RT Journal Article
T1 Road to encounters: stelae, burial practices and cultural hybridisation at Las Capellanías, Spain
A1 Rivera Jiménez, Timoteo
A1 Bermejo Meléndez, Javier
A1 García Sanjuan, Leonardo
AB Although thousands of prehistoric standing stones have been recorded across Iberia, the lack of associated detailed contextual data allows ongoing debate about their possible functions. Following the chance discovery of a "diademated" stela in 2018, excavations at Las Capellanías (Cañaveral de León, Huelva), in south-west Spain, led to the discovery of two more stelae and facilitated the compilation of vital contextual information. Here, the authors explore the association between these stelae, Bronze and Iron Age burials and an ancient routeway, revealing reuse, temporal persistence, geographical connectivity and cultural hybridisation in the widening networks of prehistoric Iberia.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0003-598X
SN 1745-1744 (electrónico)
YR 2026
FD 2026
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/28686
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/28686
LA eng
NO Rivera Jiménez, T., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Wheatley, D. W., Lozano Rodríguez, J. A., Montero Artús, R., Shaw Evangelista, L., Ruiz Flores, J., Lupión Álvarez, J. J., Bermejo Meléndez, J., Jiménez Ávila, J., Cousseau, F., Ling, J., Sánchez Díaz, F., & García Sanjuán, L. (2026). Road to encounters: stelae, burial practices and cultural hybridisation at Las Capellanías, Spain. Antiquity, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10369
NO This study was funded by the following institutions: Maritime Encounters Project of the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) (Grant number M21-0018), Durham University (UK), Research Group ATLAS (HUM-694) of the University of Sevilla (Spain), the University of Southampton (UK) and the City Council of Cañaveral de León (Huelva, Spain).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jul 2026