Este libro re ne las investigaciones sobre la explotaci n tart sica del esta o realizadas en San Crist bal de Logros n (C ceres, Espa a) por Craig Merideth entre 1992 y 2002 y las coordinadas por el G.I. PRETAGU de la Universidad de Extremadura entre 2013 y 2017. En s ntesis, se trata de un estudio interdisciplinar sobre este poblado minero-metal rgico y de la comunidad que lo habit , incluida una propuesta de la 'cadena operativa' del beneficio de la casiterita durante el Bronce Final-Hierro I. El relevante papel jugado por este estrat gico recurso parece justificar la presencia en esta region interior del suroeste ib rico de elementos de prestigio y estatus social como los del Tesoro de Berzocana y la estela de guerrero de Solana de Caba as. A mayor escala, los estudios arqueol gicos y anal ticos permiten integrar San Crist bal en la 'red regional' de contactos e intercambios atl ntico-mediterr neos confluyentes en Huelva, foco emergente de Tartessos.
This book brings together the archaeological research carried out by Craig Merideth between 1992 and 2002 on the Tartessian exploitation of tin in Cerro de San Crist bal de Logros n (C ceres, Spain) and the work done later, in the period 2013-2017, coordinated by the G.I. PRETAGU of the University of Extremadura. It is an interdisciplinary study of this metallurgical-mining site and the community that settled there, including a proposal of the 'operational chain' of the treatment and use of the cassiterite during the Late Bronze-Iron I phase. The relevant role played by this strategic mineral resource seems to justify the presence of elements of prestige and social status such as the Berzocana Treasure and the warrior's stela of Solana de Caba as in the south-central west of the Iberian Peninsular. On a larger scale, archaeological and analytical studies allow the integration of San Crist bal into the 'regional network' of Atlantic-Mediterranean contacts and exchanges converging in Huelva, an emerging settlement of Tartessos.