitico-del-sureste-peninsularenlace-externo-se-abre-en-ventana-nueva/ Objects of ornamentation can be considered frequent elements among archaeological materials. They seem to be very simple pieces, but we do not know the extent of their significance. Through the study of the collections from the Vera Basin, as well as from other sites in the Southeast, we will approach the valuation of these objects.

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]]> Objects of ornamentation can be considered frequent elements among archaeological materials. They seem to be very simple pieces, but we do not know the extent of their significance. Through the study of the collections from the Vera Basin, as well as from other sites in the Southeast, we will approach the valuation of these objects.

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]]> 4000 years ago. Infant tombs in the Bronze Age of La Mancha https://historylab.es/4000-years-ago-infant-tombs-in-the-bronze-age-of-la-mancha/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4000-years-ago-infant-tombs-in-the-bronze-age-of-la-mancha Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:16 +0000 https://historylab.es/hace-4000-anos-tumbas-infantiles-en-el-bronce-de-la-mancha/ In recent prehistoric societies, not all members of the community had the right to a permanent burial. Around 4000 years ago, funerary rites began to change, collective burials gave way to personalised tombs, some of which were for children. In some cases, as in the Cerro de La Encantada (Granátula de Calatrava, Ciudad Real) over 400 years a small number of children received special treatment. This round table will present a group of funerary structures from the Bronze Age of La Mancha and will address the problems posed by the study of prehistoric child tombs.

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]]> In recent prehistoric societies, not all members of the community had the right to a permanent burial. Around 4000 years ago, funerary rites began to change, collective burials gave way to personalised tombs, some of which were for children. In some cases, as in the Cerro de La Encantada (Granátula de Calatrava, Ciudad Real) over 400 years a small number of children received special treatment. This round table will present a group of funerary structures from the Bronze Age of La Mancha and will address the problems posed by the study of prehistoric child tombs.

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]]> La Beleña (Cabra, Cordoba): a necropolis of hypogean structures from the Late Neolithic period https://historylab.es/la-belena-cabra-cordoba-a-necropolis-of-hypogean-structures-from-the-late-neolithic-period/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-belena-cabra-cordoba-a-necropolis-of-hypogean-structures-from-the-late-neolithic-period Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:16 +0000 https://historylab.es/la-belena-cabra-cordoba-una-necropolis-de-estructuras-hipogeas-del-neolitico-final/ La Beleña is a necropolis of collective funerary structures -excavated in the limestone marl-, located in Cabra (Córdoba) and dated between 3300-2850 BC during the Late Neolithic. During this period, burials were located in natural caves, or in megalithic constructions of various types, as well as in hypogean structures. These changes and diversity in funerary constructions have been considered as a reflection of population growth, the process of sedentarisation and the intensification of social inequality. The documentation derived from the different hypogeum of the southern Iberian Peninsula has proven to be insufficient to explore these considerations in depth. This is due to the fact that attention has been focused on the typological classification of grave goods and funerary structures, thus making it possible to ascribe the burials to a specific historical period according to the traditional literature. In this way, the anthropological and archaeological-anthropological analysis of the preserved human remains has been relegated to a secondary role.

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]]> La Beleña is a necropolis of collective funerary structures -excavated in the limestone marl-, located in Cabra (Córdoba) and dated between 3300-2850 BC during the Late Neolithic. During this period, burials were located in natural caves, or in megalithic constructions of various types, as well as in hypogean structures. These changes and diversity in funerary constructions have been considered as a reflection of population growth, the process of sedentarisation and the intensification of social inequality. The documentation derived from the different hypogeum of the southern Iberian Peninsula has proven to be insufficient to explore these considerations in depth. This is due to the fact that attention has been focused on the typological classification of grave goods and funerary structures, thus making it possible to ascribe the burials to a specific historical period according to the traditional literature. In this way, the anthropological and archaeological-anthropological analysis of the preserved human remains has been relegated to a secondary role.

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]]> From quiet death to infanticide: dying as a child in ancient Greece in Ancient Greece through the images of images https://historylab.es/from-quiet-death-to-infanticide-dying-as-a-child-in-ancient-greecein-ancient-greece-through-the-images-ofimages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-quiet-death-to-infanticide-dying-as-a-child-in-ancient-greecein-ancient-greece-through-the-images-ofimages Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:46:07 +0000 https://historylab.es/de-la-muerte-callada-al-infanticidio-morirnino-en-la-antigua-grecia-a-traves-de-lasimagenes/ Although infant mortality was part of everyday life in ancient Greece, the disappearance of children was no less traumatic. If, in everyday life, the white-backed lécites echo the death of the ateloi and serve to construct the philia of the members of the oikos, the funerary stelae are useful for constructing a social image that unites the polis in the face of the drama. Myth, for its part, contains an extraordinary number of stories of infanticide such as that of Itis, the children of Medea or Astyanax where children become instruments of vengeance, all of which serve to warn of what is not to be.

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]]> Although infant mortality was part of everyday life in ancient Greece, the disappearance of children was no less traumatic. If, in everyday life, the white-backed lécites echo the death of the ateloi and serve to construct the philia of the members of the oikos, the funerary stelae are useful for constructing a social image that unites the polis in the face of the drama. Myth, for its part, contains an extraordinary number of stories of infanticide such as that of Itis, the children of Medea or Astyanax where children become instruments of vengeance, all of which serve to warn of what is not to be.

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