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Raised from the ashes: geoarchaeological perspectives on house burning practices in an iberian iron age village

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datacite.subject.sdg11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas
dc.contributor.authorTomé, Laura
dc.contributor.authorBlanco-González, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorIriarte, Eneko
dc.contributor.authorCarrancho, Ángel
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Redondo, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorSossa-Ríos, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Polo, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorMartín-Seijo, María
dc.contributor.authorMallol, Carolina
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-24T15:58:05Z
dc.date.available2026-03-24T15:58:05Z
dc.date.issued2025-09
dc.description.abstractBurnt houses are a recurrent phenomenon in the prehistoric archaeological record, yet the specific processes behind their burning—likely varying across time and place—remain poorly understood. This study focuses on a thoroughly studied dwelling (House 1) from the Iberian Early Iron Age settlement of Cerro de San Vicente and investigates site formation processes associated with its burning. To achieve this, we applied a multi-proxy geoarchaeological approach, integrating archaeological soil micromorphology—including charcoal analysis on thin sections—, magnetic properties analyses, XRD, XRF, and GIS-based morphological and spatial analyses of mudbricks. Our results suggest that House 1 experienced a high temperature fire, reaching temperatures of up to ~700 ◦C, which destroyed its roof, burnt its walls, and generated an ash deposit rich in combustion residues. Shortly thereafter, the house was deliberately infilled with burnt reused mudbricks, recycled both from its dismantled walls and potentially other buildings across the settlement. This practice likely served to raise the level of the house to compensate for midden accumulation in the surrounding transit areas while providing a foundation for new construction phases. These findings suggest that construction materials were reused over time according to context-specific cultural rationales, potentially reflecting elements of a prehistoric circular economy. This research enhances our understanding of settlement and socio-cultural dynamics at Cerro de San Vicente, while contributing to broader archaeological discussions on the roles of prehistoric house burning practices.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipACIF/2021/407; FJC2021-046615-I; EST2024010006; PID2019105796GB-I00; CNS2023-144343; BU037P23; PID2019-104349GA-I00; TESIS2021010119
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101711
dc.identifier.issn0278-4165
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/28531
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Anthropological Archaeology
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectGeoarchaeology
dc.subjectMicromorphology
dc.subjectEarly iron age
dc.subjectHouse burning
dc.subjectHousehold archaeology
dc.subjectEarthen architecture
dc.titleRaised from the ashes: geoarchaeological perspectives on house burning practices in an iberian iron age villageeng
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.startPage101711
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Anthropological Archaeology
oaire.citation.volume79
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
person.familyNameMallol
person.givenNameCarolina
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5143-4253
person.identifier.ridH-4652-2015
person.identifier.scopus-author-id22938280200
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