In 2012, a radiocarbon dating programme was undertaken to explore the chronology and temporality of megalithic monuments in south-eastern Iberia. After obtaining a new radiocarbon series of 90 dates that have changed many of our current approaches to this phenomenon, we have expanded the radiocarbon programme to one of the most iconic megalithic necropolises in Iberia, the cemetery of Los Millares. The new radiocarbon series modelled in a Bayesian framework was analysed in the context of the site including the settlement and the surrounding “forts”. The results led us to four main conclusions: (i) that mortuary activity began in last centuries of the 4th millennium cal BC (3219–3124 cal BC, 68% probability), preceding the settlement foundation by up to 230 years; (ii) that the tombs appear to have been used at different times and with different intensities; (iii) that “forts” were built when most of the settlement was abandoned and only the inner enclosure would remain inhabited; and (iv) that the end of the funerary and housing activities occurred in similar chronological intervals, before ca. 2200 cal BC.

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Los Millares（西班牙Almería）巨石公墓的放射性碳年代学和时间性

2012年，开展了放射性碳测年计划，以探索伊比利亚东南部巨石纪念碑的年代和时间。在获得了90个日期的新放射性碳系列之后，我们改变了目前对这种现象的许多处理方法，我们将放射性碳计划扩展到了伊比利亚最具标志性的巨石墓地之一，洛斯米勒雷斯墓地。在现场环境中分析了以贝叶斯框架为模型的新放射性碳系列，包括定居点和周围的“努力”。结果使我们得出四个主要结论：（i）mort葬活动始于公元前4世纪的最后几个世纪（公元前3219年至3124年，概率为68％），在定居基础之前长达230年；（ii）该墓似乎是在不同的时间和强度下使用过的；（iii）“努力”是在大多数定居点被遗弃而只有内围居住时建立的；（iv）葬礼和住房活动的结束发生的时间顺序相近，大约是在大约公元前。公元前2200年