RT Journal Article
T1 In the bosom of the Earth: a new megalithic monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site
A1 García Sanjuan, Leonardo
A1 Rivera Jiménez, Timoteo
AB 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, the authors 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 worldview and encourage wider investigation of prehistoric place-making.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0003-598X
SN 1745-1744 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22138
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22138
LA eng
NO García Sanjuán, L., Wheatley, D. W., Lozano Rodríguez, J. A., Evangelista, L. S., González García, A. C., Cintas-Peña, M., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Nieto, V. B., Montero Artús, R., Kanz, F., Rebay-Salisbury, K., Jiménez Espejo, F. J., & Rivera Jiménez, T. (2023). In the bosom of the Earth: a new megalithic monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site. In Antiquity (pp. 1-20). Antiquity Publications. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.35
NO This study has been funded by the National R&D Plan of the Spanish Government (projectMegalithic Biographies: The Antequera Megalithic Landscape in its Temporal and Spatial Context,HAR2017-87481-P, 2018–2021), and by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research andInnovation Programme, under Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement no. 891776.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026