Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose?Continuities and discontinuities in the funerary record of the northern half of Iberia
An evolutionary approach to the study of the funerary systems in Late Prehistory allows the recognition of diverse contexts of social crises in the north of Iberia. The analysis of the radio-chrono-logical data that we have compiled indicates five phases of use – with the newness of identifying two...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/159174 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/159174 https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.50.3 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Neolithic Chalcolithic megalithism chronology social crises Iberia neolitik halkolitik megalitizem kronologija druzbena kriza Iberski polotok |
| Sumario: | An evolutionary approach to the study of the funerary systems in Late Prehistory allows the recognition of diverse contexts of social crises in the north of Iberia. The analysis of the radio-chrono-logical data that we have compiled indicates five phases of use – with the newness of identifying two different cycles during the Late Neolithic – and of subsequent ‘abandonment’ in the megaliths; this is reduced to two phases in the case of the sepulchral caves. We interpret the radio-chronological results through an examination of the material culture present in the graves and dynamics of the megalithic architecture. In addition, we contrast our results with different approaches, carrying out a complemen-tary multidisciplinary approach. In this regard, we found that megalithism served as a vehicle for re-sponding to the different crises and changes faced by increasingly complex and unequal human group. |
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