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Dr Marta Diaz-Guardamino's Outputs (41)

‘Idols’ in late prehistoric Iberia (2023)
Journal Article
Díaz-Guardamino, M. (2023). ‘Idols’ in late prehistoric Iberia. Antiquity, 97(395), 1332-1335. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.68

These two handsome volumes stem from the landmark exhibition ‘Idolos: Miradas Milenarias/Ídolos: Olhares Milenares’ (Idols: Millenary Gazes), which assembled an impressive collection of figurines and decorated artefacts from Neolithic and Copper Age... Read More about ‘Idols’ in late prehistoric Iberia.

In the Bosom of the Earth. A New Megalithic Monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site (Spain) (2023)
Journal Article
García Sanjuán, L., Wheatley, D., Lozano Rodríguez, J., Shaw Evangelista, L., González García, A., Cintas-Peña, M., …Rivera Jiménez, T. (2023). In the Bosom of the Earth. A New Megalithic Monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site (Spain). Antiquity, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.35

Antequera is widely recognised as an outstanding example of the European megalithic phenomenon. One of its most remarkable features is the intense relationship between conspicuous natural formations and human-made monuments. In September 2020 a grave... Read More about In the Bosom of the Earth. A New Megalithic Monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site (Spain).

Rock art technology, Reflectance Transformation Imaging and experimental archaeology: recent research on Iberian Late Bronze Age warrior stelae (2023)
Journal Article
Diaz-Guardamino, M. (2023). Rock art technology, Reflectance Transformation Imaging and experimental archaeology: recent research on Iberian Late Bronze Age warrior stelae. Complutum (Madrid), 34(Especial), 145-162. https://doi.org/10.5209/cmpl.85238

This article proposes a methodological approach to the study of rock art technology that combines the application of digital imaging techniques (particularly Reflectance Transformation Imaging, RTI) with rock art recreation experiments. It is argued... Read More about Rock art technology, Reflectance Transformation Imaging and experimental archaeology: recent research on Iberian Late Bronze Age warrior stelae.

The local appropriation of warrior ideals in Late Bronze Age Europe: a review of the rock art site of Arroyo Tamujoso 8 and the ‘warrior’ stela of Cancho Roano (Badajoz, Spain) (2022)
Journal Article
Diaz-Guardamino, M., Ling, J., Koch, J., Schulz Paulsson, B., Horn, C., & Paulsson, J. (2022). The local appropriation of warrior ideals in Late Bronze Age Europe: a review of the rock art site of Arroyo Tamujoso 8 and the ‘warrior’ stela of Cancho Roano (Badajoz, Spain). Trabajos de Prehistoria, 79(2), 329-345. https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2022.12302

This study offers new data on the local appropriation of the ideals associated with the warrior in Europe during the Late Bronze Age through the new study of the engravings of Cancho Roano and Arroyo Tamujoso 8, located in the Southwest of the Iberia... Read More about The local appropriation of warrior ideals in Late Bronze Age Europe: a review of the rock art site of Arroyo Tamujoso 8 and the ‘warrior’ stela of Cancho Roano (Badajoz, Spain).

The Cañaveral de León stela (Huelva, Spain). A monumental sculpture in a landscape of settlements and pathways (2021)
Journal Article
Rivera Jiménez, T., García Sanjuán, L., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Donaire Romero, T., Morales González, J. A., Lozano Rodríguez, J. A., …Aguilera Collado, E. (2021). The Cañaveral de León stela (Huelva, Spain). A monumental sculpture in a landscape of settlements and pathways. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 40(Part A), Article 103251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103251

A newly discovered prehistoric stela from Cañaveral de León (Huelva, Spain) is studied through a combination of scientific methods, including thin section petrography and lithological contextualisation, various state-of-the-art digital imaging techni... Read More about The Cañaveral de León stela (Huelva, Spain). A monumental sculpture in a landscape of settlements and pathways.

