Early Neolithic ritual funerary behaviours in the Westernmost regions of the Mediterranean : new insights from Dehesilla Cave (southern Iberian Peninsula) / Daniel García Rivero, Ruth Taylor, Cláudia Umbelino, Miriam Cubas, María Barrera Cruz, Manuel J. Díaz Rodríguez . -- Ljubljana, Slovenia : University of Ljubljana Press, 2021.

An intact archaeological context named Locus 1 has recently been discovered at Dehesilla Cave (southern Spain). The ritual funerary deposition consists of a complete pottery jar with part of a human calvarium over the mouth, and was occulted by large stone blocks. This paper offers a presentation of the new data provided mainly by the stratigraphic, osteological, pottery,
lithic and radiocarbon analyses. A systematic review of the relevant evidence in the Iberian Peninsula during the Early Neolithic (c. 5600–4800 cal BC) provides a context for this finding and supports its interpretation with reference to several possible anthropological scenarios.

García Rivero, D., Taylor, R., Umbelino, C., Cubas, M., Barrera Cruz, M., Díaz Rodríguez, M.J., 2021. Early Neolithic ritual funerary behaviours in the Westernmost regions of the Mediterranean : new insights from Dehesilla Cave (southern Iberian Peninsula). Documenta Praehistorica XLVIII. https://doi.org/10.4312\dp.48.8


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