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The Radiocarbon Chronology of Southern S pain's Late Prehistory (5600–1000 cal BC )

A Comparative Review

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ID14662172
AuthorsVerónica Balsera (Instituto de Historia Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas C/Albasanz 26–28 28037 Madrid SPAIN, corresponding author), Joan Bernabeu Aubán (0000-0002-5742-8708, Departament de Prehistòria i Arqueologia Facultat de Geografía e Historia Universitat de València Av. Blasco Ibañez, 28 46010 Valencia SPAIN, corresponding author), Manuel Costa‐Caramé (Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología Universidad de Sevilla María de Padilla s/n 41004 Sevilla SPAIN, corresponding author), Pedro Díaz-Del-Río (0000-0002-4150-6185, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, corresponding author), PEDRO DÍAZ‐DEL‐RÍO (Instituto de Historia Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas C/Albasanz 26–28 28037 Madrid SPAIN), Leonardo García Sanjuán (0000-0002-8404-9252, Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología Universidad de Sevilla María de Padilla s/n 41004 Sevilla SPAIN, corresponding author), Salvador Pardo-Gordó (0000-0002-1060-1526, Universitat de València, corresponding author), Salvador Pardo (Departament de Prehistòria i Arqueologia Facultat de Geografía e Historia Universitat de València Av. Blasco Ibañez, 28 46010 Valencia SPAIN)
Year2015
Volume34
Issue2
Pages139-156
Publication date2015-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOxford Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0262-5253 • E-ISSN: 1468-0092
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ojoa.12053
OpenAlexW1643185965
LanguageEN
Citations received43
References cited15

This paper is the first updated review of the scope, depth and problems related to the current radiocarbon chronology of the late prehistory of southern I beria. The aim is twofold. First, it critically analyses the quantity and quality of radiocarbon dates used to interpret the diverse trajectories of western M editerranean societies throughout more than four millennia. Secondly, it reviews a set of three different and prominent archaeological phenomena from an inter‐regional comparative perspective: primary and secondary burial practices, domestic stone architecture and ditched enclosures. Our long‐term, geographically wide‐ranging approach locates similarities while highlighting the effects of local and historical conditions in certain divergent circumstances

Archaeology · Chronology · Geography · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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