Poblaciones indígenas bajo presiónposible ejemplo de suicidio colectivo en la protohistoria española. El Tossal de les Basses (Alicante, España)
- Rosser Limiñana, Pablo 1
- Soler Ortiz, Seila 2
- 1 Departamento de Patrimonio Cultural. Municipalidad de Alicante. Universidad de Alicante (España)
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Universitat d'Alacant
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ISSN: 0719-1936
Year of publication: 2015
Issue Title: El valor de la mirada histórica para comprender desafíos actuales
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Pages: 50-133
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de Estudios Cotidianos
Abstract
This article is an archaeological discovery of the proto-history of the IberianPeninsula: the mass burial of many people (especially young children and women) in acomplex ritual, accompanied with some animals (dogs and horses), which occurs at a criticalmoment for the indigenous culture under the pressure of an invading force: the Romans.Especially, we have analyzed the how, why and when of these depositions. For this we havestudied the documented material record and C14 datings. This had been discussed in thesocio-political context of the end of s. I B.C.