The Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula: an explanation from the perspective of the participation of Mesolithic communities

An analysis of the documents on the late Mesolithic and early Neolithic groups would seem to confirm that the participation of the former was decisive in the formation of the Neolithic. The influence of the East on the Neolithisation of the Iberian Peninsula is plainly essential, as all that was necessary to set up a production economy originated there, including population. However, the very characteristics of the documentation (geographical and geological location of the sites), radio-chronological dating (showing a speedy arrival of Neolithic elements on the coast and inland) or the Mesolithic organization of the territory into networks, also active in the Neolithic, make sense of the thesis of participation that we put forward.