Burial prehistoric caves in the interior basin of river Tagus: The complex at Canaleja Gorge (Romangordo, Caceres, Spain)

[EN]: During the last years we conducted an excavation project in two caves and a small shelter at Canaleja Gorge (Romangordo, Cáceres, Spain). Although the stratigraphy was not optimally preserved in all the caves, we could document three funerary spaces that comprise a long chronological sequence,...

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Autores: Cerrillo Cuenca, Enrique, González Cordero, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: otro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/239930
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/239930
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Burial caves
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Megalithic sites
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Sumario:[EN]: During the last years we conducted an excavation project in two caves and a small shelter at Canaleja Gorge (Romangordo, Cáceres, Spain). Although the stratigraphy was not optimally preserved in all the caves, we could document three funerary spaces that comprise a long chronological sequence, from Early Neolithic to Chalcolithic. In this paper we discuss the relationship between burial caves and megaliths in the region, by considering a common social and cultural background for both kinds of sepultures.