Overview

The Dolmen de Soto is considered one of the premier Neolithic passage graves in the Iberian Peninsula. Set within a flat fertile plain and c. 8.5km south-east of the town of Trigueros in Andalucía, this monument was in use some 5000 years ago and was part of a unique pan-Atlantic European cultural revolution that included ornamentation of the internal spaces of many passage grave monuments. The site was discovered in 1923 by Armando de Soto Morillas and subsequently excavated over three consecutive seasons by the German archaeologist Hugo Obermaier. The passage and chamber are constructed within a low circular mound that measures 75m in diameter, making it one of the largest passage graves in Europe.  The Dolmen de Soto has recently undergone a significant restoration programme and as part of this project, engraved and painted images upon the upright stones within the passage and chamber areas were investigated and recorded by a team of international scientists between 2016 and 2017 using a variety of photogrammetric methods. This publication tells the fascinating story of the archaeological and historical context of the site, along with the methods employed and stunning results the project yielded.

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Author:   Sara Garcês (Post-doctoral Researcher, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Portugal) ,  Hipólito Collado Giraldo (Professor of Neolithic Rock Art, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Portugal) ,  José Julio García Arranz (Associate Professor of the Department of Art and Territory Sciences, University of Extremadura) ,  George Nash (Associate Professor, Geosciences Centre, IPT (u. ID73 – FCT), Portugal)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Weight:   0.772kg
ISBN:  

9781803272450

ISBN 10:   1803272457
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   28 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   Spanish

Table of Contents

Prólogo ; Presentación – Job Flores Fernández ; Introducción: el dolmen de Soto de Trigueros, un hito singular en la Prehistoria de la peninsula ibérica – José Julio García Arranz, Hipólito Collado Giraldo ; Historia de la investigación arqueológica en el dolmen de Soto – Hipólito Collado Giraldo, José Julio García Arranz, Elena Garrido Fernández ; Metodología aplicada en el registro digital tridimensional del dolmen de Soto – Samuel Pérez Romero, José Enrique Capilla Nicolás ; Catálogo de manifestaciones gráficas pintadas y grabadas en el dolmen de Soto – Sara Garcês, Hipólito Collado Giraldo, José Julio García Arranz, Luiz Oosterbeek ; Análisis de los pigmentos del dolmen de Soto – Hugo Gomes, Pierluigi Rosina, Sara Garcês, Maria Nicoli, Carmela Vaccaro, Salvatore Pepi ; Características generales del arte rupestre del dolmen de Soto – José Julio García Arranz, Hipólito Collado Giraldo ; El dolmen de Soto en el contexto de la consolidación de las sociedades agropastorales – George Nash ; Applying new science to an Ancient Monument – Sara Garcês, Hugo Gomes, Hipolito Collado, José Julio García Arranz, Pierluigi Rosina, George Nash ; Autores de los textos ; Referencias bibliográficas

