MATCHING DATA: ANALYSING THE CHRONOLOGICAL USE SEQUENCE IN THE IRON AGE NECROPOLIS OF THE STAGGERED TURRIFORM OF SON FERRER (BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN) 2014 By Jaume García Rosselló

https://www.academia.edu/35275662/MATCHING_DATA_ANALYSING_THE_CHRONOLOGICAL_USE_SEQUENCE_IN_THE_IRON_AGE_NECROPOLIS_OF_THE_STAGGERED_TURRIFORM_OF_SON_FERRER_BALEARIC_ISLANDS_SPAIN_2014?rhid=40782546394&swp=rr-rw-wc-99757733&nav_from=22e6b5f0-2412-449a-bffb-4726b7d406b4 The Son Ferrer archaeological site presents a series of successive occupations spanning a long period of time. At the beginning of the Iron Age (c. 850 BC), a staggered turriform structure was built for a ritual purpose over an artificial hypogeum which had already been used as a collective necropolis during the Early Bronze Age (c. 1800-1500 BC). Later, in the post-Talayotic phase (Second Iron Age, 550-123 BC), the hypogeum was again reused as a collective burial place. The present work is focused on the chronological and functional analysis of this last phase, which began c. 500 BC and ended c. 180 BC, with the saturation and sealing of the hypogeum. The excavation process revealed that significant removal of archaeological material has occurred as a result of complex funerary space management practices which generated a secondary archaeological context. Given this situation, and in order to establish the different use phases of the post-Talayotic necropolis, a dual strategy of excavation and research was implemented. Firstly, we obtained an extensive series of radiocarbon dates on human remains (18 datings), that were later analysed following Bayesian strategies and, secondly, we carried out a detailed spatial analysis, geo-referencing the location of all the archaeological finds. This strategy allowed the reconstruction of the space management processes and movement patterns which took place in the burial space. Despite initial difficulties, the combination of these research strategies embedded in a contextual analysis provided both material and chronological references that have contributed to define the various use phases of the hypogeum. ...

Funerary practices in megalithic tombs during the Argaric Bronze Age in South-Eastern Iberia: The cemetery of Los Eriales By Gonzalo Aranda Jimenez, Miriam Vílchez Suárez, and Paula Becerra Fuello

https://www.academia.edu/99757733/Funerary_practices_in_megalithic_tombs_during_the_Argaric_Bronze_Age_in_South_Eastern_Iberia_The_cemetery_of_Los_Eriales?rhid=40782289264&swp=rr-rw-wc-10019131&nav_from=d59c1397-f266-4693-8796-cd5e5ce67d6f The transition between the Copper Age and the Argaric Bronze Age in southeastern Iberia has traditionally been understood in an evolutionary framework that would have involved the replacement of some cultural forms by others. The chronology of megalithic societies has changed this assumption, revealing that the continuity of ancestral funerary practices is also a key feature of the Bronze Age. In this context, the new radiocarbon series from Los Eriales discussed in this paper can be considered a key contribution. Three main aspects stand out according to their statistical analysis: i) Los Eriales should be considered the most recent Iberian megalithic cemetery, as ritual activity began in the last centuries of the third millennium cal BC; ii) funerary activity took place during short events of intensive ritual depositions spanning a few decades, mainly in the 21st and 18th centuries; and iii) Los Eriales cemetery was mainly used during the Argaric period, which means the coexistence of two very different funerary practices: collective megalithic rituals and individual intramural inhumations. The continuity of megalithic rituals can be explained in terms of resilience to the social fragmentation that characterised Argaric societies. ...

