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Landmark of the past in the Antequera megalithic landscape: a multi-disciplinary approach to the Matacabras rock art shelter

Landmark of the past in the Antequera megalithic landscape: a multi-disciplinary approach to the Matacabras rock art shelter
Landmark of the past in the Antequera megalithic landscape: a multi-disciplinary approach to the Matacabras rock art shelter
The background of this paper is the biographical relationship between the Menga dolmen and La Peña de los Enamorados mountain (a conspicuous and highly-recognisable natural formation), both part of the Antequera megalithic landscape. Our main aim is to provide a high-resolution characterisation of the Matacabras rock art shelter, located on the northern side of La Peña de los Enamorados. This is achieved through a photogrammetric topographic survey, a detailed assessment of the graphic motifs identified through the use of digital image processing and various types of physical and chemical analysis, a geochemical characterisation of pottery found on its surface, and 22 a comparative stylistic analysis of its motifs. Our study suggests that Matacabras (and the site of Piedras Blancas I, located just below it), played an important role in the genesis of Menga, which perhaps makes it the most important rock art location of Spanish Late Prehistory.
0305-4403
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Rogerio-Candelera, Miguel Ángel, Bueno Ramírez, Primitiva, de Balbín Behrmann,, Rodrigo, Dias, M. Isabel, García Sanjuán, Leonardo, Coutinho, Mathilda, Lozano Rodríguez, José Antonio, Miller, Ana, Pike, Alistair, Standish, Christopher, Prudêncio, M. Isabel, Rodrigues, A.L., de la Rosa Arranz, José and Gaspar, Diego (2018) Landmark of the past in the Antequera megalithic landscape: a multi-disciplinary approach to the Matacabras rock art shelter. Journal of Archaeological Science, 95, 76–93. (doi:10.1016/j.jas.2018.05.005).

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The background of this paper is the biographical relationship between the Menga dolmen and La Peña de los Enamorados mountain (a conspicuous and highly-recognisable natural formation), both part of the Antequera megalithic landscape. Our main aim is to provide a high-resolution characterisation of the Matacabras rock art shelter, located on the northern side of La Peña de los Enamorados. This is achieved through a photogrammetric topographic survey, a detailed assessment of the graphic motifs identified through the use of digital image processing and various types of physical and chemical analysis, a geochemical characterisation of pottery found on its surface, and 22 a comparative stylistic analysis of its motifs. Our study suggests that Matacabras (and the site of Piedras Blancas I, located just below it), played an important role in the genesis of Menga, which perhaps makes it the most important rock art location of Spanish Late Prehistory.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 May 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 May 2018
Published date: July 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 420877
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420877
ISSN: 0305-4403
PURE UUID: ec1dc50d-dd43-4ae7-988a-03a7b3ee0a65
ORCID for Alistair Pike: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-8948
ORCID for Christopher Standish: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9726-295X

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Date deposited: 17 May 2018 16:30
Last modified: 12 Jul 2024 04:04

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Author: Miguel Ángel Rogerio-Candelera
Author: Primitiva Bueno Ramírez
Author: Rodrigo de Balbín Behrmann,
Author: M. Isabel Dias
Author: Leonardo García Sanjuán
Author: Mathilda Coutinho
Author: José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez
Author: Ana Miller
Author: Alistair Pike ORCID iD
Author: M. Isabel Prudêncio
Author: A.L. Rodrigues
Author: José de la Rosa Arranz
Author: Diego Gaspar

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