El Neolítico en el Bajo Vinalopó (Alicante, España)

This volume focuses on the beginning and development of the Neolithic in the territories near the final section of the Vinalopó river, and deals with the following matters through several chapters. The book presents in detail new information generated in the final section of the Vinalopó river. It studies the Neolithic materials from La Alcudia (Elche), their location, and makes a comparative analysis about the catchment area. This study shows that, both in this case and in Limoneros II and Cova de les Aranyes, the location was chosen according to the way of life of these first farmers. Regarding Limoneros II, it presents an initial preview of the urgent excavation carried out by the company Alebus Patrimonio Histórico S.L., which has allowed the documentation of a new settlement from the Early Neolithic. The book also presents the results of the excavation carried out in Cova de les Aranyes by M.S. Hernández Pérez and A. Guilabert Mas in the first years of the 21st century, and the study of the documented materials in this excavation and some previous ones. Next, it presents the information collected from El Alterón, a site that was discovered as the result of an urgent excavation, made of different negative structures that suggest a settlement in the 5th millennium cal BC at the foot of the sierra of Crevillente. On the other hand, the surveys carried out in the sierra of Santa Pola discovered several sites and excavated activity areas located near the coastline, linked to the use of marine resources. Finally, also as the result of an urgent excavation campaign, it was possible to document in Galanet a wide amount of negative structures. The palynological and carpological studies, the datings, and the analysis of the materiality of artefacts, suggest a site similar to a field of silos dating from the beginning of the 3rd millennium cal BC, located in the Barranco of San Antón, which runs parallel to the Vinalopó river. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Índice Introducción 1. Las unidades de observación en el estudio de las sociedades neolíticas 2. El medio físico y los recursos naturales en el Bajo Vinalopó 3. Un siglo y medio de investigaciones sobrelas primeras comunidades agrícolas en el tramo final de la cuenca del río Vinalopó 4. Hipótesis sobre el proceso de implantación de los primeros grupos neoliticos en las comarcas centromeridionales valencianas 5. La Alcudia y el Neolítico antiguo en el Bajo Vinalopó 6. El yacimiento prehistórico de Los Limoneros II (Elche) 7. La Cova de les Aranyes(o del Frare) del Carabassí (Santa Pola) 8. Análisis químico de una muestra sedimentaria procedente del nivel 3 de la Cova de les Aranyes (Santa Pola) 9. El Alterón y los inicios de la explotación agropecuaria del entorno del Fondó de Crevillent-Elx 10. Excavaciones arqueológicas en la Platja del Carabassí (Elche) 11. Galanet (Elche): un nuevo yacimiento prehistórico en la margen izquierda del barranco de San Antón 12. El yacimiento de Galanet en el contexto geomorfológico del Bajo Vinalopó 13. Aportaciones al estudio del IV-III milenio cal BC en el Bajo Vinalopó desde la Palinología 14. Breve nota sobre el estudio carpológico yantracológico del yacimiento de Galanet 15. El repertorio cerámico de Galanet: análisis tipológico, tecnológico y petrológico 16. El instrumental lítico del yacimiento Neolítico de Galanet 17. Galanet: los adornos personales 18. Galanet: estudio de la malacofauna 19. La edificación con tierra: las evidencias constructivas en Galanet 20. Galanet (Elche): análisis químico instrumental de los materiales de construcción 21. El asentamiento de Galanet y el poblamiento neolítico en el Bajo Vinalopó 22. Del VI al III milenio cal BC: la configuración de nuevos espacios sociales en el valle del Vinalopó Abstract The Neolithic in the Lower Vinalopó Valley (Alicante, Spain) Bibliografía Indice de figuras Indice de tablas Indice de autores This volume focuses on the beginning and development of the Neolithic in the territories near the final section of the Vinalopó river, and deals with the following matters through several chapters. The book presents in detail new information generated in the final section of the Vinalopó river. It studies the Neolithic materials from La Alcudia (Elche), their location, and makes a comparative analysis about the catchment area. This study shows that, both in this case and in Limoneros II and Cova de les Aranyes, the location was chosen according to the way of life of these first farmers. Regarding Limoneros II, it presents an initial preview of the urgent excavation carried out by the company Alebus Patrimonio Histórico S.L., which has allowed the documentation of a new settlement from the Early Neolithic. The book also presents the results of the excavation carried out in Cova de les Aranyes by M.S. Hernández Pérez and A. Guilabert Mas in the first years of the 21st century, and the study of the documented materials in this excavation and some previous ones. Next, it presentd the information collected from El Alterón, a site that was discovered as the result of an urgent excavation, made of different negative structures that suggest a settlement in the 5th millennium cal BC at the foot of the sierra of Crevillente. On the other hand, the surveys carried out in the sierra of Santa Pola discovered several sites and excavated activity areas located near the coastline, linked to the use of marine resources. Finally, also as the result of an urgent excavation campaign, it was possible to document in Galanet a wide amount of negative structures. The palynological and carpological studies, the datings, and the analysis of the materiality of artefacts, suggest a site similar to a field of silos dating from the beginning of the 3rd millennium cal BC, located in the Barranco of San Antón, which runs parallel to the Vinalopó river