Las prácticas funerarias de los inicios de la Edad del Bronce en los páramos del noroeste de Burgos (España): El túmulo posdolménico de Arroyo de las Vegas en Sargentes de la Lora by Rodrigo Villalobos García, Javier Basconcillos MUNIBE Antropologia-Arkeologia

https://uva-es.academia.edu/RodrigoVillalobosGarcia Rodrigo Villalobos García Universidad de Valladolid, Prehistoria, Arqueología, Antropología Social y CC. y TT. HH., PhD

Villalobos 2014: "The megalithic tombs of the Spanish Northern Meseta. Material, political and ideological tie between the Neolithic people and their territory". Préhistoires Méditerranéennes, Colloque 2014 By Rodrigo Villalobos García

https://www.academia.edu/10019131/Villalobos_2014_The_megalithic_tombs_of_the_Spanish_Northern_Meseta_Material_political_and_ideological_tie_between_the_Neolithic_people_and_their_territory_Pr%C3%A9histoires_M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9ennes_Colloque_2014?rhid=40782195168&swp=rr-rw-wc-66378091&nav_from=aad53ee9-cfeb-4568-bd91-413920fa071e The Spanish Northern Meseta, a region of Central Iberia, shows a rich and diverse megalithic heritage. The analysis of the 4th millennium cal BC domestic and funerary archaeological record from this region offers strong evidence on Late Neolithic territorial, ritual and political behaviour. This paper tries to find out the role of the collective monumental tombs within these questions. Some this evidence relates to 1) the development of non-funerary activities at the megalithic monuments; 2) the relationship between megalithic monuments and the domestic life; and 3) the presence of lavish amount of grave goods in some of the analysed burials. It is argued that during the Late Neolithic in this region the megalithic monuments served as a milestone for many of the physical and symbolic social needs. ...

Giants in the Landscape : monumentality and Territories in the European Neolithic Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress ( 1 – 7 September , Burgos , Spain ) By Timothy Darvill

https://www.academia.edu/66378091/Giants_in_the_Landscape_monumentality_and_Territories_in_the_European_Neolithic_Proceedings_of_the_XVII_UISPP_World_Congress_1_7_September_Burgos_Spain_?rhid=40781989107&swp=rr-rw-wc-31441038&nav_from=904ad352-7d86-403e-b86e-50fd31948f7d In this paper, we shall briefly describe the main features of Southern Iberian Final Neolithic and Copper Age enclosures, and will examine how they relate in space and time to Prehistoric funerary contexts. We will attempt to show how this relationship changed through time. In the 4th millennium BC, during the Final Neolithic, both megalithic tombs and ditched enclosures were built. However, very rarely they are close in space. In the 3rd millennium BC, coinciding with the Chalcolithic, necropolises of tombs (tholoi and hypogea) began to form around ditched enclosures of the period. However, this process only occurred at a few sites – the ‘mega-sites’. ...

"The Outstanding Biographies of Prehistoric Monuments in Iron Age, Roman and Medieval Spain." By Leonardo García Sanjuán

https://www.academia.edu/31441038/_The_Outstanding_Biographies_of_Prehistoric_Monuments_in_Iron_Age_Roman_and_Medieval_Spain_?rhid=40781908566&swp=rr-rw-wc-10218373&nav_from=011c2699-8173-48ec-ad19-56416da81dbe Over the last decade, new questions have emerged with regard to the complex temporal patterns often seen in Iberian prehistoric monuments. A number of megalithic chamber tombs, menhirs, stelae or rock-art panels have been found to show that, as it occurs in other European regions, their lives were not restricted to the period of time in which they were built or manufactured, but, on the contrary, they extended well into later (or even much later) prehistoric, protohistoric and subsequent historical periods. In this chapter we discuss a number of examples of such patterns, that include successive physical transformations through the incorporation of new architectural or graphic elements and/or through the reorganization of previously existing ones, the accumulation of mnemonic artefacts, as well as layouts and orientations in special landscape settings. ...

Menga05. Editorial. La enseñanza universitaria de la Arqueología en la comunidad autónoma andaluza: perspectivas actuales by Conjunto Arqueológico Dólmenes de Antequera Junta de Andalucía, Carlos Odriozola, Margarita Sánchez Romero, Eduardo García Alfonso, and Victor Jimenez-Jaimez

https://independent.academia.edu/ConjuntoArqueol%C3%B3gicoD%C3%B3lmenesdeAntequeraJuntadeAndaluc%C3%ADa