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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Barroso Bermejo, Rosa author Bueno-Ramírez, Primitiva author Cerrillo Cuenca, Enrique author Martínez-Sevilla, Francisco author Sáez Martínez, Marcos author Cambra-Moo, Óscar author Rojas Rodríguez-Malo, Juan Manuel author Castañeda Clemente, Nuria author Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, Marta author Moraga Vaz, Patricia author Vicente Navarro, Alejandro author Altamirano García, Manuel author Alvarez-Fernández, Esteban author 2026-05-11 This study presents an analysis of funerary practices at the site of Valdelasilla (Illescas, Toledo, Spain). The methodology integrates the morphological study of burial structures, anthropological analyses, a consideration of grave goods and the radiocarbon dating of human bone. The chronological data indicate funerary activity at the site from the Late Neolithic to the Chalcolithic period. Bayesian modelling confirms the establishment of a planned cemetery by the end of the fifth millennium cal. BC, featuring small burial chambers organized around a larger tomb enclosed by a ditch. The burial chambers, which were constructed from wood, clay and small stones, created distinct spaces for the deceased. This embryonic form of monumentalization, the funerary practices observed and the early chronology link Valdelasilla to other peninsular cemeteries associated with the emergence of megalithism, now identified for the first time on the plateau. The location of the necropolis offers new insights into the role of inland regions in the emergence of Iberian and European megalithism. Barroso Bermejo, R., Bueno-Ramírez, P., Cerrillo-Cuenca, E., Martínez-Sevilla, F., Sáez Martínez, M., Cambra-Moo, O., … Alvarez-Fernández, E. (2026). New Dates for the Emergence of the Megalithic Phenomenon on the Iberian Plateau: The Funerary Practices of Valdelasilla, Toledo (Spain). Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 1–19. doi:10.1017/S0959774326100559 0959-7743 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774326100559 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/136701 1474-0540 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/new-dates-for-the-emergence-of-the-megalithic-phenomenon-on-the-iberian-plateau-the-funerary-practices-of-valdelasilla-toledo-spain/6D920A0B7A1C8B5EBD5FA3A36D2875A9 New Dates for the Emergence of the Megalithic Phenomenon on the Iberian Plateau: The Funerary Practices of Valdelasilla, Toledo (Spain)