An unusual Pre-bell beaker copper age cave burial context from El Portalón de Cueva Mayor site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos)
| Autor: | Alfonso Alday, Rebeca García-González, María Ángeles Galindo-Pellicena, Cristina Valdiosera, Amalia Pérez-Romero, Eneko Iriarte, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Marta Francés-Negro, Laura Rodríguez, María Castilla, José Miguel Carretero, Elena Santos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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010506 paleontology
geography Grave goods geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology Context (language use) Excavation 06 humanities and the arts Chalcolithic 01 natural sciences Archaeology humanities law.invention Cave law Beaker 0601 history and archaeology Radiocarbon dating Animal bone 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Quaternary International. 433:142-155 |
| ISSN: | 1040-6182 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.063 |
| Popis: | This work presents the results from the excavation of a multiple burial in a pseudo-tumular structure constructed in the Cueva Mayor cave in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos), specifically focusing on the entrance of this cave in an area known as El Portalon archaeological site. We recovered the skeletal remains of a minimum of eight individuals from several altered primary burials with bones showing different levels of associated grave goods and faunal remains. A series of radiocarbon dates obtained from seeds, human and animal bones, place these burials at the end of the fifth millennium BP. The domestic animals and ceramics suggest a complex and symbolic human–animal relationship. The information obtained from the site of El Portalon significantly broadens our understanding of funerary rituals during the Chalcolithic period. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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