A César González-García
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 129237 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | A César González-García |
| NOMBRES | A César |
| APELLIDO | González-García |
| FIRMA | GONZÁLEZ-GARCÍA A C |
| AFILIACIONES | Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1831-8562 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
A GIS-Based Archaeoastronomical Approach to the Landscapes Built by the Mound Builders of Eastern Uruguay
This article presents an archaeoastronomical study of Indigenous mounds in the IndiaMuerta Wetlands region, Uruguay. These earthen structures, built and occupied from c. 3000 BC until the European conquest, played a crucial role in the landscape organisation of Indigenous populations. Data of various kinds, such as terrain elevation models, mound distribution and visibility models, were integrated and processed using Geographic Information System…
Ethnoarchaeology of a Ceremonial House Related to the Tembeta Rite of Passage
[EN] Large ceremonial houses are a widespread architectural form across the lowlands of South America, where they are central to diverse ritual practices. Among Guaraní-speaking peoples, one such practice is the male initiation rite kunumi pepy, in which the lower lip is pierced with a tembeta (labret) as a marker of social adulthood. This article examines the óga guasu, a large ceremonial house constructed by the Paĩ Tavyterã of eastern Paraguay…
Withdrawal
WITHDRAWAL: Rodríguez‐Antón, A., A. C. González‐García, M. A. AlMushawh, and J. A. Belmonte. 2025. “Archaeology, Epigraphy and Skyscape: Keys to Understanding Dadanite and Lihyanite Conception of Time.” Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy (Early View). https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12264 . The above article, published online on 03 January 2025 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been withdrawn by agreement between the authors; the…
On the fringes of Atlantic Rock Art
This paper presents multi-disciplinary research undertaken between 2022 and 2024 at El Riscal, the only rock art station known in Seville (Andalusia, Spain), a territory otherwise very rich in Late Prehistoric archaeological remains. Discovered in the 1980s and first published in the early 1990s, El Riscal presents engraved motifs not documented in other parts of southern Spain, where schematic-style painted rock art is prevalent. The set of meth…
Comensalismo político en Chile central
An Archaeology of the Sky in Gaul in the Augustan Period
Ancient Gaul was transformed during the reign of Augustus (r. 31 BC–14 AD) through a major programme of city building. The new Roman cities were constructed according to topographic, health and ritual considerations, and we hypothesise that their orientations also reflect distinct celestial conceptions held by the Gauls and by the Roman emperor Augustus. Our study of the orientation of 60 cities verifies the existence of coherent patterns, and di…
Living Skies / Cielos Vivos”. Oxford XII Conference, Isaac & VIII Jornadas Interamericanas de Astronomía Cultural, Siac, La Plata, Argentina, 31st October–4th November, 2022
“Living Skies / Cielos Vivos”. Oxford XII Conference, ISAAC & VIII Jornadas Interamericanas de Astronomía Cultural, SIAC, La Plata, Argentina, 31st October–4th November, 2022
In the bosom of the Earth
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 Antequer…
Mapping human mobility and analyzing spatial memory
The significance of local spatial choices and memory and their impact on mobility networks is scarcely recognised in Mongolian archaeology. Here, we present a mapping strategy aimed at disentangling the landscapes of movement and investigating the materiality that accumulated in the palimpsest of the Ikh Bogd Uul Mountain (Bayankhongor, Mongolia). Based on an integrated and diachronic approach, our analysis encompasses a variety of strategies and…
Landscapes of the “Coast of Death”
This paper investigates the landscapes of Neolithic communities found within Costa da Morte (Coast of Death), Galicia. Its goal is to uncover whether or not the megalithic monuments of a particular and coherent area of the south-eastern side of the Atlantic Façade are situated in relation to complex locational variables. In particular, in this paper, we explore the entirety of their surrounding horizon. For the very first time, we were able to de…
The Winter Solstice as a Roman Cultural Fingerprint from the Mythical Origins of Rome to Augustus
