ABSTRACT In this paper we establish a baseline for the chemical and petrographic characterization of indigenous LBA/EIA funerary urns from south-western Iberia. In this we focus primarily on the morphological category of biconical vases, one of the most iconic vessel types known from Tartessian burial sites. In comparison to other types of ceramic urn vessels from archeological sites of the Orientalizing period in Andalusia, biconical vases are relatively rare, but are generally recognized as the earliest type of funerary vessel within the Tartessian sequence, clearly pre-dating the introduction of new ceramic technologies in the wake of the Phoenician colonization. Eleven samples of biconical vases from the key site of Setefilla are analyzed through XRF and thin-section petrography, in order to determine the chemical composition and technological properties of the samples. To contextualize the results from the chemical analyses, sixteen further samples from other hand-made vessel types, also from Setefilla, are likewise analyzed through XRF. The results indicate a high level of homogeneity in the make-up of biconical vases and a somewhat different chemical signature from other types of hand-made vessel. It remains to be established if minor variations that exist in the petrographic make-up of biconical vases follow a chronological gradient or if they are related to other factors.

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来自 SW Iberia 的土著 LBA/EIA 陶器的考古学特征

摘要 在本文中，我们为来自伊比利亚西南部的土著 LBA/EIA 骨灰盒的化学和岩相特征建立了基线。在这方面，我们主要关注双锥形花瓶的形态学类别，这是从塔尔泰斯墓地已知的最具标志性的容器类型之一。与来自安达卢西亚东方化时期考古遗址的其他类型的陶瓷瓮器相比，双锥形花瓶相对较少，但通常被认为是塔尔泰斯序列中最早的陪葬器，显然早于新陶瓷的引入腓尼基殖民之后的技术。来自 Setefilla 关键地点的 11 个双锥花瓶样品通过 XRF 和薄片岩相学进行分析，以确定样品的化学成分和工艺性能。为了将化学分析的结果联系起来，同样通过 XRF 分析了来自其他手工制作容器类型的 16 个样本，同样来自 Setefilla。结果表明，双锥形花瓶的构成具有高度的同质性，并且与其他类型的手工制作容器的化学特征略有不同。双锥形花瓶的岩相构成中存在的微小变化是否遵循时间梯度，或者它们是否与其他因素有关，还有待确定。结果表明，双锥形花瓶的构成具有高度的同质性，并且与其他类型的手工制作容器的化学特征略有不同。双锥形花瓶的岩相构成中存在的微小变化是否遵循时间梯度，或者它们是否与其他因素有关，还有待确定。结果表明，双锥形花瓶的构成具有高度的同质性，并且与其他类型的手工制作容器的化学特征略有不同。双锥形花瓶的岩相构成中存在的微小变化是否遵循时间梯度，或者它们是否与其他因素有关，还有待确定。