Narratives of solar images in Late iberian Prehistory - reflections based on the exhibition and dissemination of the archaeologial project Idolosmiradas milenarias / ídolos, ohlares milenares
- Primitiva Bueno Ramírez
- Jorge A. Soler Díaz
- Bueno Ramírez, Primitiva (coord.)
- Soler Díaz, Jorge A. (coord.)
ISSN: 1579-7384
Year of publication: 2021
Issue Title: Mobile images of ancestral bodies: a millennium-long perspective from Iberia o Europe
Issue: 23
Pages: 367-389
Type: Article
More publications in: Zona arqueológica
Abstract
The Iberian figurines are presented in this volume as a set of ideo-technical images of great social value. Their narratives are based on the stories fixed upon painted parietal supports, providing information that is unique in the European context. Their interpretation is framed within the ideologies that underpinned displays in the funerary world as part of social competition. These representations of small human bodies "dressed" in the sun, provide us with ample information, including insights on identity, gender, age, status, and history. Their striking images are not far removed from the ideological foundations of the power constructs among the historical elite.