The Copper Age in the lands of Antequera (Málaga)introduction to the settlement patterns and social dynamics

  1. García Sanjuán, Leonardo 1
  2. Moreno Escobar, María del Carmen 2
  3. Márquez Pérez, Joaquín 1
  4. Wheatley, David W. 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03yxnpp24

  2. 2 University of Southampton
Zeitschrift:
Zephyrus: Revista de prehistoria y arqueología

ISSN: 0514-7336

Datum der Publikation: 2016

Nummer: 78

Seiten: 35-65

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.14201/ZEPHYRUS2016783565 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen Access editor

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Zusammenfassung

Antequera (Málaga) is home to one of the most important Neolithic and Copper Age megalithic landscapes in Europe, as proven by its recent declaration as a World Heritage Site by unesco on July 15th 2016. This declaration highlights the need to push ahead in the research of the Neolithic and Copper Age periods, when the megalithic phenomenon developed and the three large Antequera megaliths, Menga, Viera and El Romeral, were built. In this paper, stemming from an on-going research project, we present a synthesis of the evidence available for the study of the Copper Age settlement patterns and social dynamics in the Lands of Antequera. Departing from a comprehensive review of the existing literature an assessment is made of the settlement patterns, subsistence economy, exploitation and exchange of abiotic resources, monumentality and burial practices of this time period. The aim is to formulate a preliminary framework of analysis of the cultural and social context in which the construction of El Romeral, the largest tholos monument known in Iberia, took place.

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This study has been conducted as part of two projects: Nature, Society and Monumentality: High-Resolution Archaeological Research into the Megalithic Landscape of Antequera (har2013-45149-p) (2014-2017), part of the national r + d plan of the Spanish Government’s Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and Societies, Territories and Landscapes in the Prehistory of the Lands of Antequera (Málaga), (2013-2018) approved by the Andalusian Regional Government.

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Bibliographische Referenzen

  • Afonso, J. A.; Cámara, J. A.; Martínez Fernández, G. and Molina, F. (2011): “Objetos en materias primas exóticas y estructura jerárquica de las tumbas de la necrópolis de Los Millares (Santa Fe de Mondújar, Almería, España).” In García Sanjuán, L.; Scarre, C. and Wheathley, D. (eds.): Exploring Time and Matter in Prehistoric Monuments: Absolute Chronology and Rare Rocks in European Megaliths. Proceedings of the 2nd emsg Meeting (Seville, 2008). Sevilla, pp. 295-332.
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