Making a Mark: Process, Pattern and Change in the British and Irish Neolithic (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, A. M., & Díaz-Guardamino, M. (2022). Making a Mark: Process, Pattern and Change in the British and Irish Neolithic. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 32(3), 389-407. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774321000512

This paper presents key results of the Making a Mark project (2014–2016), which aimed to provide a contextual framework for the analysis of mark making on portable artefacts in the British and Irish Neolithic by comparing them with other mark-making... Read More about Making a Mark: Process, Pattern and Change in the British and Irish Neolithic.

The Temporality of Stone: Late Prehistoric Sculpture in Iberia (2021)
Book Chapter
Díaz-Guardamino, M. (2021). The Temporality of Stone: Late Prehistoric Sculpture in Iberia. In S. Hüglin, A. Gramsch, & L. Seppänen (Eds.), Petrification Processes in Matter and Society (99-113). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69388-6_9

Late prehistoric standing stones, decorated stelae and statue-menhirs in Iberia could be linked to processes of consolidation, such as boundary formation or the creation of collective identities. Nonetheless, the materiality and temporality of stone... Read More about The Temporality of Stone: Late Prehistoric Sculpture in Iberia.

Late Prehistoric Stelae, Persistent Places and Connected Worlds: A Multi-Disciplinary Review of the Evidence at Almargen (Lands of Antequera, Spain) (2019)
Journal Article
Díaz-Guardamino, M., García Sanjuán, L., Wheatley, D., Lozano Rodríguez, J., Rogerio Candelera, M., & Casado Ariza, M. (2020). Late Prehistoric Stelae, Persistent Places and Connected Worlds: A Multi-Disciplinary Review of the Evidence at Almargen (Lands of Antequera, Spain). Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 30(1), 69-96. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774319000490

This paper examines how monuments with ‘local’ idiosyncrasies are key in processes of place-making and how, through persistence, such places can engage in supra-local and even ‘global’ dynamics. Departing from a detailed revision of its context, mate... Read More about Late Prehistoric Stelae, Persistent Places and Connected Worlds: A Multi-Disciplinary Review of the Evidence at Almargen (Lands of Antequera, Spain).

Rethinking Iberian 'Warrior' Stelae: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Mirasiviene and Its Connection to Setefilla (Lora del Río, Seville, Spain) (2019)
Journal Article
Díaz-Guardamino, M., García Sanjuán, L., Wheatley, D., Lozano Rodríguez, J., Rogerio Candelera, M., Krueger, M., …Balsera Nieto, V. (2019). Rethinking Iberian 'Warrior' Stelae: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Mirasiviene and Its Connection to Setefilla (Lora del Río, Seville, Spain). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11(11), 6111-6140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-019-00909-1

Iberian ‘warrior’ stelae have captured the imagination of researchers and the public for more than a century. Traditionally, stelae were considered ‘de-contextualised’ monuments, and research typically focused on the study of their iconography, payin... Read More about Rethinking Iberian 'Warrior' Stelae: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Mirasiviene and Its Connection to Setefilla (Lora del Río, Seville, Spain).

PRIMITIVA BUENO RAMÍREZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO LINARES CATELA, RODRIGO DE BALBÍN BEHRMANN & ROSA BARROSO BERMEJO (eds.). 2019. Símbolos de la muerte en la Prehistoria Reciente del sur de Europa. El Dolmen de Soto, Huelva. España. Sevilla: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Cultura: Arqueología Monografías. (2019)
Journal Article
Diaz-Guardamino, M. (online). PRIMITIVA BUENO RAMÍREZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO LINARES CATELA, RODRIGO DE BALBÍN BEHRMANN & ROSA BARROSO BERMEJO (eds.). 2019. Símbolos de la muerte en la Prehistoria Reciente del sur de Europa. El Dolmen de Soto, Huelva. España. Sevilla: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Cultura: Arqueología Monografías. Antiquity,

Digital Sensoriality: The Neolithic Figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece (2019)
Journal Article
Papadopoulos, K., Hamilakis, Y., Kyparissi-Apostolika, N., & Diaz-Guardamino, M. (2019). Digital Sensoriality: The Neolithic Figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 29(4), 625-652. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774319000271

The image-based discourse on clay figurines that treated them as merely artistic representations, the meaning of which needs to be deciphered through various iconological methods has been severely critiqued and challenged in the past decade. This dis... Read More about Digital Sensoriality: The Neolithic Figurines from Koutroulou Magoula, Greece.

