Borderlands in the Making: deterritorialisation in South Iberia (9Th-6Th Centuries BC)

  • Beatriz Marín-Aguilera Departamento de Prehistoria Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Keywords: South Iberia, Phoenicians, funerary structure, grave goods, deterritorialisation, social differentiation.

Abstract

Over the last three decades, there has been wide discussion among archaeologists on the origins of the funerary rituals in South Iberia between the 9th to 6th centuries BC, namely cremations or inhumations. This debate is connected with the existence of social complexity in the region prior to the Phoenician arrival, the emergence of an ‘Orientalised’ elite after contact and the adoption of new objects and practices by the local population. In this paper, the Deleuzian concept of ‘deterritorialisation’ is linked to the idea of ‘borderlands’ developed by Gloria Anzaldúa to analyse South Iberian society. In doing so, I explore indigenous funerary data and challenge the strict division between cremation and inhumation in the region, as well as examine the depth and meaning of changes in funerary rituals for local communities.

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Marín-Aguilera B. (2015). Borderlands in the Making: deterritorialisation in South Iberia (9Th-6Th Centuries BC). Complutum, 26(1), 189-203. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CMPL.2015.v26.n1.49347
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