RT Journal Article
T1 The gold of the Carambolo Treasure: New data on its origin by elemental (LA MS) and lead isotope (MC-ICP)
A1 Nocete Calvo, Francisco
A1 Sáez Ramos, Reinaldo
A1 Navarro, A. D.
A1 San Martín, Concepción
A1 Gil Ibarguchi, José Ignacio
AB The Carambolo Treasure (Seville, Spain), is a key collection of materials from the 1st Millennium BC Mediterranean. Besides the uniqueness, technical complexity and beauty of this assemblage of gold associated with the mythical name of Tartessos, the treasure has been at the epicentre of debates over the last 50 years regarding the Phoenician presence in the west and the origin of the first great western civilization. However, the absence of a precise archaeological context and systematic analyses aimed at identifying the source of the supply of gold have led to diverse and conflicting interpretations in terms of its functionality (ritual from a Phoenician temple versus ostentation of a palatial royalty), and origin (Atlantic vs Eastern Mediterranean).New chemical (by LA-ICP-MS) and isotopic data (Pb by MC-ICP-MS) are presented in this work, which provide an alternative interpretation. The results suggest that the origins of the gold may not be thou- sands of kilometres away, in the Atlantic or the Mediterranean, but rather in the same region. We highlight geochemical similarities with the gold of the preceding 3rd Millennium BC civilization, with its main political and economic hub at Valencina de la Concepcio n, located just 2000 m from the Carambolo itself.
PB Elsevier
SN 0305-4403
SN 1095-9238 (electrónico)
YR 2018
FD 2018-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22840
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22840
LA eng
NO Nocete, F., Sáez, R., Navarro, A. D., San Martin, C., & Gil-Ibarguchi, J. I. (2018). The gold of the Carambolo Treasure: New data on its origin by elemental (LA-ICP-MS) and lead isotope (MC-ICP-MS) analysis. In Journal of Archaeological Science (Vol. 92, pp. 87–102). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.02.011
NO This work is the result of the PIGMALION Projects (HAR-2010-16210 & HAR 2017-82966-P). We are grateful to the RegionalCouncil for Culture of Andalusia for providing access to the goldsmithing products analysed in this work and, likewise, for theirgraphic documentation. Our thanks also to Francisco Nocete Peramo for the photographs and figures, and to Ian Emmett fortranslating and proofreading this paper.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jun 2026