The Calcolithic site of Camino de las Yeseras (San Fernando de Henares, Madrid): an advantageous context to study bell beakers in the central Iberian Peninsula

Abstract

This paper present a first approach to the Calcolithic settlement of "Camino de las Yeseras" in which a third millenium BC occupation has been documented. During the transition to the second millenium BC, Bell Beaker groups appear in the sequence. They exploit new lithic resources, adapt their domestic stock for increased mobility, and practice new diversified funerary rituals in the settlement. The temporal framework is supported by a sequence of many C14 and TL dates.