Technology and Society: Early Crafts among Neolithic Communities in Eastern Andalusia between the Sixth and Third Millennium

• Timeframe: 2017-2020
• Lead institution: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia (HAR2016-78197-P).
• Lead researcher: Dolores Camalich (Universidad de La Laguna).
• Miembros del equipo de investigación con dedicación única: M. Rosario Cruz- Auñon (Universidad de Sevilla) y Carmen Cacho (Museo Arqueológico Nacional)
• Other team members: Angélique Nonza-Micaelli ( Université de Corse), Laure Salanova ( AOROC, CNRS/ENS, Francia), Ainara Sistiaga Gutiérrez (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EEUU), António Faustino Carvalho (Universidad do Algarve, Portugal), Jonathan Santana (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Dimas Martin Socas (Universidad de la Laguna)

This project aims to study the causes of economic and social transformations derived from the specialisation of certain crafts and how this affected the circulation of specific products in the southern Iberian Peninsula between the mid-sixth and early third millennium.

In particular, the study will examine pottery and textile production, as well as hide tanning and lithic technology. An analysis of the areas where raw materials were procured for these production activities will shed light on the mobility of these groups and the social networks of these Neolithic communities.