RT Journal Article
T1 From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)
A1 Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel
A1 Donaire Romero, Teodosio
A1 Ramírez Cruzado, Samuel
A1 Vargas Jiménez, Juan Manuel
A1 Muñiz Guinea, Fernando
A1 Martín, Mónica
A1 Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín
A1 Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco
A1 García Sanjuan, Leonardo
AB La Pastora tholos is the most complete and characteristic megalithic monument of the Valencinade la Concepción‐Castilleja de Guzmán mega‐site. This monument was built using threetypes of rock, each with different functions and coming from three different places: Paleozoicquartzarenite, granite, and Tertiary calcareous sandstone. A detailed petrological study of the rocksof the tholos and outcrops of similar rocks in the surroundings has been carried out, locating thepossible source areas in areas at least 30 km to the N of the monument for the quartzarenite, 15 kmfor the granite, and 15 km to the S for the sandstone. Therefore, the community that built the monument has a high knowledge of the nature by, which allows them to locate these resources, and a sufficient social organization to exploit them and move them to the mega‐site. In this sense, thelayout of the outcrops suggests the possible use of boats or rafts to facilitate their displacement, orat least part of their movement.
PB MDPI
SN 2075-163X (electrónico)
YR 2024
FD 2024-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23244
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23244
LA eng
NO Cáceres, L. M., Donaire, T., Ramírez-Cruzado, S., Vargas, J. M., Muñiz, F., Martín, M., Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Ruiz, F., & García-Sanjuán, L. (2024). From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain). In Minerals (Vol. 14, Issue 2, p. 194). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14020194
NO This research was funded by EPIT‐2020 of the University of Huelva (Proyectos IP Noveles 636). Other funds have come from the Andalusian Government (group RNM‐293). It is a contribution to the Research Center in Historical, Cultural, and Natural Heritage (CIPHCN) of the University of Huelva.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jun 2026