RT Journal Article
T1 The Menhir as an Oral Tradition in Cattle-Raising Territories: First Geological Provenance Analyses at the Antequera Heritage Site, Spain
A1 Cabello-Ligero, Lidia
A1 Bueno-Ramírez, Primitiva
A1 Armenteros-Lojo, Lidia
A1 Suárez Padilla, José
A1 Caro-Herrero, José Luis
A1 De-Balbín-Behrmann, Rodrigo
A1 Barroso-Bermejo, Rosa
A1 Vázquez-Martínez, Alia
A1 Durán-Velasco, Juan José
A1 Durán-Laforet, Sergio
A1 Jordá-Bordehore, Rafael
A1 Morales-García, Raquel
A1 Varo-Sánchez-Garrido, Miguel Ángel
K1 Monumentos megalíticos
K1 Dólmenes - Antequera
K1 Menhires
AB The great megalithic sites reveal an extended use of their monuments. In Late Prehistory, in Protohistory, and even in historical times, dolmens remained visible references on the landscape and were central for navigating it. The megaliths of Menga, Viera, and Romeral provide quality data to confirm their continued relevance. Our aim here is to understand whether menhirs also played that role, using the area of Tierras de Antequera, which is connected to the sea, as a case study. With that goal in mind, a research project has been initiated through intensive archaeological field surveying, combined with the collection of testimonies from oral tradition and other archaeological tools such as GIS, geophysical prospection, photogrammetry and RTI, for the detection of engravings and paintings on some of the located landmarks. We present in this paper the first geological analyses in the megalithic territory of Antequera to determine the raw material of the menhirs that are studied and the geological outcrops from which they come.
PB MDPI
YR 2025
FD 2025-07-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39492
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39492
LA eng
NO Cabello-Ligero, L., Bueno-Ramírez, P., Armenteros-Lojo, M. J., Suarez Padilla, J., Caro Herrero, J. L., de Balbín-Behrmann, R., Barroso-Bermejo, R., Vázquez Martínez, A., Durán Valsero, J. J., Durán-Laforet, S. R., Jordá Bordehore, R., Morales García, R., & Varo Sánchez-Garrido, M. Á. (2025). The Menhir as an Oral Tradition in Cattle-Raising Territories: First Geological Provenance Analyses at the Antequera Heritage Site, Spain. Heritage, 8(8), 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage8080291
NO PID2022-141188NB-I00 of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Government of Spain. L. Cabello’s research is co-funded by the State Research Agency (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain) and the European Social Fund Plus. Reference: PTA2022-022209-I/MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026