RT Journal Article
T1 Funerary sites during the Bell Beaker period in Galicia (Spain)
A1 Prieto Martínez, Pilar
K1 Early Bronze Age
K1 Bell Beaker
K1 Galicia
AB The Galician archaeological record presents certain problems for the preservation of most types of organic remains, so we must explain the past based on inorganic materials. In particular, the Bell Beaker communities have been explained almost exclusively by the presence of Bell Beaker ceramics, excluding all sites that do not contain this cultural element. This paper will present a summary of the sites classified as funerary in nature in Galicia. The depositional characteristics, the degree of fragmentation of the vessels, their position in the sites and the grave goods will be considered in terms of biographical reconstruction. The conclusion is that while only a few of the Bell Beakers had a truly funerary role, their more significant function was to facilitate the ritualised appropriation of Neolithic space as material symbols of a communal 'Bell Beaker' identity, as opposed to metal grave goods which designated individual status
PB Universidad de Valencia
SN 0210-3729
YR 2023
FD 2023-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38464
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38464
LA eng
NO Prieto Martínez, M. P. (2023). Funerary sites during the Bell Beaker period in Galicia (Spain). SAGVNTVM. Papeles Del Laboratorio De Arqueología De Valencia, 55, 91–116. https://doi.org/10.7203/SAGVNTVM.55.22980
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026