Approach to the visual landscape of the Gor river megalithic necropolises (Granada, Spain)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4611235
AutoresCarolina Cabrero González (0000-0001-8144-0005, Universidad de Granada, autor de correspondencia), Antonio Garrido Almonacid (0000-0002-6479-2698, Universidad de Jaén), Juan Antonio Cámara Serrano (0000-0003-4007-0639, Universidad de Granada)
Año2024
Volumen33
Páginase00335
Fecha de publicación2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDigital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2212-0548
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.daach.2024.e00335
OpenAlexW4393541793
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas56

This paper presents the results of several visibility analysis carried out upon the 151 preserved megaliths of the Gor valley (Granada, Andalusia, Spain) as well as upon the 5 known settlements in the area with Chalcolithic chronology. In order to analyse the relationship between megaliths, settlements and territory during the Late Prehistory in Southeastern Iberia, the analyses carried out have been intervisibility and individual, cumulative and total or inherent viewshed. The results underline the existence of a noticeable network of visual connection between the megaliths as a whole, as well as with the settlements, especially in the middle river course. This interrelationship is only broken by some more distant necropolises that were already noted as they differ from the rest in both topographical and formal aspects. The results of cumulative and total viewshed show the exis tence of a defined strategy to choose megaliths locations, in order to visually control areas of the terrain that are not naturally privileged as observation points. The conclusions clearly point to the existence of an increasing network aimed at achieving the demarcation and total control over the exploited territory, creating a new landscape mainly linked to funerary monuments, from which ancestors tie past to present for defining territorial appropriation

Archaeology · Cartography · Geography · Human settlement · Megalith · Prehistory · Viewshed analysis · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies