Abstract
“Cultura de los Sepulcros de Fosa” (from end of the fifth to the beginning of the fourth millennia cal BC). The main aim is to present new data on the procedures of excavation of the pits, the materials used in the covering of the graves and the treatment given to some of the corpses. The detailed archaeological reconstruction of the funerary behaviour has been possible thanks to the exceptional state of preservation of the graves, the rigorous process of archaeological excavation, the anthropological study carried out, as well as to the achievement of a detailed taxonomic study of all the available evidences. Likewise, the grave goods recovered in the burials are presented. Their quantity and quality is outstanding compared with other similar funerary contexts. Probably this fact is due to the exclusive presence of adult individuals among the buried ones.
Highlights
In this paper we deal with the Neolithic burials at the site
the materials used in the covering of the graves
the grave goods recovered in the burials are presented
Summary
A finales del V milenio e inicios del IV milenio cal BC, las comunidades neolíticas del noreste de la Península Ibérica parecen asentarse preferentemente en los valles y las áreas de llanura próximas a la costa mediterránea, zonas en las que las condiciones ecológicas y paisajísticas permitían, sin duda, la implantación de la agricultura y la ganadería. Pero si hay algo que por antonomasia ha caracterizado a este período y a los grupos neolíticos de este momento son sus prácticas funerarias. En lo referente a las prácticas funerarias, que es el tema que nos ocupa, durante el V milenio se documentan diversos enterramientos, habitualmente múltiples, en cuevas y abrigos y los primeros enterramientos, individualizados o formando necrópolis, en fosas, cistas o pequeños dólmenes (Gibaja 2004). El objetivo principal de este trabajo es dar a conocer este conjunto funerario y las novedades que está aportando, en especial todas aquellas relativas a los procesos de excavación de las fosas y a los materiales empleados en la cobertura de las sepulturas, además del tratamiento dado a algunos de los cadáveres y de los ajuares vinculados a los mismos.
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