Garcia Sanjuan, Leonardo, Afonso MarreroÒ�, José Andrés�, Bueno Ramírez, Primitiva, De Balbín Behrmann, Rodrigo, Lozano Rodríguez, José Antonioo, Martínez Fernández, Gabriel, Wheatley, David W. and Cintas Peña, Marta (2019) Striking, colourful, smooth, rare: lithic resources and cultural choices in the architecture, sculpture and portable artefacts of the Palacio III tholos monument (Seville, Spain). Trabajos de Prehistoria, 76 (2), 254-271. (doi:10.3989/tp.2019.12236).
Abstract
Only recently the investigation of the Iberian megalithic phenomenon has begun to benefit from the expansion of the technical and scientific potential of modern archeology. There are still very few Iberian megaliths for which high-resolution scientific research has been carried out, capable of providing detailed data on its design, uses and biographies. This paper presents the results of the tholos study of the Palace III megalithic complex ( Almadén de la Plata, Sevilla), approached through a multidisciplinary methodology that integrates geoarchaeology, the technomorphological and functional study of portable material culture and graphic analysis, within a meticulous contextual assessment. The results provide very novel data regarding how, Through a series of carefully constructed cultural choices, this monument represents a true meeting point between locally available geological resources and resources accessible through contact with other communities. Well in its gross form, well carved in the form of engraved and painted sculptures or transformed into alt artifacts or technical and personal value, the materiality of the stone acquires in Palace III multiple cultural dimensions that only through modern scientific research is it possible to reconstruct.
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