The tempo of the Iberian megalithic rituals in the European context: The cemetery of Panoría

A model of spatial location: New data for the Gor River megalithic landscape (Spain) from LiDAR technology and field survey

“…Fieldwork, including surface surveys, excavations, aerial photogrammetry and other methods, and laboratory analysis (starting with radiocarbon dates and anthropological studies) are necessary. Results from recent research in nearby Panoria necropolis (Darro, Granada) (Aranda et al, 2018(Aranda et al, , 2022 are a good example of a continuous project.…”

“…Fieldwork, including surface surveys, excavations, aerial photogrammetry and other methods, and laboratory analysis (starting with radiocarbon dates and anthropological studies) are necessary. Results from recent research in nearby Panoria necropolis (Darro, Granada) (Aranda et al, 2018, 2022) are a good example of a continuous project. The importance of these new discoveries is emphasized considering that the megalithic cluster in the Gor River valley is one of the biggest dolmenic groups in Europe, with important implications for understanding socioeconomic dynamics and changes that took place from the 4th millennium BC. The results indicate even more control of the territory than previously proposed (Cabrero et al, 2020), and may have other implications.…”

“…Although no radiocarbon dates are available, dates of nearby necropolises (Aranda et al, 2018(Aranda et al, , 2022 and materials recovered in tombs suggest a process of construction and initial use between the Late Neolithic and the Late Chalcolithic (around 3500-2200 cal BC).…”

“…Results of past research projects allow selection of areas to be visited (Manarqueoteca, 2001), definition of burial mound roles as displacement route markers from the ravines to the surrounding plateau (Afonso et al, 2006; Spanedda et al, 2014), discovery of a general intervisibility system throughout the valley (Cabrero et al, 2020) and documentation of reuse processes, mainly during the Final Bronze Age and Early Iron Age (around 1300–750 cal BC) (Lorrio, 2008). Although no radiocarbon dates are available, dates of nearby necropolises (Aranda et al, 2018, 2022) and materials recovered in tombs suggest a process of construction and initial use between the Late Neolithic and the Late Chalcolithic (around 3500–2200 cal BC).…”

Chronological Study of Collective Burials in the Northern Iberian Plateau: Analysis of Radiocarbon Dates on Human Bones From the Megalithic Complex of La Lora (Burgos, Spain)

“…Dolmens have traditionally been taken as monumental tombs with a long period of use during the most advanced phase of the Neolithic, despite their burial function continuing into later times, with frequent evidence of burials ascribed to the Chalcolithic and the Bronze Age. However, it is not until recent years when research on the megalithic chronology seems to have definitively taken off in light of the improvement in direct radiocarbon dating by AMS on short-lived samples, mainly human bone (to cite some examples, the publications of Bayliss et al 2007a, 2007c; Whittle et al 2007a, 2007b; Wysocki et al 2007; Fernández-Eraso and Múgica-Alustiza 2013; García Sanjuán et al 2018; Lozano Medina and Aranda Jiménez 2018; Aranda Jiménez et al 2017, 2018a, 2018b, 2020a, 2020b, 2022; Blank et al 2020; Linares-Catela 2022; Linares-Catela and Vera-Rodríguez 2021, 2023; Alday-Ruiz et al 2023, etc.). At first, the appearance of very old dates in different regions hinted at the emergence of various autochthonous regions where dolmens were to be found in different parts of Europe (Renfrew 1976).…”