Productive and Social Practices in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Earthen Building

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

The Social and Gender Fabric of Mud: Reviewing Earthen Architecture in Archaeology. Introduction to ???Productive and Social Practices in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Earthen Building??? ??? Mar??a Pastor Quiles, Luc??a Ruano Posada, Alejandra S??nchez-Polo and Marta Mateu

Macroscopic Evidence for the Use of Adobes at Minoan Malia (Bronze Age Crete) ??? Maud Devolder

Production, Storage and Sustainability: The Use of Earthen and Sunken Architecture at Late Bronze Age Erimi-Pitharka, Cyprus ??? L??rke Recht and Katarzyna Zeman-Wi??niewska

Interactions and Continuity: Characterising Earthen Building Techniques of the Iberian Northern Plateau in a Transitional Period (Late Bronze Age???Early Iron Age) ??? Alejandra S??nchez-Polo and Luc??a Ruano Posada

???Tell Me How You Build and I Will Tell You Who You Are???: Earthen Construction Techniques at Sant Jaume d???Alcanar (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula) and Their Cultural Attribution ??? Marta Mateu, David Garcia i Rubert and Sonia Carbonell Pastor

Early Neolithic Earth Mortar in the Iberian Peninsula: Chaff Tempering, Manufacture and Functionality in Domestic Structures ??? Magdalena G??mez-Puche and Ana Polo-D??az

Constructions in Raw Earth in the Bronze Age Navetiforms in Mallorca (Spain): A Microstratigraphic View of Naveta I at Closos de Can Gai?? ??? M. Merc?? Bergad??, Joan Carbonell-Roca, Marta Mateu, David Javaloyas-Molina, Bartomeu Salv??-Simonet and Gabriel Servera-Vives

Rare Earth Elements Marking Anthropic Soil Development at the Geoglyphs of Acre (Brazil) ??? Gianni Gallello, Mirco Ramacciotti, Ivandra Rampanelli, Sonia L??pez-Mel??n, Fernando Ferreira, Jac?? C??sar Piccoli, ??ngel Morales-Rubio, Laura Bartual Moreno, Adriana Serra-Mel??ndez, Carlos Arnau-F??lix and Agust??n Diez-Castillo

A Geometric and Constructive Approach to Self-Supporting Domes and Vaults in the Architecture of the Ancient Near East ??? Luis Miguel Carranza Peco, Manuel Fortea Luna, Esther Rodr??guez Gonz??lez and Sebasti??n Celestino P??rez

Building a Mesolithic Hut. A Social Interaction Analysis of Coordinated Engagement with the Material Environment ??? Antje Wilton and Kenan Hochuli

The EARTHERITAGE Project. Earthen Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean between Archaeology and Sustainability ??? Marialucia Amadio, Luca Bombardieri, Ivano Rellini, Sabina Ghislandi and Maria Luisa German??

About the Author

Mar??a Pastor Quiles is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alicante, focused on earth construction techniques in the late prehistoric Iberian Peninsula. She has also carried out research on the various uses of mud in domestic contexts, being broadly interested in the study of materials, production processes, technology, ethnoarchaeology, and experimental archaeology.

Luc??a Ruano Posada is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lisbon, focused on the archaeology of domestic construction during late prehistory, specifically examining the technical processes of earthen building and the functional organisation of household spaces.

Alejandra S??nchez-Polo is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Valladolid whose work is defi ned by a multi-disciplinary approach that combines documentary sources, archaeological analysis, and cutting-edge geoarchaeological techniques. With a particular focus on domestic architecture, her research explores construction practices, material choices, and ritual practices in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Iberia.

Marta Mateu Sagu??s is an archaeologist and director of the Sant Jaume excavations. Currently, she is a GRAP collaborator (University of Barcelona), and an affiliated researcher at the ICAC. Having completed several postdoctoral fellowships, including in Mexico, she specialises in micromorphology and earthen architecture. Her research explores protohistoric domestic spaces and construction techniques, notably through the MICRODOM project, applying micromorphological analysis to northwestern Mediterranean settlements. She actively promotes academic dissemination.