In the Bosom of the Earth. A New Megalithic Monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site (Spain)

García Sanjuán, L.; Wheatley, D.W.; Lozano Rodríguez, J.A.; Shaw Evangelista, L.; 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.

Abstract

Antequera is widely recognised as an outstanding example of the European megalithic phenomenon. One of its most remarkable features is the intense relationship between conspicuous natural formations and human-made monuments. In September 2020 a grave, part ‘natural monument’, part hypogeum, part megalith, was discovered at the foot of La Peña de los Enamorados, a limestone massif that dominates the Antequera plain. The excavation and study of this tomb, based on a multi-method geological, architectural, archaeoastronomical, bioarchaeological and radiocarbon-based approach, reveals the centrality of this mountain in the Neolithic world-view while at the same time adds further layers of complexity to the Antequera landscape as a whole.

Citation

García Sanjuán, L., Wheatley, D., Lozano Rodríguez, J., Shaw Evangelista, L., González García, A., Cintas-Peña, M., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Nieto, V., Montero Artús, R., Kanz, F., Rebay-Salisbury, K., Jiménez Espejo, F., & Rivera Jiménez, T. (online). In the Bosom of the Earth. A New Megalithic Monument at the Antequera World Heritage Site (Spain). Antiquity, 97(393), 576 -595. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.35

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 29, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Apr 14, 2023
• Deposit Date: Aug 3, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 19, 2023
• Journal: Antiquity
• Print ISSN: 0003-598X
• Electronic ISSN: 1745-1744
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 393
• Pages: 576 -595
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.35
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1197695