The Archaeological Museum of Alicante hosted this year's wednesday 18 february at 19:00 hours in the Salón de Actos the conference entitled "...and the Campaniform changed the memory, the tradition and the symbols...". given by the Professor of Prehistory at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters and PhD in History from the University of Valladolid, Manuel Rojo Guerra.
In his lecture, Rojo addressed the changes that occur in human groupsbetween the end of the Neolithic period and the beginning of the Metal Age, in the archaeological remains discovered in the Ambrona Valley (Soria). The emergence and development of a specific type of megalithismthe community triumphthe transformation of individuality or the first tensions and disintegrating elements, among other aspects, will be the focus of his talk.
This proposal is part of the activities organised around the exhibition in the foyer of the MARQ'.Campaniform, exchange in prehistoric times, exchange between museums'. Two parallel exhibitions are on display here campaniform ensembles from Odoorn in Drenthe (Netherlands) and Villa Filomena, in Vila-real (Castellón).
The first of these refers to a bell-shaped beaker from printed decoration in maritime style which is accompanied by a reed dagger and a copper stylusas well as two gold necklace beads and two others in amberdating back to 4,000 yearswhile the second set - the Valencian set - consists of a bell-shaped vase from mixed style (printed and corded) and fragments of another chordate style with a seniority of 4,300 years.
Campaniform pottery was a prestige asset in the societies of the 3rd millennium BC. It spread throughout Western Europewhere was found in burial habitats and grave goods.often accompanied by the first metallic elements.
Curriculum of Rojo Guerra
Professor of Prehistory at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters and PhD in History from the University of Valladolid, Manuel Rojo Guerra was recently accredited to the body of professors of the University. He is a member of the Recognised Research Group (GIR) on the Recent Prehistory and Protohistory of the Spanish Northern Plateau.
It has also developed a intense scientific activity in the Neolithic sites of the Ambrona Valley (Soria) for 18 consecutive years. As a result of this activity, an extensive bibliography has been produced with 15 monographs and more than a hundred articles in national and international journals.
It has been principal investigator of several R&D&I projects financed in public calls for proposals and another hundred in companies. Director of several doctoral theses and of more than a dozen research papers, Manuel Rojo has participated in thesis tribunals abroad and has been a member of the has given several pedagogical training courses on cultural heritage in general and archaeology in particular.
