There is the tendency to assume that endangered species have been both genetically and demographically healthier in the past, so that any genetic erosion observed today was caused by their recent decline. The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) suffered a dramatic and continuous decline during the 20th century, and now shows extremely low genome- and species-wide genetic diversity among other signs of genomic erosion....
El asentamiento de Valencina de la Concepción (Sevilla, España) es un referente en la arqueología prehistórica peninsular, no sólo por sus grandes tumbas, sino también por su gran magnitud. A pesar de las innumerables evidencias sólo recientemente la componente cerámica ha sido objeto de un amplio estudio que ha permitido proponer un primer modelo de organización técnica y social de la producción alfarera. Por ...
The archaeological survey developed in prehistoric settlement of Valencina de la Concepción allowed us to recognize an important archeological context where stands a large concentration of beaker pottery. The archaeometric study of common and beaker pottery and its comparation with the regional geology and sediments previously collected has identified the possible areas of clay raw material supply.; Las excavac...
In this paper we assess the pottery production in a mining and metallurgical community of the third millennium BCE. The results of chemical, mineralogical and petrographic analysis of pottery samples and their relation with sediment samples previously collected in the vicinity of the settlement, has revealed the use of local raw materials.; En este trabajo se evalúa el componente alfarero en una comunidad miner...