期刊名称：SAA Archaeological Record, The : The magazine of the Society for American Archaeology
印刷版ISSN：1532-7299
出版年度：2008
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：18-18
出版社：Society for American Archaeology
摘要：In 2007 we received grants from the National Geographic
Society and the National Science Foundation for a research
project at Cova de la Pastora in Alcoi, Spain. This project
relies on international collaboration by several public and private
research institutions in Spain and the US. Cova de la Pastora
plays an important role in Spanish archaeology and has
been a mainstay in the archaeological literature since its excavation
in the 1940s. A large number of burials with up to 70 individuals
were associated with a rich variety of grave goods dating
to the Chalcolithic (Fourth millennium BC). The quantity, diversity,
and beauty of materials from the site established it as an
emblematic example of funerary customs and the emergence of
social inequality during the Spanish Chalcolithic. However, the
assemblages were only partially studied, and contexts of recovery,
dating, and stratigraphy were problematic. As a result, questions
about site function through time, precise chronology, and
implications for Chalcolithic social relations and organization
remain unanswered.
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