Deconstructing Neolithic Monumental Space

The Montenegro Enclosure in Galicia (Northwest Iberia)

Bibliographic Data

ID6044547
AuthorsCamila Gianotti (0000-0002-1446-3503, Universidad de la República de Uruguay, corresponding author), Patricia Mañana-Borrazás (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Felipe Criado-Boado, Felipe Criado Boado (0000-0003-4235-706X, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Elías López-Romero (0000-0002-7177-632X, Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio)
Year2011
Volume21
Issue3
Pages391-406
Publication date2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0959774311000436
OpenAlexW2019612125
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited29

This article presents a comparative analysis of archaeological sites in northwest Iberia focusing on Neolithic spatial concepts and their materialization in different architectures from this period. The recently excavated site of Montenegro in Galicia is analysed to determine how the construction of circular enclosures reproduces the organizational model of space identified in monumental architectures elsewhere. The origin of these constructions, their functionality and their relation with other archaeological phenomena are explored to show how they are all different versions of the same concept. Finally the authors discuss what they consider their key point that the prevalence of circular design may be recognized behind the diverse materialities as an essential instrument of Neolithic societies which began to tame the world

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Montenegro · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Computer Science · History · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology

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