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En este trabajo presentamos el hallazgo de un alfar en el área suburbana de la Córdoba romana, que se encontraba alejado del barrio alfarero septentrional y localizado en las inmediaciones de una vía que conducía hasta las explotaciones mineras de la sierra. Analizaremos el contexto arqueológico donde se insertaba para tratar de determinar el motivo de su emplazamiento, y nos detendremos en el horno mejor conservado del complejo, que poseía unas características singulares para este tipo de estructuras productivas, In this work we are presenting the discovery of a pottery area in the suburban sector of the Roman Córdoba. It was located far from the northern pottery neighborhood, near a road that led to the mining zone in the mountain range. We will analyze the archaeological context where it was inserted to try to determine the reason for its location, and we will pay particular attention to the best preserved kiln in the complex, which had unique characteristics compared to other productive structures of its kind

[EN] During archaeological works carried out in the place known as Tablero Alto or Arruzafa, in inner city area of Córdoba (Spain), are documented a number of seven pit- structures, carved in the sandy subsoil, mostly of circular shape and affect ed by further historical phases. All of them, seems to belong of a same archaeological culture dated to last third of 4th and the beginnings of 3rd millennium BC in south-western Iberia. This is a priceless testimony to the settlement of the current urban territory of Cordoba from an early date, in a period in which the human population in this region appear remarkably intense., [ES] Durante los trabajos arqueológicos desarrollados en 2014 en el solar de la calle Marino Alcalá Galiano nº 3, emplazado en el casco urbano de la ciudad de Córdoba y en el entorno conocido como Tablero Alto o la Arruzafa, fueron documentadas hasta siete estructuras excavadas en el sustrato geológico, la mayoría de ellas de planta circular y muy afectadas por fases históricas posteriores. Todas ellas parecen responder a una misma fase ocupacional propia del último tercio del IV y tránsito al III milenio AC, dentro de un complejo cultural reconocible en todo el cuadrante suroccidental de Iberia. Ello representa un inestimable testimonio del poblamiento del entorno urbano de Córdoba desde un momento temprano, en un período en el que la ocupación humana en la región parece haber sido muy intensa., Las dataciones radiocarbónicas asociadas a las inhumaciones de la Estructura V fueron financiadas gracias a un contrato Juan de la Cierva (obtenido por RMMS con el grupo de investigación HUM – 274 GEPRAN de la Universidad de Granada), incluido dentro del Programa Estatal de Promoción del Talento y su Empleabilidad convocatoria 2017, en el marco del Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica de Innovación 2013-2016 del Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad. La datación CNA 2922 fue financiada gracias al apoyo del Grupo de Investigación HUM- 062 de la Universidad de Córdoba.

Los trabajos arqueológicos llevados a cabo en los Jardines de la Agricultura han permitido documentar un nuevo sector de enterramientos de la necrópolis romana septentrional. En una de las sepulturas exhumadas se halló un sarcófago de plomo, que se añade a otros encontrados en la ciudad e incide en la propuesta planteada de la existencia de un taller de estos contenedores funerarios en Corduba.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------The archaeological excavation carried out in ¿Jardines de la Agricultura¿ has documented a new sector of the northern roman necropolis. A lead coffin was located in one of the graves, which adds to others found in the city and supports the proposal of the existence of a funeral containers workshop in Corduba., Artículo revisado por pares

Objective To investigate the types of intestinal parasites that infected people living in Islamic period southern Iberia (al-Andalus), and compare with other regions of Europe. Materials Four cesspits from 10th–11th century CE Cordoba (Spain), and two from 12th–13th century Mertola (Portugal). Methods Sediment from each cesspit was analyzed using digital light microscopy and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results Analysis revealed eggs of roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) in every cesspit analyzed, but no evidence of other species of helminth or protozoal parasites. Conclusion Differences were noted between parasite species found in Mediterranean Europe and northern Europe, where a range of zoonotic parasites were endemic alongside sanitation-related parasites. We suggest that the scarcity of zoonotic parasites in southern Europe in the medieval period may reflect contrasts in climate between northern and southern Europe. Significance The repeated identification of roundworm eggs suggests that al-Andalus was less hygienic than historically depicted. We did not note a difference between parasites found in Muslim and Christian regions of Iberia, and the predominance of parasites spread by fecal contamination of food is consistent with past research. Limitations The eggs of some species of parasite are fragile, so may theoretically have been present in the population but did not survive for us to identify them. Suggestions for further research To further investigate the role of climate upon the parasites that affected past human populations.