Identificación arqueométrica de una cuenta de collar recuperada en el megatúmulo funerario de Azefal-9/1 (Duguech, sureste del Sahara Occidental)
- Salvador Domínguez-Bella 1
- Andoni Sáez de Buruaga 2
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Universidad de Cádiz
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Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Lejona, España
ISSN: 1138-9435
Year of publication: 2018
Issue: 20
Pages: 161-170
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista atlántica-mediterránea de prehistoria y arqueología social
Abstract
The finding of a particular stone-perforated bead in the excavation of the sepulchral complex of the megatumulus of Azefal-9/1 (Western Sahara) has driven the mineralogical characterization of the specimen in order to trace its geological origin. Possibly associated with the grave goods of a protohistoric era burial, the non-destructive physical-chemical methodology applied to the analysis of the piece has made it possible to link its compositional mineralogical aggregate with the metamorphic materials of the Dorsal of Tiris, in the same geographical context in which settles the archaeological monument