Abstract
Representations of hooded individuals or cucullati were frequent in the Roman world. The characteristic cucullus was worn by both male individuals of a low social rank and patricians who wore hoods to avoid being recognised; also divine beings known as genii and other divinities were represented with a hood and cloak-hood, in this case with a special meaning. When studying ancient Hispania , such representations have often gone unobserved due to publication problems rather than to their absence in the archaeological record. A historiographic review of terracotta and bronze figurines or small sculptures of cucullati documented so far in the Iberian Peninsula has made it possible to analyse their origin, character, and the materials used in their manufacturing, in such a way that new knowledge is gained from a context-based analysis.
Highlights
Representations of hooded individuals or cucullati were frequent in the Roman world
The characteristic cucullus was worn by both male individuals of a low social rank and patricians who wore hoods to avoid being recognised
also divine beings known as genii
Summary
Las figurillas de encapuchados o cucullati fueron frecuentes en el mundo romano. El característico cucullus fue usado tanto por hombres de baja consideración social como por personas pudientes que deseaban no ser reconocidos; y con esta capucha y manto-capucha, dotados de un significado especial, fueron también representados genii, seres divinos y otras pequeñas divinidades, así como figuraciones que servían como ahuyentadores de espíritus y símbolos protectores. En el ámbito de la antigua Hispania estas representaciones han pasado bastante desapercibidas, lo que obedece a un problema de publicación más que de una ausencia en el registro arqueológico. La revisión historiográfica de las esculturillas de cucullati de terracota y bronce, documentadas hasta el momento en la Península Ibérica, nos permite analizar su procedencia, características técnicas, aportando hipótesis sobre su significado en su contexto arqueológico
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