Chronology of Megalithic Funerary Practices in Southeastern Iberia: The Necropolis of Panoria (Granada, Spain)

An excavation carried out at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria in 2015 offered an excellent opportunity for dating a widespread variety of polygonal, rectangular, and trapezoidal-shaped tombs with short passages for which, surprisingly, there were previously no known radiocarbon (14C) measurement...

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Published inRadiocarbon Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 1 - 19
Main Authors Aranda Jiménez, Gonzalo, Lozano Medina, Águeda, Sánchez Romero, Margarita, Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, Marta, Bocherens, Hervé
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.02.2018
Subjects
Age
Archaeology
Bayesian analysis
Bones
Carbon 14
Chronology
Human remains
Stone Age
Tombs
Germany
Spain
Late Prehistory
Iberian Peninsula
funerary ritual
radiocarbon dating
Bayesian modeling
megalithic phenomenon
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Summary:An excavation carried out at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria in 2015 offered an excellent opportunity for dating a widespread variety of polygonal, rectangular, and trapezoidal-shaped tombs with short passages for which, surprisingly, there were previously no known radiocarbon (14C) measurements available. Based on the anthropological remains, a series of 19 14C dates was obtained and modeled in a Bayesian statistical framework. The results stress a long period of use that began in the Late Neolithic (3525–3195 cal BC), reaching the most intensive ritual activity during the Copper Age and ending in the Early Bronze Age (2125–1980 cal BC). Throughout this period, tombs were built at different times and used at different temporal scales and intensities, ranging from a few decades to centuries.
ISSN:0033-8222
1945-5755
DOI:10.1017/RDC.2017.96