Motivos decorativos en hueso. Objetos aparecidos en Campotéjar (Granada). Siglos XI-XIII

Abstract

The discovery of bone materials found in the Campotéjar area -in the Cerro del Castel/ó11, near the Andar mountain pass and the Venta de Andar- gives us m:w information on the nature of popular art and the decorative forms which it took frorn the 11 th to 13th centuries. Yarious bone pieces, probably sword or knife hilts or handles are relatively well preserved, although most were found in fragments. Their decorative motifs and their artistic value link them to the ivory industry, of which we know a considerable amount, and show us that bone was used by the less wealthy classes (in the making of spatulas, needles, buttons, combs, cte.). The pieces we present here are similar to others displayed in the Murcia Museum and which have been dated from the 12th century. On the whole the Campotéjar materials can be dated from the 1 1 th to the 13th centuries, a period of transilion between the rich world of the Caliphate to the Nazari period.