From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)

La Pastora tholos is the most complete and characteristic megalithic monument of the Valencina de la Concepción-Castilleja de Guzmán mega-site. This monument was built using three types of rock, each with different functions and coming from three different places: Paleozoic quartzarenite, granite, a...

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Autores: Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel, Donaire Romero, Teodosio, Ramírez Cruzado, Samuel, Vargas Jiménez, Juan Manuel, Muñiz Guinea, Fernando, Martín Oria, Mónica, Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín, Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco, García Sanjuán, Leonardo
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/155230
https://doi.org/10.3390/min14020194
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Palabra clave:geoarchaeology
megalithic monument
La Pastora tholos
copper age
Guadalquivir estuary
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spelling From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)Cáceres Puro, Luis MiguelDonaire Romero, TeodosioRamírez Cruzado, SamuelVargas Jiménez, Juan ManuelMuñiz Guinea, FernandoMartín Oria, MónicaRodríguez Vidal, JoaquínRuiz Muñoz, FranciscoGarcía Sanjuán, Leonardogeoarchaeologymegalithic monumentLa Pastora tholoscopper ageGuadalquivir estuaryLa Pastora tholos is the most complete and characteristic megalithic monument of the Valencina de la Concepción-Castilleja de Guzmán mega-site. This monument was built using three types of rock, each with different functions and coming from three different places: Paleozoic quartzarenite, granite, and Tertiary calcareous sandstone. A detailed petrological study of the rocks of the tholos and outcrops of similar rocks in the surroundings has been carried out, locating the possible source areas in areas at least 30 km to the N of the monument for the quartzarenite, 15 km for the granite, and 15 km to the S for the sandstone. Therefore, the community that built the monument has a high knowledge of the nature by, which allows them to locate these resources, and a sufficient social organization to exploit them and move them to the mega-site. In this sense, the layout of the outcrops suggests the possible use of boats or rafts to facilitate their displacement, or at least part of their movement.MDPIPrehistoria y ArqueologíaCristalografía, Mineralogía y Química AgrícolaHUM694: ATLAS. Territorios y Paisajes en la Prehistoria reciente de Andalucía2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/155230https://doi.org/10.3390/min14020194reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésCáceres, L.M.; Donaire, T.; Ramírez-Cruzado, S.; Vargas, J.M.; Muñiz, F.; Martín, M.; Rodríguez-Vidal, J.; Ruiz, F.; Sanjuán, L.G. From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain). Minerals 2024, 14, 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/min1402019410.3390/min14020194info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1552302026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)
title From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)
spellingShingle From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)
Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel
geoarchaeology
megalithic monument
La Pastora tholos
copper age
Guadalquivir estuary
title_short From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)
title_full From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)
title_fullStr From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)
title_full_unstemmed From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)
title_sort From the Mountain and the Sea: Provenance of the Stones of the Prehistoric La Pastora Tholos (Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel
Donaire Romero, Teodosio
Ramírez Cruzado, Samuel
Vargas Jiménez, Juan Manuel
Muñiz Guinea, Fernando
Martín Oria, Mónica
Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín
Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco
García Sanjuán, Leonardo
author Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel
author_facet Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel
Donaire Romero, Teodosio
Ramírez Cruzado, Samuel
Vargas Jiménez, Juan Manuel
Muñiz Guinea, Fernando
Martín Oria, Mónica
Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín
Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco
García Sanjuán, Leonardo
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author2 Donaire Romero, Teodosio
Ramírez Cruzado, Samuel
Vargas Jiménez, Juan Manuel
Muñiz Guinea, Fernando
Martín Oria, Mónica
Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín
Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco
García Sanjuán, Leonardo
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Prehistoria y Arqueología
Cristalografía, Mineralogía y Química Agrícola
HUM694: ATLAS. Territorios y Paisajes en la Prehistoria reciente de Andalucía
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv geoarchaeology
megalithic monument
La Pastora tholos
copper age
Guadalquivir estuary
topic geoarchaeology
megalithic monument
La Pastora tholos
copper age
Guadalquivir estuary
description La Pastora tholos is the most complete and characteristic megalithic monument of the Valencina de la Concepción-Castilleja de Guzmán mega-site. This monument was built using three types of rock, each with different functions and coming from three different places: Paleozoic quartzarenite, granite, and Tertiary calcareous sandstone. A detailed petrological study of the rocks of the tholos and outcrops of similar rocks in the surroundings has been carried out, locating the possible source areas in areas at least 30 km to the N of the monument for the quartzarenite, 15 km for the granite, and 15 km to the S for the sandstone. Therefore, the community that built the monument has a high knowledge of the nature by, which allows them to locate these resources, and a sufficient social organization to exploit them and move them to the mega-site. In this sense, the layout of the outcrops suggests the possible use of boats or rafts to facilitate their displacement, or at least part of their movement.
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