The winter solstice shaped Rome and its landscape from the ancestral cult of Saturnus as primordial god of the Roman territory before the city’s founding to its use by Augustus as one of the signs of his multiple celestial and solar connections. The important feasts around this date are well known and, in this paper, we propose to demonstrate how some significant public monuments, possibly from the origins of Rome and certainly from during August…
Guiding Sky
This paper presents an astronomical study of a sample of ancient cairns, stelae and burials at the cairnfield of Xiis (Heis) in Somaliland, a historic centre of long-distance trade between different cultures. The analyses reveal a set of significant orientations that the paper relates to the seasonal movements of the region’s nomads, which are believed to have remained unchanged for millennia. The structures, which date from the first to the thir…
Light and Shadow Effects in Megalithic Monuments in the Iberian Peninsula
Atlantic Europe and the Mediterranean, especially the Iberian Peninsula, contain thousands of Megalithic monuments, such as dolmens and passage graves, built at the end of the Neolithic and Bronze Age. These are funereal monuments normally built with large bolders that define a space usually kept in darkness except for a period of time when light may enter the inner parts. These light and shadow displays were used in all likelihood to highlight d…
Ad orientem
En este trabajo se examina, desde la perspectiva de la Astronomía Cultural, si las iglesias románicas del Camino de Santiago siguen un patrón de orientación común a todas ellas. Para ello, se ha obtenido la orientación de 191 templos en los antiguos reinos de León y Castilla, y se ha realizado un estudio comparativo. Ambos reinos comparten orientaciones hacia la salida del sol el domingo de Pascua, probablemente obtenidas en su mayoría mediante o…
The River and the Sky
America's first urban centers may have been located in the Supe Valley, Peru. After investigating the location and the orientation of the main built structures, we show that it is not only the presence of the Supe River that determines their orientation but also that astronomical relationships within the orientation of the buildings dictate their setting within the valley. The southernmost position of moonrise on the horizon seems to be the most …
Supplementary Video 2 to 'Lunar Standstills or Lunistices, Reality or Myth?' by A. César González-García and Juan A. Belmonte
There is an intense debate in cultural astronomy on the importance of lunar standstills in prehistory or antiquity, and even on whether this elusive and difficult-to-understand phenomenon actually was then recognised. In the present paper, we seek to address those who advocate no longer using the terms "lunar standstill" or the related "lunistice". We begin by clarifying what the concept actually involves, before highlighting some case studies wh…
Supplementary Video 1 to 'Lunar Standstills or Lunistices, Reality or Myth?' by A. César González-García and Juan A. Belmonte
There is an intense debate in cultural astronomy on the importance of lunar standstills in prehistory or antiquity, and even on whether this elusive and difficult-to-understand phenomenon actually was then recognised. In the present paper, we seek to address those who advocate no longer using the terms "lunar standstill" or the related "lunistice". We begin by clarifying what the concept actually involves, before highlighting some case studies wh…
Determinación de orientaciones de ciudades romanas por medio de la varatio
En el presente artículo se aborda la tan debatida cuestión de las orientaciones de ciudades romanas combinando dos procedimientos: un análisis estadístico de las orientaciones de una muestra significativa de ciudades romanas en la península ibérica, y los resultados de una investigación basada en la experimentación y reconstrucción de instrumental de agrimensura romana. En concreto, se busca reforzar, o rechazar, la hipótesis del empleo de la var…
Lunar Standstills or Lunistices, Reality or Myth
There is an intense debate in cultural astronomy on the importance of lunar standstills in prehistory or antiquity, and even on whether this elusive and difficult-to-understand phenomenon actually was then recognised. In the present paper, we seek to address those who advocate no longer using the terms "lunar standstill" or the related "lunistice". We begin by clarifying what the concept actually involves, before highlighting some case studies wh…
Domesticating Light and Shadows in the Neolithic
