Journal article
A mid-third millennium BC collective burial cave in central Iberia: El Rebollosillo (Torrelaguna, Madrid)
Trabajos de prehistoria, Vol.74(1), pp.68-85
07/01/2017
DOI: 10.3989/tp.2017.12184
Abstract
El Rebollosillo is a small karstic cave located in the center of Iberia used for the disposition of secondary burials during the mid third millennium BC. We present bioanthropological, isotopic (87Sr/86Sr, δ13C and δ18O) analyses and 16 radiocarbon dates on human remains, as well as mineralogical characterization of 6 beads (4 of them variscite from Palazuelo de las Cuevas, Zamora), and a quantitative analysis of 43 pottery fragments recovered during the 1989 excavations. A minimum of 21 individuals have been identified, covering all age ranges and sex. Low percentages of pathologies have been detected, mainly dental calculus and caries, with specific cases of cribra orbitalia, periostosis and arthritis. Only adults received a clearly individualized treatment, suggestive of achieved status. We interpret the evidence as a multi-staged mortuary program, the last phase of which is documented at the site, with previous stages perhaps carried out elsewhere, and we evaluate these results in the context of the regional funerary record.
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- Title: Subtitle
- A mid-third millennium BC collective burial cave in central Iberia: El Rebollosillo (Torrelaguna, Madrid)
- Creators
- Pedro Díaz-del-Río - Instituto de Historia, CSICSusana Consuegra - Instituto de Historia, CSICJulia Audije - Laboratorio de Poblaciones del Pasado (LAPP), Dpto. de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Autónoma de MadridSusana Zapata - Laboratorio de Poblaciones del Pasado (LAPP), Dpto. de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Autónoma de MadridÓscar Cambra - Laboratorio de Poblaciones del Pasado (LAPP), Dpto. de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Autónoma de MadridArmando González - Laboratorio de Poblaciones del Pasado (LAPP), Dpto. de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Autónoma de MadridAnna Waterman - Mount Mercy University, Dept. of Natural and Applied SciencesJonathan Thomas - Dept. of Anthropology, University of IowaDavid Peate - Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of IowaCarlos Odriozola - Dpto. de Prehistoria y Arqueología, Facultad de Geografía e Historia. Universidad de SevillaRodrigo Villalobos - Dpto. de Prehistoria, Arqueología, Antropología Social y Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas. Universidad de ValladolidPrimitiva Bueno - Área de Prehistoria. Universidad de Alcalá de HenaresRobert H. Tykot - Dept. of Anthropology. University of Florida
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Trabajos de prehistoria, Vol.74(1), pp.68-85
- DOI
- 10.3989/tp.2017.12184
- ISSN
- 0082-5638
- eISSN
- 1988-3218
- Publisher
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences; Honors Program; Rhetoric
- Record Identifier
- 9983984528802771
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