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Small dogs as pets, objects of affection and special consideration by their owners, are known in the Western Mediterranean since classical Antiquity through texts, epigraphy and iconography. The study of a small-sized canid with a brachycephalic skull discovered in a cemetery, among other specimens, in the southern Hispania yields new interpretations regarding the relationships between dogs and humans at the outset of the Common Era in the western Roman world and sheds light on how to evaluate their symbolic implications in funerary rites. The physical characteristics of these specimens were analysed through morphological, osteometric, palaeopathological and biochemical isotopes methods. The findings represent a step forward in the understanding of the everyday life, mobility and diet of dogs, as well as the cause of their death which, in the case of the small-sized specimen, appears to correspond to a deliberate sacrifice., This study was financed by the Consejería de Innovación y Empresa-Junta de Andalucía (project HUM-061658) in the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2013-2016 (Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación) (RMMS)

Las urnas de tradición indígena configuran uno de los conjuntos cerámicos más interesantes de la Península Ibérica, tanto por sus orígenes como por su continuidad en época romana. Uno de los usos más significativos fue el de contenedor de restos óseos procedentes de las cremaciones, aunque también acogieron inhumaciones infantiles. Los recientes hallazgos que se han producido en diversas excavaciones en la ciudad de Córdoba nos permiten retomar cuestiones ya planteadas sobre tipología, usos, rituales y etnicidad en las necrópolis de Corduba – Colonia Patricia.

La excavación arqueológica que se llevó a cabo en un solar emplazado en los terrenos de la Arruzafa, al norte de Córdoba, permitió documentar una secuencia estratigráfica muy dilatada en el tiempo. De las diversas fases de ocupación, nos detendremos en las estructuras adscritas a época romana, que se han interpretado como un asentamiento compuesto por varias dependencias destinadas a la producción de aceite. Este complejo oleícola estuvo en funcionamiento entre la primera mitad del s.I d.C. y finales del s.II d.C. The archeological excavation performed in a plot located in the surrounding area of Arruzafa, in the north of Córdoba, supplied documentary evidence of an extensive stratigraphic sequence. From all the diverse occupation stages, we will focus on the structures assigned to the Roman period, being this considered as a settlement composed of several rooms allocated to the production of olive oil. This architectural olive-oil complex operates between the first half of 1st century BC and late 2nd century AC.

Se presentan tres nuevas defixiones romanas halladas, en su contexto arqueológico, en la necrópolis de Llanos del Pretorio, un nuevo sector de la Necrópolis Septentrional de colonia Patricia Corduba excavado a finales del año 2016. En este ámbito, con una cronología de uso centrada en época julio-claudia, han sidos documentados, total o parcialmente, hasta quince recintos funerarios. En las líneas que siguen se estudiarán dos de ellos, en cuyo interior se localizaron las tres tabellae In this paper are presented three new Roman defixiones, found in their archaeological context inside the necropolis of Llanos del Pretorio, a new sector of the Northern Necropolis of colonia Patricia Corduba excavated at the end of the year 2016. In this area, with a chronology of use centered in the Julio-Claudian period, have been documented, totally or partially, up to fifteen funerary enclosures. In the following lines, will be studied two of them, within which the three tabellae were located

The aim of the present article is to prove the existence of a roman rural subdivision in the area of Carmona, where several authors have argued about the existence or not of this possible subdivision. We have applied an accurate methodology, using the gis, in order to check whether the alignments detected in the surroundings of this town correspond or not to roman land divisions.