Research on the Neolithic monuments and dwellings of Atlantic Europe has shown that plays of light and colour were tools for the social and symbolic construction of the world. The integration of the architectures into the surrounding landscape and the incorporation of the surrounding landscape into the architectures were an essential part of this logic. In this context, recent research in the megalithic passage grave of Dombate has evidenced an u…
The making of an imperial agricultural landscape in the Valley of Belén
Estimating the Reliability of Digital Data Acquisition in Cultural Astronomy
Digital tools are increasingly used in cultural astronomy, so that it is now more important than ever to assess their precision and reliability, and to identify what uncertainties they may introduce. The present work aims to address these issues by comparing a dataset of orientations of Roman cities in the Iberian Peninsula measured in situ with measurements of the same structures obtained through different digital tools. By this, it is possible …
A. d. viiii Kalendas Octobres, dies natalis Augusti. Some Considerations on the Astronomical Orientation of Roman Cologne and the Imperial Cult
A key factor in planning and orienting towns in the Roman world, and in particular in Augustan towns, was cosmology. The application of cosmological criteria in these towns, associated with specific political and religious principles of the principate of Augustus, has been already identified in Italia, Gallia, and Hispania. In this article we examine the orientation of the Roman town of Ara Ubiorum (present day Cologne) that could be related with…
The contribution of Bayesian analysis to the chronology of Iron Age north-western Iberia
The Marriage of Astronomy and Culture
The 24th Conference of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) (http:// www.archeoastronomy.org), held in Bath (UK) between the
Lunar Extremes, Lunar Cycles and the Minor Standstill
Complejo Arquitectónico Cerro Mercachas
In this paper we discuss Inca occupation in the central zone of Chile, through the study of the biggest imperial site so far known in the area: the architectonical complex of Cerro Mercachas. An intra-site analysis was able to identify a linear and tripartite spatial organization of the site. Together with the scarce material culture identified, we suggest a ritual function for this site, related to festivities surrounding Inca metropolitan calen…
The River and the Sky
America's first urban centers may have been located in the Supe Valley, Peru. After investigating the location and the orientation of the main built structures, we show that it is not only the presence of the Supe River that determines their orientation but also that astronomical relationships within the orientation of the buildings dictate their setting within the valley. The southernmost position of moonrise on the horizon seems to be the most …
Astronomical significance of architectural orientations in the Maya Lowlands
In the bosom of the Earth
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 Antequer…
Mapping human mobility and analyzing spatial memory
The significance of local spatial choices and memory and their impact on mobility networks is scarcely recognised in Mongolian archaeology. Here, we present a mapping strategy aimed at disentangling the landscapes of movement and investigating the materiality that accumulated in the palimpsest of the Ikh Bogd Uul Mountain (Bayankhongor, Mongolia). Based on an integrated and diachronic approach, our analysis encompasses a variety of strategies and…
Guiding Sky
This paper presents an astronomical study of a sample of ancient cairns, stelae and burials at the cairnfield of Xiis (Heis) in Somaliland, a historic centre of long-distance trade between different cultures. The analyses reveal a set of significant orientations that the paper relates to the seasonal movements of the region’s nomads, which are believed to have remained unchanged for millennia. The structures, which date from the first to the thir…
Lunar Standstills or Lunistices, Reality or Myth
There is an intense debate in cultural astronomy on the importance of lunar standstills in prehistory or antiquity, and even on whether this elusive and difficult-to-understand phenomenon actually was then recognised. In the present paper, we seek to address those who advocate no longer using the terms "lunar standstill" or the related "lunistice". We begin by clarifying what the concept actually involves, before highlighting some case studies wh…
Domesticating Light and Shadows in the Neolithic
