Terracotas púnicas representando a mujeres: nuevos códigos de lectura para su interpretación

  • López-Bertrán M
  • Aranegui Gascó C
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Abstract

Desde los años 1990 la arqueología y la antropología se han interesado por la teoría del embodiment. Este artículo analiza algunas terracotas femeninas  de los cementerios púnicos del Puig des Molins (Eivissa) y Cartago (Túnez) (siglos VI-II a.C.) a partir de la hipótesis de que representan a mujeres reales que tuvieron un papel central en los rituales funerarios, en tanto que intérpretes de música, bailarinas o plañideras. Sostiene que estas mujeres mostraban su estatus y poder a través de sus cuerpos (embodiment), profusamente engalanados con tocados y alhajas que las hacen visibles socialmente.From 1990 on archaeologist and anthropologists stress the theoretical proposal of embodiment.  This paper deals with some feminine terracotta figurines from the Punic cemeteries of Puig des Molins (Eivissa, Balearic Islands, Spain) and Carthage (Tunis) (6th-2nd centuries BC). We analyse them as representations of real women who might have had a specific role in performing funerary rituals such as dancing, playing instruments or mourning. We argue these women build their capacities through their body (embodiment) as they are over-adorned with jewellery and headdresses. They look like outstanding women socially visible thanks to a specific ritual mastery devoted to music, dance and mourning.

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López-Bertrán, M., & Aranegui Gascó, C. (2011). Terracotas púnicas representando a mujeres: nuevos códigos de lectura para su interpretación. SAGVNTVM. Papeles Del Laboratorio de Arqueología de Valencia, 43, 83–94. https://doi.org/10.7203/sagvntvm.43.556

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