Megaliths and Graphical Markers in Landscapes

This is a collection of papers from researchers dedicated to the study of megalithism and open-air rock art, all applying new methods to analyse and document monuments, clarifying their roles. Through interdisciplinary work they explore prehistoric occupation and offer a current view of megaliths and their value for heritage and conservation.

Megaliths and Graphical Markers in Landscape: New Techniques of Documentation brings together the papers presented at Session 366 of the 29th EAA Annual Meeting, which took place in Belfast (Northern Ireland). In addition, it includes contributions from other researchers who wished to take part in this collective publication, dedicated to the study of megalithism and open-air rock art.

The collected works share a common interest in the application of new methodologies for the analysis and documentation of these monuments, with the aim of deepening our understanding of their role within broader cultural and landscape contexts. Through interdisciplinary approaches, the studies presented here address key questions related to the processes of occupation, transformation and perception of territories during Prehistory. Taken together, the volume offers an up-to-date and critical perspective on the importance of megalithic features and graphic markers in the configuration of prehistoric landscapes, thus contributing to the advancement of archaeological heritage studies and their conservation.

Contributors

Introduction – Esther Navajo Samaniego, Alia Vázquez Martínez

The Buraco da Pala Rock-shelter (Passos-Santa Comba Mountain, Mirandela-Portugal). Scrutinizing Neolithic-Chalcolithic site functions and purposes – Maria Jesus Sanches, Joana Castro Teixeira, Nuno Ramos, Miguel Almeida

Dialogues between the north and south of the Iberian Peninsula in open-air decorations associated with megalithic builders – Alia Vázquez-Martínez, Esther Navajo-Samaniego

The dolmen phenomenon in the Southern Levant during the 4th millennium BC: The case study of Jebel al-Mutawwaq, Jordan – Alessandra Caselli

Picking up the pieces: A micro-stratigraphic and trans-disciplinary approach to the collective tombs of Horta do João da Moura 1 – Mónica Corga

Losing the colour: prehistoric painting in northwestern Iberia – Fernando Carrera

• Edited by Esther Navajo Samaniego
• Edited by Alia Vázquez Martínez