Los sonajeros vacceos

  1. Fernando Romero Carnicero 1
  2. Carlos Sanz Mínguez 1
  3. Cristina Górriz Gañán 1
  4. Roberto de Pablo Martínez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

Journal:
BSAA Arqueología

ISSN: 1888-976X

Year of publication: 2013

Issue: 79

Pages: 81-129

Type: Article

More publications in: BSAA Arqueología

Abstract

In this paper thirty Vaccean rattles are being studied. The Vaccean rattles are small closed hollow artifacts made of clay or ceramics, with small lumps of clay inside. These objects, make a noise when they are shaken, like modem rattles, which is why the same name is used to describe them. Normally these rattles are decorated with similar motifs such as animal-shaped boxes, votive feet, or boats, all of which are peculiar to Vaccean production. From the morphological analysis the rattles can be defined into six differ ent groups: spherical, hemispherical, lenticular, cylindrical, reel and spindle-shaped. Their chronology sets a framework that dates back from the 3rd century B.C. to the 1st century A.D.