LA APLICACIÓN DE LOS MÉTODOS DE LA ANTROPOLOGÍA FÍSICA A UN YACIMIENTO ARQUEOLÓGICO: LA MOTILLA DEL AZUER

Abstract

This paper presents, from a bioarchaeological approach, progress on the application of different analytical methods to the study of anthropological remains from the necropolis of “Motilla del Azuer”. An assessment  of the funeral ritual and the spatial and chronological  organization  of the tombs  at the site is  done. Until now, there has been made complete  paleodemographical analysis,  dental  anthropology  studies,  and  an evaluation  of the  different  pathologies  of the population.  We have paid special  attention  to the activity  patterns  documented  from muscle attachments. There has also been studying the diets of people in the site through the analysis of trace  elements  and  stable  isotopes.