Human, Transhuman, Posthuman Digital Archaeologies: An Introduction (2019)
Journal Article
Diaz-Guardamino, M., & Morgan, C. (2019). Human, Transhuman, Posthuman Digital Archaeologies: An Introduction. European Journal of Archaeology, 22(3), 320-323. https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2019.26

Current archaeological thought evokes a sparking Catherine wheel: spinning fireworks that detonate light, colour, and sound with every movement. These theoretical turns swirl alongside the ongoing development and adoption of scientific and digital te... Read More about Human, Transhuman, Posthuman Digital Archaeologies: An Introduction.

Philipp W. Stockhammer and Joseph Maran, eds. Appropriating Innovations: Entangled Knowledge in Eurasia 5000–1500 bce (Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow, 2017, iv and 268pp., several colour and b/w illustrations and maps, hbk, ISBN 978-1-78570-724-7) (2019)
Journal Article
Diaz-Guardamino, M. (2019). Philipp W. Stockhammer and Joseph Maran, eds. Appropriating Innovations: Entangled Knowledge in Eurasia 5000–1500 bce (Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow, 2017, iv and 268pp., several colour and b/w illustrations and maps, hbk, ISBN 978-1-78570-724-7). European Journal of Archaeology, 22(2), 305-309. https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2019.11

Were late prehistoric stelae painted? Digital image analysis-based research of the late prehistoric stelae of Mirasiviene (Lora del Río, Sevilla) and Montoro (Montoro, Córdoba), South Spain (2018)
Book Chapter
Rogerio-Candelera, M., García Sanjuán, L., Díaz-Guardamino, M., & Wheatley, D. (2018). Were late prehistoric stelae painted? Digital image analysis-based research of the late prehistoric stelae of Mirasiviene (Lora del Río, Sevilla) and Montoro (Montoro, Córdoba), South Spain. In M. Mosquera, & M. Almoraima Gil (Eds.), Conserving Cultural Heritage (157-160). CRC Press

Las Monedas del Dolmen de Menga (2018)
Book Chapter
De Francisco Olmos, J., García Sanjuán, L., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Hunt Ortiz, M., Mora Molina, C., Montero Ruiz, I., & Murillo-Barroso, M. (2018). Las Monedas del Dolmen de Menga. In L. García Sanjuán, C. Mora Molina, & G. Aranda Jimenez (Eds.), La Intervención de 2005 en el Dolmen de Menga. Temporalidad, Biografía y Cultura Material en un Monumento del Patrimonio Mundial. Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía and Universidad de Sevilla

Assembling the Dead, Gathering the Living: Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Modelling for Copper Age Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain) (2018)
Journal Article
García Sanjuán, L., Vargas Jiménez, J. M., Cáceres Puro, L. M., Costa Caramé, M. E., Díaz-Guardamino Uribe, M., Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, M., Fernández Flores, Á., Hurtado Pérez, V., López Aldana, P. M., Méndez Izquierdo, E., Pajuelo Pando, A., Rodríguez Vidal, J., Wheatley, D., Bronk Ramsey, C., Delgado-Huertas, A., Dunbar, E., Mora González, A., Bayliss, A., Beavan, N., Hamilton, D., & Whittle, A. (2018). Assembling the Dead, Gathering the Living: Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Modelling for Copper Age Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain). Journal of World Prehistory, 31(2), 179-313. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-018-9114-2

The great site of Valencina de la Concepción, near Seville in the lower Guadalquivir valley of southwest Spain, is presented in the context of debate about the nature of Copper Age society in southern Iberia as a whole. Many aspects of the layout, us... Read More about Assembling the Dead, Gathering the Living: Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Modelling for Copper Age Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain).

