La Cova de l’Avi (Vallirana, Barcelona) y el inicio del Neolítico final en el Nordeste de la Península Ibérica. Inhumaciones colectivas y nuevas redes de intercambio

Abstract

The Middle to Late Neolithic transition in NE of Iberian Peninsula is characterized by changes in mortuary practices and grave goods. In the Middle Neolithic single primary burials are associated with grave goods of variscite beads, honey-colored flint blades and occasionally obsidian. During the Late Neolithic these are replaced for collective inhumations in cave and rock-shelters with grave goods composed mainly by shell, bone and stone beads and pendants, large flint blades and flint daggers, some from outside the Iberian Peninsula. Cova de l’Avi represents the earliest site (c. 4700 BP) at which these changes in mortuary practice have been documented.