Research on the Neolithic monuments and dwellings of Atlantic Europe has shown that plays of light and colour were tools for the social and symbolic construction of the world. The integration of the architectures into the surrounding landscape and the incorporation of the surrounding landscape into the architectures were an essential part of this logic. In this context, recent research in the megalithic passage grave of Dombate has evidenced an u…
The making of an imperial agricultural landscape in the Valley of Belén
Estimating the Reliability of Digital Data Acquisition in Cultural Astronomy
Digital tools are increasingly used in cultural astronomy, so that it is now more important than ever to assess their precision and reliability, and to identify what uncertainties they may introduce. The present work aims to address these issues by comparing a dataset of orientations of Roman cities in the Iberian Peninsula measured in situ with measurements of the same structures obtained through different digital tools. By this, it is possible …
The contribution of Bayesian analysis to the chronology of Iron Age north-western Iberia
The Pillars of the Earth and the Sky
Some cities were built with the idea of establishing cosmic order. The sky used to be a very important component of the landscape that has been lost completely in our modern, overcrowded, and excessively illuminated, cities. However, this was not the case in the past. Astronomy actually played a most relevant role in urban planning, particularly in the organization of sacred spaces which were later surrounded by extensive civil urban areas. Today…
The Winter Solstice as a Roman Cultural Fingerprint from the Mythical Origins of Rome to Augustus
The winter solstice shaped Rome and its landscape from the ancestral cult of Saturnus as primordial god of the Roman territory before the city’s founding to its use by Augustus as one of the signs of his multiple celestial and solar connections. The important feasts around this date are well known and, in this paper, we propose to demonstrate how some significant public monuments, possibly from the origins of Rome and certainly from during August…
The Marriage of Astronomy and Culture
The 24th Conference of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) (http:// www.archeoastronomy.org), held in Bath (UK) between the
Archaeological Footprints of the “Celtic Calendar”
Despite their elusiveness, the people referred to as “Celts” by ancient chroniclers left behind certain archaeological remains that may be interepreted from the perspective of archaeoastronomy in an attempt to discover a calendrical “root” for them. In recent years, a number of studies on Late Iron Age sites, Roman or romanised locations and Christian landscapes in Hispania and in Gaul raised the possibility of detecting physical evidence of the …
De Bibracte à Augustodunum
La colonie romaine de Lugdunum a été orientée vers le 1er août dès sa fondation en 43 av. n. è., 31 ans avant l’inauguration de l’autel des Trois Gaules, dont les fêtes étaient célébrées le même jour. Cet article suit les traces de C. Iulius Vercondaridubnus, le premier prêtre du culte pan-gaulois de Lugdunum pour voir si dans le contexte historique du transfert de la capitale des Éduens de Bibracte à Augustodunum sous le règne d’Auguste, des sit…
Le 1er août à Lugdunum sous l’Empire romain
Le débat sur l’interprétation de la fête du Concilium Galliarum , le 1 er août, à Lugdunum , oppose les tenants d’une position « celtisante » inaugurée par d’Arbois de Jubainville à ceux d’une position « romaniste » fondée par Jullian. Les auteurs envisagent la nécessité de son dépassement en actualisant des aspects de l’agenda d’Audin. Ils étudient le tracé urbain de la colonie et du sanctuaire municipal du culte impérial en constatant son orien…
Complejo Arquitectónico Cerro Mercachas
In this paper we discuss Inca occupation in the central zone of Chile, through the study of the biggest imperial site so far known in the area: the architectonical complex of Cerro Mercachas. An intra-site analysis was able to identify a linear and tripartite spatial organization of the site. Together with the scarce material culture identified, we suggest a ritual function for this site, related to festivities surrounding Inca metropolitan calen…
Le 1er août à Lugdunum sous l’Empire romain
Le débat sur l’interprétation de la fête du Concilium Galliarum , le 1 er août, à Lugdunum , oppose les tenants d’une position « celtisante » inaugurée par d’Arbois de Jubainville à ceux d’une position « romaniste » fondée par Jullian. Les auteurs envisagent la nécessité de son dépassement en actualisant des aspects de l’agenda d’Audin. Ils étudient le tracé urbain de la colonie et du sanctuaire municipal du culte impérial en constatant son orien…
