Sevillian transport jars in early colonial America: the case of Santa María La Antigua del Darién (Colombia)

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Published: 27 June 2013
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Within the scope of the TECNOLONIAL (HAR2008-02834/HIST) project, an archaeologi- cal and archaeometric research is being conduct- ed in order to clarify and systematize transport jars production in the Iberian peninsula and their distribution abroad, especially to the Americas, from the 15th to the 17th century. The production centre of Seville, in the Crown of Castile, produced large glazed and unglazed transport jars, called botijas, which were mainly devoted to the Atlantic trade network. The pres- ent study accounts for the first results obtained from an initial sample of 34 transport jars dated around the 15th-16th centuries from the produc- tion centre of Seville and the reception site of Santa María de la Antigua del Darién (gulf of Urabá, Colombia). This latter site is especially significant since it was the first Spanish founda- tion (1510) in continental America that obtained the title of town, and was the seat for the Governor of the new region called Castilla de Oro, as well as for the first diocese. All individuals were analyzed by means of x-ray fluorescence and diffraction analyses and then compared with the majolica production database from Seville. The results enabled us to define the first refer- ence groups for such modern transport jars, and to get a first insight into the jars coming to the Americas in the early 16th century whose prove- nance can be linked to Seville, but not Triana.

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project TECNOLONIAL (HAR2008-02834/HIST) funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain)

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Gomez Ferrer, S., Buxeda i Garrigós, J., Iñañez, J. G., de Amores Carredano, F., & Alzate Gallego, A. (2013). Sevillian transport jars in early colonial America: the case of Santa María La Antigua del Darién (Colombia). Open Journal of Archaeometry, 1(1), e3. https://doi.org/10.4081/arc.2013.e3