Font del ros y el neolítico antiguo en el nordeste de la península ibérica

The study of ceramic decorative styles allows one to evaluate the appearance, dispersion and consolidation of the Neolithic in the Iberian peninsula. Font del Ros (Berga, Barcelona) is a site located at the foot of the eastern Pre-Pyr-enees. Preliminary information is available indicating the presence of a partially preserved habitat structure associated with ceramics with cardial decoration and 25 silos, also con-taining early Neolithic pottery. Five C14 AMS dates support-ed this attribution. These important inferences have had little impact on the debate on the emergence of the Neolithic in the northeast of the peninsula have had little impact. Although the conservation of the ceramic ensemble is not optimal, the cardial and printed-incised styles are recurrent in the deco-rated pottery. These indicators trace connections with the developments detected on the Mediterranean coast and the central Pre-Pyrenees (Lleida and Huesca), areas more than 100 km away from Font del Ros. This circumstance allows us to examine possible interactions with these geocultural areas and others north of the Pyrenees. New dates on short-lived samples place the Font del Ros assemblage between 5380-5060 cal BC. These stylistic and chronometric indica-tors contribute to the debate on the processes related to the appearance and consolidation of the early Neolithic in the northeast of the Iberian peninsula.