La Orientación de las Iglesias Prerrománicas de Galicia
Se muestran los resultados de la labor de medida de las orientaciones de los ábsides y cabeceras de 25 iglesias prerrománicas analizadas hasta el momento en Galicia. Si bien el trabajo es aun preliminar ya se pueden extraer un número de interesantes resultados y conclusiones. Las iglesias de nuestra muestra presentan características comunes a las de los templos de la misma época del resto de la Península. Aparece una tendencia generalizada a most…
Nemrud Dag
«Orientatio ad sidera»
Archaeological investigations in Cartagena –the ancient Punic Qart Hadašt, Roman Carthago Nova– have manifested the existence of ritual, urban and topographical elements that could be analyzed from the perspective of Cultural Astronomy. Therefore, in October 2013, an interdisciplinary team of astronomers and archaeologists conducted a field campaign of the main topographic and archaeological landmarks of the Punic and Roman periods of the city. M…
The Pillars of the Earth and the Sky
Some cities were built with the idea of establishing cosmic order. The sky used to be a very important component of the landscape that has been lost completely in our modern, overcrowded, and excessively illuminated, cities. However, this was not the case in the past. Astronomy actually played a most relevant role in urban planning, particularly in the organization of sacred spaces which were later surrounded by extensive civil urban areas. Today…
Landscape construction and time reckoning in Iron Age Celtic Iberia
In this paper, we report on three areas of the Iberian Peninsula that were occupied at least during the Iron Age and the early stages of Romanisation, where observations of astronomical phenomena in the landscape, rock carvings, and Latin inscriptions point to a particular method of time reckoning. All of these sites have previously been connected with the Celtic culture. The knowledge of the natural world that Classical sources assigned to these…
Astronomical significance of architectural orientations in the Maya Lowlands
Lunar Extremes, Lunar Cycles and the Minor Standstill
De Bibracte à Augustodunum
La colonie romaine de Lugdunum a été orientée vers le 1er août dès sa fondation en 43 av. n. è., 31 ans avant l’inauguration de l’autel des Trois Gaules, dont les fêtes étaient célébrées le même jour. Cet article suit les traces de C. Iulius Vercondaridubnus, le premier prêtre du culte pan-gaulois de Lugdunum pour voir si dans le contexte historique du transfert de la capitale des Éduens de Bibracte à Augustodunum sous le règne d’Auguste, des sit…
A. d. viiii Kalendas Octobres, dies natalis Augusti. Some Considerations on the Astronomical Orientation of Roman Cologne and the Imperial Cult
A key factor in planning and orienting towns in the Roman world, and in particular in Augustan towns, was cosmology. The application of cosmological criteria in these towns, associated with specific political and religious principles of the principate of Augustus, has been already identified in Italia, Gallia, and Hispania. In this article we examine the orientation of the Roman town of Ara Ubiorum (present day Cologne) that could be related with…
The contribution of Bayesian analysis to the chronology of Iron Age north-western Iberia
The Marriage of Astronomy and Culture
The 24th Conference of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) (http:// www.archeoastronomy.org), held in Bath (UK) between the
Archaeological Footprints of the “Celtic Calendar”
Despite their elusiveness, the people referred to as “Celts” by ancient chroniclers left behind certain archaeological remains that may be interepreted from the perspective of archaeoastronomy in an attempt to discover a calendrical “root” for them. In recent years, a number of studies on Late Iron Age sites, Roman or romanised locations and Christian landscapes in Hispania and in Gaul raised the possibility of detecting physical evidence of the …
Estimating the Reliability of Digital Data Acquisition in Cultural Astronomy
Digital tools are increasingly used in cultural astronomy, so that it is now more important than ever to assess their precision and reliability, and to identify what uncertainties they may introduce. The present work aims to address these issues by comparing a dataset of orientations of Roman cities in the Iberian Peninsula measured in situ with measurements of the same structures obtained through different digital tools. By this, it is possible …
Domesticating Light and Shadows in the Neolithic
