Showing posts with label Ancient Era. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ancient Era. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2014

PROJECTS ABOUT PREHISTORY (ROXANA)

The archeological sites that I have chosen are Cova de l'Aranya and Bòbila Madurell. I have made a presentation about the biographies of Habis, Gargoris, Arganthonios and Hamilcar Barca too and, eventually, I've made a presentation about the most recent discoveries about Prehistory in Spain.


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 Cova de l'Aranya is a prehistoric site famous for its Levantine cave art. It holds the "Man of Bicorp", a painting depicting a figure that it is gathering honey.

   


 Bòbila Madurel is a Neolithic site famous because it hosts a necropolis, part of the pit grave culture, with many grave goods. Moreover, recently six Sardinian obsidian have been found at Neolithic sites in the Iberian Peninsula.

   

 This presentation includes the biographies of four important figures of the Iberian Peninsula in the Ancient Era: Habis, Gargoris, Arganthonios and Hamilcar Barca.

   


Recently, new discoveries have been found in Atapuerca, where more fossils have been discovered, Gorham's Cave, where there is an engrave made by Neanderthals, and Toledo, where a Neolithic vessel have appeared. 

 The projects I have most enjoyed are those about the Prehistoric caves, because I like searching about how people in Ancient Era lived, about their lifestyle and their customs. On the other hand, I like doing the project about the most recent descoveries about Prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula too, because I love hearing about all the new findings are discovered every day and the information they provide to human knowledge.

Friday, October 10, 2014

A LITTLE BIT MORE OF PREHISTORY - The Railway Trench, an important part of Atapuerca's site

Aereal view of the Railway trench.
The Railway Trench is located in Atapuerca’s mountain range (Burgos, Spain), opposite to the Compressor’s cave (cueva del Compresor).












The Railway Trench is one kilometre long and it is full of human and animal remains that are distributed in three sites:
  1-Gran Dolina
  2-Gallery
  3-Elephant's pit
  4-Entrance (Acceso al recinto)







HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT- THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THERE:

-Richard Preece discovered by chance in 1895 the most important site when his mineral company built the railway that was going to connect the Atapuerca’s mountain range with the line Burgos-Bilbao.

-During the Spanish Civil War there was a huge lack of interest for continuing digging there, and the trench was changed into a quarry.

- In 1964, Francisco Jordá (1914-2004) started the firs excavations there until the 70s and 80s, when Emilio Aguirre continued with it. Aguirre was the one who established the points for an investigation in Atapuerca and with him the first project started.

Francisco Jordá


-After Aguirre, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Eudald Carbonell and José María Bermúdez de Castro continued with the study in the site and they discovered the most important things and objects there.


The three scientists


-In the last years some new remains were found and nowadays there are still some expeditions. 




Thursday, October 2, 2014

Roman Hispania presentation


This is the presentation about Roman Hispania. Here you will find all the information you need to know about the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula and romanization.