Benito Vilas-Estévez
Biographic Data
| ID | 4071802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benito Vilas-Estévez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benito |
| FAMILY NAME | Vilas-Estévez |
| SIGNATURE | VILAS-ESTÉVEZ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade de Vigo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Spatial insights of the tumular phenomenon in Serra do Laboreiro region (NW Iberian Peninsula)
The region of Planalto de Castro Laboreiro (Melgaço, Portugal), Baixa Limia (Ourense, Spain), and its surrounding areas is renowned for its significant concentration of tumular and megalithic sites. Despite the lack of formal excavations for most of the sites, this study employs a landscape archaeology approach supported by spatial statistics to identify possible spatial patterning behind the construction of the megalithic landscape. We tested mu…
Landscapes of the “Coast of Death”: Dolmen topographies of NW Iberia
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…
Domesticating Light and Shadows in the Neolithic: The Dombate Passage Grave (A Coruña, Spain)
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 Planning and Orientation of the Rego da Murta Dolmens (Alvaiázere, Portugal)
During the excavation of Rego da Murta Dolmen I, a structure belonging to a megalithic cluster in central Portugal, a number of small sub-quadrangular quartzite stones were found embedded within a layer below that of the deepest orthostat. In this paper, we report on these findings and highlight three key features of these small stones, namely their location relative to the dolmen’s plan, the distances between them, and their orientations. We sug…
Digital imaging techniques for recording and analysing prehistoric rock art panels in Galicia (NW Iberia)
AsTrend: Towards a new method for the study of ancient carvings
Digital imaging techniques for recording and analysing prehistoric rock art panels in Galicia (NW Iberia)
Domesticating Light and Shadows in the Neolithic: The Dombate Passage Grave (A Coruña, Spain)
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 Planning and Orientation of the Rego da Murta Dolmens (Alvaiázere, Portugal)
During the excavation of Rego da Murta Dolmen I, a structure belonging to a megalithic cluster in central Portugal, a number of small sub-quadrangular quartzite stones were found embedded within a layer below that of the deepest orthostat. In this paper, we report on these findings and highlight three key features of these small stones, namely their location relative to the dolmen’s plan, the distances between them, and their orientations. We sug…
AsTrend: Towards a new method for the study of ancient carvings
The Planning and Orientation of the Rego da Murta Dolmens (Alvaiázere, Portugal)
During the excavation of Rego da Murta Dolmen I, a structure belonging to a megalithic cluster in central Portugal, a number of small sub-quadrangular quartzite stones were found embedded within a layer below that of the deepest orthostat. In this paper, we report on these findings and highlight three key features of these small stones, namely their location relative to the dolmen’s plan, the distances between them, and their orientations. We sug…
Digital imaging techniques for recording and analysing prehistoric rock art panels in Galicia (NW Iberia)
Domesticating Light and Shadows in the Neolithic: The Dombate Passage Grave (A Coruña, Spain)
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…
Landscapes of the “Coast of Death”: Dolmen topographies of NW Iberia
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…
Spatial insights of the tumular phenomenon in Serra do Laboreiro region (NW Iberian Peninsula)
The region of Planalto de Castro Laboreiro (Melgaço, Portugal), Baixa Limia (Ourense, Spain), and its surrounding areas is renowned for its significant concentration of tumular and megalithic sites. Despite the lack of formal excavations for most of the sites, this study employs a landscape archaeology approach supported by spatial statistics to identify possible spatial patterning behind the construction of the megalithic landscape. We tested mu…
Archaeology (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (3 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Megalith (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical and Architectural Studies (2 works)