ELEMENTOS DE ADORNO PERSONAL EN MATERIAS DURAS DE ORIGEN ANIMAL DE LA MOTILLA DEL AZUER. UNA APROXIMACIÓN A LAS TÉCNICAS DE MANUFACTURA

Abstract

Personal  ornaments  are  a  clear  way  to  display  different  ideological  and  symbolic  aspects to other people or others human groups. The osseous adornment assemblage from the archaeological  site of Motilla del Azuer (Daimiel,  Ciudad Real, Spain), dating to Bronze Age, has  been  studied  in this  paper.  There  is a systematic  selection  of the  raw  material  used  to manufactured  each type of ornament.  Extraction  and segmentation,  as flaking  methods,  and several manufacturing and f inishing techniques,  such us scrapping or abrasion, have been identif ied trough the traceological analysis of the artifacts surface.