Art in the making: Neolithic societies in Britain, Ireland and Iberia (2017)
Book Chapter
Jones, A., Cochrane, A., & Díaz-Guardamino, M. (2017). Art in the making: Neolithic societies in Britain, Ireland and Iberia. In P. Bickle, V. Cummings, D. Hofmann, & J. Pollard (Eds.), The Neolithic of Europe: Papers in Honour of Alasdair Whittle (201-221). Oxbow Books

Los textiles elaborados con cuentas perforadas de Montelirio (2016)
Book Chapter
Díaz-Guardamino, M., Wheatley, D., Williams, E., & Garrido, J. (2016). Los textiles elaborados con cuentas perforadas de Montelirio. In A. Fernández Flores, L. García Sanjuán, & M. Díaz-Zorita (Eds.), Montelirio. Un Gran Monumento Megalítico de la Edad del Cobre (345-364). Junta de Andalucía

Knut Helskog. Communicating with the World of Beings: The World Heritage Rock Art Sites in Alta, Arctic Norway (Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2014, 240pp., 222 colour and 41 b/w figs., hbk, ISBN 978-1-78297-411-6) (2016)
Journal Article
Díaz-Guardamino, M. (2016). Knut Helskog. Communicating with the World of Beings: The World Heritage Rock Art Sites in Alta, Arctic Norway (Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2014, 240pp., 222 colour and 41 b/w figs., hbk, ISBN 978-1-78297-411-6). European Journal of Archaeology, 19(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/14619571.2016.1192772

A Reappraisal of Iberian Copper Age Goldwork: Craftmanship, Symbolism and Art in a Non-funerary Gold Sheet from Valencina de la Concepción (2015)
Journal Article
Murillo-Barroso, M., Eleazar Costa Caramé, M., Díaz-Guardamino Uribe, M., García Sanjuán, L., & Mora Molina, C. (2015). A Reappraisal of Iberian Copper Age Goldwork: Craftmanship, Symbolism and Art in a Non-funerary Gold Sheet from Valencina de la Concepción. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 25(03), https://doi.org/10.1017/s0959774314001127

Taking as a point of departure the in-depth analysis and description of an exceptional discovery, consisting of a large hammered gold sheet decorated with embossed motifs from the well-known Chalcolithic settlement of Valencina de la Concepción (Sevi... Read More about A Reappraisal of Iberian Copper Age Goldwork: Craftmanship, Symbolism and Art in a Non-funerary Gold Sheet from Valencina de la Concepción.

Evidence of Neolithic Activity at la Peña de los Enamorados (Antequera, Málaga, Spain): Intensive Surface Survey, Geophysics and Geoarchaeology at the Site of Piedras Blancas I (2015)
Journal Article
García Sanjuán, L., Wheatley, D., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Mora Molina, C., Sánchez Liranzo, O., & Strutt, K. (2015). Evidence of Neolithic Activity at la Peña de los Enamorados (Antequera, Málaga, Spain): Intensive Surface Survey, Geophysics and Geoarchaeology at the Site of Piedras Blancas I. Menga, 6, 211-250

RTI and the study of engraved rock art: A re-examination of the Iberian south-western stelae of Setefilla and Almadén de la Plata 2 (Seville, Spain) (2015)
Journal Article
Díaz-Guardamino, M., García Sanjuán, L., Wheatley, D., & Rodríguez Zamora, V. (2015). RTI and the study of engraved rock art: A re-examination of the Iberian south-western stelae of Setefilla and Almadén de la Plata 2 (Seville, Spain). Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 2(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2015.07.002

Åsa C. Fredell, Kristian Kristiansen and Felipe Criado Boado, eds. Representations and Communications: Creating an Archaeological Matrix of Late Prehistoric Art (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2010, x + 158pp., 53 figs., pbk, ISBN 978-1-84217-397-8) (2012)
Journal Article
Díaz-Guardamino, M. (2012). Åsa C. Fredell, Kristian Kristiansen and Felipe Criado Boado, eds. Representations and Communications: Creating an Archaeological Matrix of Late Prehistoric Art (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2010, x + 158pp., 53 figs., pbk, ISBN 978-1-84217-397-8). European Journal of Archaeology, 15(3), https://doi.org/10.1179/146195712x13419103979395