Although the megalithic phenomenon in southern Iberia has received attention since the mid‐
nineteenth century, there has been very little attention paid to the role that megalithic …

What is one to do with megaliths, now that their classification into evolutionary sequences–
the mainstay of megalithic study over so many years–seems to offer insufficient insights? Yet …

It is well known that Neolithic megalithic landscapes are the result of complex locational
logics governing where communities chose to site their funerary monuments. These logics in …

This paper describes the results of the fieldwork stage (2000-2002) of a project dealing with
the megalithic phenomenon in Almadén de la Plata (Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain), carried out …

In Galicia, works that studied the megalithic locational patterns developed only fieldwork-
based approaches. As a result, the locational criteria were defined using ideas through a …

The study of landscape as social construction implies considering its economic and
territorial dimensions, as much as its symbolic ones. A major topic in such kinds of studies is …

Archaeological, historical, and ethnographic research has demonstrated how mountainous
environments influence the socio-cultural dynamics of the communities that live in them and …

Movement is integral to all aspects of human life. It allows us to carry out tasks ranging from
the basic act of obtaining food to travelling long distances to trade goods and engage in …

This paper discusses briefly certain concepts as: prehistoric art, the megalithic phenomenon,
megalithic art, and archaeological interpretation. It stresses the need to look at" megalithic …

The background of this paper is the biographical relationship between the Menga dolmen
and La Peña de los Enamorados mountain (a conspicuous and highly-recognisable natural …