The Archaeology of Beekeeping in Pre-Roman Iberia

Authors

  • Helena Bonet Rosado Diputacio Provincial de Valencia
  • Consuelo Mata Parreno Universitat de Valencia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jmea.v10i1.33

Keywords:

Mediterranean Archaeology, bee-keeping, apiculture

Abstract

This paper presents a set of pottery beehives from the pre~Roman Iberian peninsula, dating from the third century BC, and all coming from a single region known in antiquity as Edetania. These beehives are closely related to similar examples from Greece and to a type described by Roman authors such as Columella. It is the first such archaeological material that can be associated with apiculture in this area.

Author Biographies

  • Helena Bonet Rosado, Diputacio Provincial de Valencia
    Both authors hold PhD degrees from the University of Valencia, Spain. They are specialists on the Iron Age, and particularly in the Iberian civilization of the Mediterranean coastal region of Spain. Their current research focuses on spatial archaeology and building techniques. C. Mata is a lecturer in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the Universitat de Valencia, and she is the director of a survey project concerned with the Iberian city of Kelin and its landscape. H. Bonet, Curator in the Prehistoric Museum of Valencia, has directed several restoration projects on Iberian sites such as La Bastida de les Alcuses (Moixent, Valencia) Tossant de Sant Miquel (Llira, Valencia) and Pundal dels Llops (Olocau, Valencia).
  • Consuelo Mata Parreno, Universitat de Valencia
    Both authors hold PhD degrees from the University of Valencia, Spain. They are specialists on the Iron Age, and particularly in the Iberian civilization of the Mediterranean coastal region of Spain. Their current research focuses on spatial archaeology and building techniques. C. Mata is a lecturer in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the Universitat de Valencia, and she is the director of a survey project concerned with the Iberian city of Kelin and its landscape. H. Bonet, Curator in the Prehistoric Museum of Valencia, has directed several restoration projects on Iberian sites such as La Bastida de les Alcuses (Moixent, Valencia) Tossant de Sant Miquel (Llira, Valencia) and Pundal dels Llops (Olocau, Valencia).

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Published

1997-09-01

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (1997)

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Articles

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How to Cite

Rosado, H. B., & Parreno, C. M. (1997). The Archaeology of Beekeeping in Pre-Roman Iberia. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, 10(1), 33-47. https://doi.org/10.1558/jmea.v10i1.33

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