El artículo de divulgación del proyecto dePiedras Blancas en Antequera, en la revista #Historia de #NationalGeographic, ha sido la más leída en esta semana. La investigación en torno al complejo funerariopublicado en Antiquity, revela que fue construido en parte por las manos del hombre, aprovechando la roca natural, hace aproximadamente unos 5.000 años.
Sex estimation based on amelogenin peptides in dental enamel has opened up possibilities to study prehistoric demography in a new light. The application of this technique is of particular importance for the analysis of prehistoric collective burials, where the commingled and disarticulated nature of human remains makes sex estimations challenging. This paper presents data on […]
The quality of the radiometric data available for the study of the megalithic phenomenon in Iberia has improved mark-edly over the last fifteen years. As a result, relevant details are beginning to emerge in terms of the sequence, temporality and evo-lution of certain monument types, specific construction and clusters of them. In this paper we […]
Excellent indicators of technology, social organization, exchange patterns, and even beliefs, beads are a topic of research in their own right. Findings made between 2010 and 2011 at the Montelirio tholos burial, part of the Valencina Copper Age mega-site, in south-western Spain, revealed what amounts to the largest single-burial ever-documented assemblage of beads. Furthermore, the […]
