In the bosom of the Earth: a new megalithic monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site
In the bosom of the Earth: a new megalithic monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site
Antequera in southern Spain is widely recognised as an outstanding example of the European megalithic phenomenon. One of its most remarkable features is the evident relationship between conspicuous natural formations and human-built monuments. Here, theauthors report the results of their investigation of a tomb newly discovered at the site of Piedras Blancas at the foot of La Peña de los Enamorados, a limestone massif that dominates the Antequera plain. Excavation and multidisciplinary study, including geological, architectural and archaeoastronomical investigations, have revealed a complex funerary monument that is part natural, part built, part hypogeum, part megalith. The results emphasise the centrality of La Peña in the Neolithic world view and encourage wider investigation of prehistoric place-making.
Iberia, Neolithic, Copper Age, Bronze Age, Megalithic architecture, geological formations, burial practices
576-595
Garcia Sanjuan, Leonardo
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Wheatley, David W.
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Lozano Rodríguez, José Antonio
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July 2023
Garcia Sanjuan, Leonardo
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Wheatley, David W.
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Lozano Rodríguez, José Antonio
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et al.
(2023)
In the bosom of the Earth: a new megalithic monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site.
Antiquity, 9 (393), .
(doi:10.15184/aqy.2023.35).
Abstract
Antequera in southern Spain is widely recognised as an outstanding example of the European megalithic phenomenon. One of its most remarkable features is the evident relationship between conspicuous natural formations and human-built monuments. Here, theauthors report the results of their investigation of a tomb newly discovered at the site of Piedras Blancas at the foot of La Peña de los Enamorados, a limestone massif that dominates the Antequera plain. Excavation and multidisciplinary study, including geological, architectural and archaeoastronomical investigations, have revealed a complex funerary monument that is part natural, part built, part hypogeum, part megalith. The results emphasise the centrality of La Peña in the Neolithic world view and encourage wider investigation of prehistoric place-making.
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 July 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 April 2023
Published date: July 2023
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Iberia, Neolithic, Copper Age, Bronze Age, Megalithic architecture, geological formations, burial practices
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