Contextos y tecnologías de la orfebrería castreña: En torno a una nueva arracada de Punta dos Prados (Espasante, Ortigueira, A Coruña)

Abstract

Among the widely considered and published assemblage of the Castro culture golden objects, the so-called “arracadas” (ear rings) offer two major singularities: on the one hand, they have raised significantly less interest than other objects, such as torcs, while, on the other hand, they usually provide well known and more informative archaeological contexts. In this paper a contribution to the characterization of such objects is provided, based upon two complementary perspectives: contextual and technological. The paper largely relies upon the presentation of a new example documented in the recent archaeological works in the castro of Punta dos Prados (A Coruña). After a detailed contextual and technological analysis of that piece, a review is made of similar objects, among them an also new one documented in the castro of Castrolandín (Pontevedra).