Artículo
The exceptional finding of Locus 2 at Dehesilla Cave and the Middle Neolithic ritual funerary practices of the Iberian Peninsula
Autor/es | García Rivero, Daniel
Taylor, Ruth Umbelino, Cláudia Douglas Price, T García Viñas, Esteban Bernáldez Sánchez, Eloisa Pérez Jordà, Guillem Peña Chocarro, Leonor Barrera Cruz, María Gibaja Bao, Juan Francisco Díaz Rodríguez, Manuel Jesús Monteiro, Patrícia Vera Rodríguez, Juan C. Pérez González, Javier |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología |
Fecha de publicación | 2020 |
Fecha de depósito | 2023-04-12 |
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Resumen | There is a significant number of funerary contexts for the Early Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula, and the body of information is much larger for the Late Neolithic. In contrast, the
archaeological information available ... There is a significant number of funerary contexts for the Early Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula, and the body of information is much larger for the Late Neolithic. In contrast, the archaeological information available for the period in between (ca. 4800-4400/4200 cal BC) is scarce. This period, generally called Middle Neolithic, is the least well-known of the peninsular Neolithic sequence, and at present there is no specific synthesis on this topic at the peninsular scale. In 2017, an exceptional funerary context was discovered at Dehesilla Cave (Sierra de Ca´diz, Southern Iberian Peninsula), providing radiocarbon dates which place it at the beginning of this little-known Middle Neolithic period, specifically between ca. 4800–4550 cal BC. Locus 2 is a deposition constituted by two adult human skulls and the skeleton of a very young sheep/goat, associated with stone structures and a hearth, and a number of pots, stone and bone tools and charred plant remains. The objectives of this paper are, firstly, to present the new archaeological context documented at Dehesilla Cave, supported by a wide range of data provided by interdisciplinary methods. The dataset is diverse in nature: stratigraphic, osteological, isotopic, zoological, artifactual, botanical and radiocarbon results are presented together. Secondly, to place this finding within the general context of the contemporaneous sites known in the Iberian Peninsula through a systematic review of the available evidence. This enables not only the formulation of explanations of the singular new context, but also to infer the possible ritual funerary behaviours and practices in the 5th millennium cal BC in the Iberian Peninsula. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN). España European Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España |
Identificador del proyecto | PGC2018-096943-A-C22
IJCI-2015- 25082 |
Cita | García Rivero, D., Taylor, R., Umbelino, C., Douglas Price, T., García Viñas, E., Bernáldez Sánchez, E.,...,Pérez González, J. (2020). The exceptional finding of Locus 2 at Dehesilla Cave and the Middle Neolithic ritual funerary practices of the Iberian Peninsula. PLOS ONE, 15 (8), e023696. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236961. |