Funerary practices in megalithic tombs during the Argaric Bronze Age in South-Eastern Iberia: The cemetery of Los Eriales

The transition between the Copper Age and Argaric Bronze in south-eastern Iberia has traditionally been understood an evolutionary framework that would have involved replacement of some cultural forms by others. chronology megalithic societies changed this assumption, revealing continuity ancestral funerary practices is also a key feature Age. In context, new radiocarbon series from Los Eriales discussed paper can be considered contribution. Three main aspects stand out according to their statistical analysis: i) should most recent Iberian cemetery, as ritual activity began last centuries third millennium cal BC; ii) took place during short events intensive depositions spanning few decades, mainly 21st 18th centuries; iii) cemetery was used period, which means coexistence two very different practices: collective rituals individual intramural inhumations. explained terms resilience social fragmentation characterised societies.