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Abstract

This study analyses the ceramics with oculate decoration known from the lower and middle Douro basin, focusing on their contexts of provenance and emphasising the stylistic substratum in which they are found, in order to understand their relationship with local imagery. In this way, we sought to access the assimilation processes of an allogenic motif, of peninsular circulation, at the scale of the site and taking into account its social function. It seems that the oculate motif - a symbol with a high ideological content - on ceramics 1) was reinterpreted locally, following the dominant decorative schemes; 2) first came into circulation in significant places within the sphere of the symbolic system and only later, in the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, did it spread throughout the residential places, which may correspond to a change in its social status or meaning.

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Este estudio analiza las cerámicas con decoración oculada conocidas en la cuenca del bajo y medio Duero, centrándose en sus contextos de procedencia y enfatizando el sustrato estilístico en el que se inscriben, con el fin de comprender su relación con la imaginería local. El objetivo fue acceder a los procesos de asimilación de un motivo alógeno, de circulación peninsular, a la escala del yacimiento y teniendo en cuenta su función social. Constatamos que el motivo oculado - un símbolo de gran carga ideológica - en la cerámica 1) fue reinterpretado localmente, de acuerdo con las gramáticas decorativas dominantes; 2) circuló primeramente en lugares relevantes dentro del sistema simbólico y sólo más tarde, en la segunda mitad del III milenio a. C. , se extendió a las esferas habitacionales, lo que puede corresponder a un cambio de su estatus social o de su significado.

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Title
Ceramics with Oculate Decoration from the Middle and Lower Douro Basin
Alternate title
Cerámicas con decoración oculada de la cuenca del Bajo y Medio Duero
Publication title
Zephyrus; Salamanca
Volume
94
Pages
15-37
Number of pages
24
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Section
Artículos
Publisher
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
Place of publication
Salamanca
Country of publication
Spain
Publication subject
ISSN
05147336
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Milestone dates
2024-12-30 (Created); 2024-06-05 (Submitted); 2024-12-30 (Issued); 2025-02-14 (Modified)
ProQuest document ID
3234011526
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/ceramics-with-oculate-decoration-middle-lower/docview/3234011526/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
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Last updated
2025-08-05
Database
ProQuest One Academic