Building Death: Readings on French and Iberian Prehistoric Hypogea

Contents

Contributors

Introduction – Marie-Elise Porqueddu, Nuria Castañeda, Rosa Barroso Bermejo, Primitiva Bueno Ramírez

The Hypogean Phenomenon in Alentejo, South Portugal (4th and 3rd Millennia BC). A Summary – António Carlos Valera

The Necropolis of Valle de las Higueras, Huecas (Toledo).Cave 3 as a Case-Study for the Characterisation of the Use of Bell Beaker Hypogea in inland Iberia – Rosa Barroso Bermejo, Primitiva Bueno Ramírez, Rodrigo de Balbín-Behrmann

Displaying power: burial structures in Humanejos cemetery (Parla, Madrid) – Rafael Garrido-Pena, Raúl Flores Fernández, Ana Mercedes Herrero-Corral, Rodrigo Paulos-Bravo

Magdalena I: Funerary aspects in the Henares River lower valley (Madrid) during Late Prehistory – César Heras Martínez, Miriam Cubas Morera, Sergio Heras Bastida

What’s the relationship between hypogea and dolmens in the south of France? The example of the Fontvieille site in Provence – Xavier Margarit

Final Neolithic ornaments and rock-cut tombs in south-eastern France – Laurine Viel

Neolithic hypogea in the south-west of the Marne (France) – Rémi Martineau

Prehistoric rock-cut tombs in the western Mediterranean: a global approach to local phenomena – Marie-Elise Porqueddu

Flint Mining Know-How in the South European Neolithic – Nuria Castañeda

About the Author

Marie-Élise Porqueddu is a Doctor in Prehistory whose research focuses on the know-how and techniques involved in processing rocks. With a particular interest in rock-cut tombs, she is developing a technical approach to the chaîne opératoire involved in carving out and building these structures. She was a member of the Casa de Velázquez (École des hautes études hispaniques et ibériques) between 2022 and 2024.

Nuria Castañeda is a Doctor in Prehistory, Archaeology, and Heritage. Her research focuses on prehistoric childhood. She specialises in identifying knowledge transmission between generations by studying technical errors and skill levels in lithic production. She is currently a researcher under the Research Talent Attraction programme in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Rosa Barroso Bermejo is a Lecturer in Prehistory in the History and Philosophy Department at the University of Alcalá, Spain. Her archaeological research focuses on the study of the funerary prehistory of inland Iberia during the fourth and second millennia BC with a special interest on the transition from the Chalcolithic to the Bronze Age.

Primitiva Bueno Ramírez is Professor of Prehistory in the History and Philosophy Department at the University of Alcalá, Spain. She is an archaeologist specialising in Late Prehistory, with a long-standing research focus on Megalithism and Megalithic Art. The initial documentation of hypogean structures in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula, Valle de las Higueras, was achieved through her work.