Los enterramientos en cista en el Pirineo occidentalarquitectura, cronología, ritual y caracterización de los inhumados en la Sierra de Aralar (Gipuzkoa)
- José Antonio Mujika Alustiza
- José Miguel Edeso Fito
- Ane Lopetegi-Galarraga
- Erik Arevalo-Muñoz
- Daniel Ruiz-Gonzalez
- Miriam Baeta
- Carolina Núñez
- Leire Palencia-Madrid
- Idoia Goikoetxea-Zabaleta
- Monica Ruíz-Alonso
- Sebastián Pérez-Díaz
- Lartaun Perez-Lopez
- Teresa Fernández-Crespo
- Marian M. de Pancorbo
ISSN: 0214-7971
Year of publication: 2018
Issue: 36
Pages: 57-73
Type: Article
More publications in: Kobie. Paleoantropología
Abstract
The cist burial phenomenon is little known in the Western Pyrenees. The cists of Ondarre and Arraztarangaña (Aralar) have a small chamber, and the latter, in addition, a small mound. The radiocarbon dates obtained place their construction during the Early Bronze Age. These structures were hypothetically conceived to bury a high status individual but their eventual reuse is observed throughout the 2nd millennium cal BC. The MNI estimated is 4 and 5 respectively, including both adult and juvenile individuals. The study of mitochondrial DNA from 2 individuals of each tomb indicates no matrilineal kinship. Grave goods are poor; they mainly consist of pottery sherds and a possible bone pendant decorated with incised dots in Ondarre.