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• The studied materials highlighted the extent of the relationships in areas of the Iberian inland, also connected to the Mediterranean world, during the iron age. • The ceramic characterisation showed only a main production, with two body fabrics, but both used to produce all ceramic types, either traditional or ceremonial, manufactured in local workshops. • The material knowledge of these inland communities provided them the suitable ability to understand the fashions and industrial uses of the coastal circuits to replicate the characteristic elements of the social elites of that time with adequate mastery. The archaeological site called El Pueyo de Marcuello (Huesca, Spain) is an Iron Age urban settlement, geographically situated in inland Iberia, and dated of the second half of the first millennium BCE. The nature and manufacture of their archaeological remains allow identifying this site as a contact point for relevant exchanges, with remarkable connections with Central and Western Mediterranean cultures. These cultural influences and exchanges were investigated through the characterisation of the ceramic objects found during the archaeological excavations. More than forty fragments were studied, including some of the most peculiar ceramic types, and analysed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The petrographic observations of the thin-sections highlighted two ceramic fabrics, with a similar matrix and mineralogy, but the second one using sparite crystals of crushed calcite as intentionally added temper. The statistical treatment of the chemical data supported the identification of two main compositional subgroups; both included very similar low-calcareous clay bodies. All these data allowed for highlighting a main production, with two body fabrics, but both used to produce all ceramic types, either traditional or ceremonial. These objects could have been largely manufactured in local workshops. The materials from El Pueyo de Marcuello highlighted the extent of the relationships in areas of the Iberian inland, also connected to the rhythms of Mediterranean world, during the Iron Age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introducción: La invaginación basilar es una malformación compleja de la unión cráneo cervical donde no se ha llegado a consensos de tratamiento y el enforque terapéutico debe individualizarce según el caso y las variantes anatómicas asociadas. En los casos más graves un adecuado enfoque terapéutico pude determinar regresión importante o total de la sintomatología neurológica. Objetivos: El objetivo de esta revisión es llegar al análisis de los algoritmos de tratamiento en base a una comprensión adecuada de la anatomía, variantes anatómicas y conceptualización lo más cercana posible al diagnóstico más correcto para la aplicación del mejor método de tratamiento. Métodos: Se realizó una consulta bibliográfica de los principales trabajos existentes sobre malformaciones de la unión craneocervicales colocando el énfasis en el diagnóstico anatomo morfológico, biomecánica y fisiología y radiológico. Conclusión: La adecuada conceptualización y clasificación de la patología permite tomar como marco referencial para el tratamiento con los algoritmos propuestos por Goel y Sonntag. Sin embargo, cada paciente tiene características individuales y el concepto en sí constituye un continuo de malformaciones que deberán ser resueltas por diferentes vías quirúrgicas, en diferentes tiempos si es necesario y apoyado en las diferentes tecnologías de apoyo actual como neuronavegación y seguimiento neurofisiológico trans operatorio. Palabras clave: Invaginación basilar, Malformación ósea craneo-cervical. Introduction: Basilar invagination is a complex malformation of the cervicalcranial junction where tratment consensus has not been reached and the therapeutic approach must be individualized depending on the case and the associated anatomical variants. In the most severe cases, an adecuate therapeutic approach could determine significant or total regression of neurological symptoms, arrive at the analysis of the treatment algorithms based on an adecuate understanding of the anatomy, anatomycal variants and conceptualization as close as possible to the most correct diagnosis for the application of the best treatment method. Methods: A literature review of the main existing works on malformations of the craniocervical junction was made, placing emphasis on anatomical and morphological diagnosis, biomechanics and physiology and radiological findings. Conclusion: The adequate conceptualization and classification of the pathology allows to take as a reference framework for the treatment with the algorithms proposed by Goel and Sonntag. However, each patient has individual characteristics and the concept in itself constitutes a continuum of malformations that must be resolved by different surgical routes, in different times if necessary and supported by different currentsuport technologies such as neuronavigation and trans neurophysiological monitoring operative. Key words: Basilar invagination, skull-cervical osseous malformation., Introducción La invaginación basilar es una malformación importante en el capítulo de las anormalidades cráneo vertebrales. La asociación con malformación de Chiari y siringomielia es muy frecuente. Es importante una [...]