t the feet of the goddess. Context and analysis of the Greek marble sculpture documented in the courtyard of the tartessic site of Casas del Turuñuelo (Guareña, Badajoz, Spain)

Keywords: Sculpture, marble, geological analysis, pigments, Etruria, greek trade
Agencies: Este trabajo se ha realizado en el marco del proyecto del Plan Nacional “Construyendo Tarteso 2.0. Análisis constructivo, espacial y territorial de un modelo arquitectónico en el valle medio del Guadiana”, PID2019-108180GB-100 (2020-2023) financiado por MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. Así mismo, este trabajo de investigación se ha desarrollado con una ayuda IJC2019-040888 financiada por MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y en el marco del proyecto El Mensaje del mármol: Prestigio, simbolismo y materiales locales en las provincias occidentales del imperio romano entre época antigua y alto-medieval a través del caso de Hispania y Aquitania. PGC2018-099851-A-I00 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE).

Abstract

In this paper we present the results of the archaeometric  analyzes carried out on a fragment of marble sculpture documented in the courtyard of the Casas del Turuñuelo site (Guareña, Badajoz) during the 2017 works. These analyses have confirmed that the marble comes from the Pentelic quarries (Athens, Greece), which makes it the oldest Greek marble sculpture, to date, of peninsular archaeology. His study has also made it possible to recover the remains of polychromy and to characterize the pigments used. Finally, the archaeological and historical context of the piece under study is presented, as well as its possible parallels.

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Published
2023-12-20
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Celestino Pérez , S., Rodríguez González , E., Gutiérrez García , A., & Dorado Alejos , A. (2023). t the feet of the goddess. Context and analysis of the Greek marble sculpture documented in the courtyard of the tartessic site of Casas del Turuñuelo (Guareña, Badajoz, Spain). Complutum, 34(2), 441-460. https://doi.org/10.5209/cmpl.92263
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