Research on the Neolithic monuments and dwellings of Atlantic Europe has shown that plays of light and colour were tools for the social and symbolic construction of the world. The integration of the architectures into the surrounding landscape and the incorporation of the surrounding landscape into the architectures were an essential part of this logic. In this context, recent research in the megalithic passage grave of Dombate has evidenced an u…
The making of an imperial agricultural landscape in the Valley of Belén
Supplementary Video 2 to 'Lunar Standstills or Lunistices, Reality or Myth?' by A. César González-García and Juan A. Belmonte
There is an intense debate in cultural astronomy on the importance of lunar standstills in prehistory or antiquity, and even on whether this elusive and difficult-to-understand phenomenon actually was then recognised. In the present paper, we seek to address those who advocate no longer using the terms "lunar standstill" or the related "lunistice". We begin by clarifying what the concept actually involves, before highlighting some case studies wh…
Supplementary Video 1 to 'Lunar Standstills or Lunistices, Reality or Myth?' by A. César González-García and Juan A. Belmonte
There is an intense debate in cultural astronomy on the importance of lunar standstills in prehistory or antiquity, and even on whether this elusive and difficult-to-understand phenomenon actually was then recognised. In the present paper, we seek to address those who advocate no longer using the terms "lunar standstill" or the related "lunistice". We begin by clarifying what the concept actually involves, before highlighting some case studies wh…
Determinación de orientaciones de ciudades romanas por medio de la varatio
En el presente artículo se aborda la tan debatida cuestión de las orientaciones de ciudades romanas combinando dos procedimientos: un análisis estadístico de las orientaciones de una muestra significativa de ciudades romanas en la península ibérica, y los resultados de una investigación basada en la experimentación y reconstrucción de instrumental de agrimensura romana. En concreto, se busca reforzar, o rechazar, la hipótesis del empleo de la var…
Lunar Standstills or Lunistices, Reality or Myth
There is an intense debate in cultural astronomy on the importance of lunar standstills in prehistory or antiquity, and even on whether this elusive and difficult-to-understand phenomenon actually was then recognised. In the present paper, we seek to address those who advocate no longer using the terms "lunar standstill" or the related "lunistice". We begin by clarifying what the concept actually involves, before highlighting some case studies wh…
Light and Shadow Effects in Megalithic Monuments in the Iberian Peninsula
Atlantic Europe and the Mediterranean, especially the Iberian Peninsula, contain thousands of Megalithic monuments, such as dolmens and passage graves, built at the end of the Neolithic and Bronze Age. These are funereal monuments normally built with large bolders that define a space usually kept in darkness except for a period of time when light may enter the inner parts. These light and shadow displays were used in all likelihood to highlight d…
Ad orientem
En este trabajo se examina, desde la perspectiva de la Astronomía Cultural, si las iglesias románicas del Camino de Santiago siguen un patrón de orientación común a todas ellas. Para ello, se ha obtenido la orientación de 191 templos en los antiguos reinos de León y Castilla, y se ha realizado un estudio comparativo. Ambos reinos comparten orientaciones hacia la salida del sol el domingo de Pascua, probablemente obtenidas en su mayoría mediante o…
The River and the Sky
America's first urban centers may have been located in the Supe Valley, Peru. After investigating the location and the orientation of the main built structures, we show that it is not only the presence of the Supe River that determines their orientation but also that astronomical relationships within the orientation of the buildings dictate their setting within the valley. The southernmost position of moonrise on the horizon seems to be the most …
Landscapes of the “Coast of Death”
This paper investigates the landscapes of Neolithic communities found within Costa da Morte (Coast of Death), Galicia. Its goal is to uncover whether or not the megalithic monuments of a particular and coherent area of the south-eastern side of the Atlantic Façade are situated in relation to complex locational variables. In particular, in this paper, we explore the entirety of their surrounding horizon. For the very first time, we were able to de…
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