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The Radiocarbon Chronology of Southern S pain's Late Prehistory (5600–1000 cal BC ): A Comparative Review
Author(s) -
Balsera Verónica,
Bernabeu Aubán Joan,
CostaCaramé Manuel,
DíazdelRío Pedro,
García Sanjuán Leonardo,
Pardo Salvador
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/ojoa.12053
Subject(s) - radiocarbon dating , chronology , prehistory , archaeology , history , geography
Summary 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.