The Cañaveral de León stela (Huelva, Spain). A monumental sculpture in a landscape of settlements and pathways

A newly discovered prehistoric stela from Cañaveral de León (Huelva, Spain) is studied through a combination of scientic methods, including thin section petrography and lithological contextualisation, various state-of-the-art digital imaging techniques for the analysis of the engraved motifs (3D mod...

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Autores: Rivera Jiménez, Timoteo, García Sanjuán, Leonardo, Díaz-Guardamino, Marta, Donaire Romero, Teodoro, Morales González, Juan Antonio, Lozano Rodríguez, José Antonio, Rogerio Candelera, Miguel Ángel, Bermejo Meléndez, Javier, Aguilera Collado, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/127481
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/127481
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103251
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Stela
Lithology
Pigments
Healddress
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Settlement Patterns
Pathways
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Sumario:A newly discovered prehistoric stela from Cañaveral de León (Huelva, Spain) is studied through a combination of scientic methods, including thin section petrography and lithological contextualisation, various state-of-the-art digital imaging techniques for the analysis of the engraved motifs (3D modelling and Reectance TransformationImaging), and detection of pigments on its surface (Principal Components Analysis, HSI-contrast stretch, ferricpigments index and algebraic operations between bands), as well as archaeological surveys aimed at establishingthe landscape context the stela was part of. The results reveal this stela is analogous to a larger series of lateprehistoric sculptures portraying personages with ‘headdresses, largely concentrated in the Iberian south-westand often connected to Bronze Age settlements and burial sites. In addition, the Cañaveral de Leon stela isclosely associated to an old pathway that has had a historical prominence in terms of long-distance mobility,connecting various regions of western Spain in a South-North direction.

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