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"Sara Garcês is a contracted researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar in Portugal and a researcher at the Geosciences Centre of the University of Coimbra, coordinator of the laboratory of rock art of the Earth and Memory Institute and Tagus Valley Museum of Prehistoric and Sacred Art. Hipólito Collado Giraldo is head of the Archaeological section of the Extremadura province and Professor of Neolithic Rock Art at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar. He is a Senior Researcher at the Museum of Prehistoric Art in Mação and Geosciences Centre of the University of Coimbra. José Julio García Arranz is Associate Professor of the Department of Art and Territory Sciences at the University of Extremadura. He has coordinated research projects and has made various contributions on the schematic open air rock art of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. George Nash is an Associate Professor at the Geosciences Centre, IPT (u. ID73 – FCT), Portugal. Dr Nash is a specialist in rock art, and gained his doctorate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, researching hunter-fisher-gatherer rock art along coastal Norway and Levantine Spain. Between 1998 and 2016, Dr Nash lectured parttime within the University of Bristol. He has undertaken research in many parts of the world, and has published over 250 papers and edited, co-edited and written 38 books. Pierluigi Rosina is director of the MA in Dynamic of Cultural Landscapes (Erasmus Mundus) of Polytechnic Institute of Tomar. He was coordinator of ""Rupscience"" project (2008) and participates in several European and national projects. Hugo Gomes has a degree in Geology - Scientific branch and a Master in Geosciences - Geoarchaeology from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra, with a PhD in Quaternary, Materials and Cultures at UTAD in 2015. During his training, it is worth mentioning the experience in organizing activities for the promotion of scientific culture and various collaborations in initiatives in Live Science Centers, as well as a vast experience in laboratory practices and field work. He has been involved in multidisciplinary research projects in the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Brazil, Angola and Ethiopia. He was part of the technical team of the UNESCO World Geopark in Portugal, working in the area of Science and Research. Since 2021 he is integrated in the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar as a researcher in the TURARQ and FIRST-ART projects. Luiz Oosterbeek is the President of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences and Professor of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar. President of the Instituto Terra e Memória (Portugal) and visiting Professor in several Universities in Europe and Brazil, he is the Director of the Museum of Prehistoric Art in Mação (PT) and Vice-President of HERITY International (IT). Elena Garrido Fernández holds a degree in History and a Master’s degree in Historical and Natural Heritage from the University of Huelva. She is a student of the PhD programme in History, in the Prehistory research line at the University of Seville. Elena is a member of the Research Group ‘Territory and Power from Prehistory to the Middle Ages’ at the University of Huelva. Research grant until 2020 by the Fundación Extremeña de la Cultura in the ‘Laboratorio de Investigación en Paleontología y Evolución del Comportamiento Humano de Extremadura’ (Extremadura Research Laboratory on Palaeontology and Evolution of Human Behaviour). Her main research activity focuses on the study of prehistoric chronologies, having specialised in the analysis of grave goods in funerary deposits in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Since 2013, she has been participating in the archaeo-palaeontological excavation campaigns in the ‘Cuevas de Fuentes de León Natural Monument’ (Badajoz), being co-director of the project ‘Origins: Study of the Prehistoric Occupation in the Cave Complex of the Cuevas Fuentes de León Natural Monument’. With a degree in Art History from the University of Extremadura, Samuel Pérez Romero has been working as an archaeologist since 2003, participating as a director and technician in numerous preventive and emergency archaeological interventions, training and specializing in planimetric documentation and archaeological field drawings. From 2011 to the present day, in the field of regional administration, he has been a member of the team in charge of updating and maintaining the Archaeological Map of Extremadura and its geographic and cartographic information system, also collaborating in publications of different institutions and in various archaeological projects of the Regional Government of Extremadura: among others, in excavation campaigns in the Natural Monument Cuevas de Fuentes de León (Badajoz), in different editions of the course of archaeology and excavation of the Roman city of Regina (in Casas de Reina, Badajoz) and in archaeological actions in the archaeological site of Medellín (Badajoz). José Enrique Capilla Nicolás is a freelance photographer and documentary filmmaker who specializes in graphic registration of Cultural Heritage assets with a special interest in Paleolithic and Post-Paleolithic rock art. Maria Nicoli graduated at the University of Ferrara (Italy) with a Degree in Science and Technology for Environment, Nature and Cultural Heritage and a Master Degree in Quaternary, Prehistory and Archaeology, joint with the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (Portugal). Her PhD research concerned the use of digital technologies for the communication and fruition of museum heritage. Over the academic studies she focused on conservation issues and archaeometric investigations related to cultural heritage, with a special interest for prehistoric rock art. She participated in various studies concerning rock art pigments in Italy, Spain and Wales. She is currently a scholarship holder at the University of Ferrara, working on the development and improvement of analytical protocols for the study and characterisation of cultural materials, as well as for the assessment of alteration processes and products, which may occur over historical artefacts and put them at risk. Carmela Vaccaro is Associate Professor in ‘Mining Georesources and Mineralogical Petrographical Applications to Environment and Cultural Heritage’ at the Department of Physics and Earth Sciences-Ferrara University. She is involved in research topics regarding the petrology/petrography of magmatic associations and research activities on applied geochemistry and applied petrography: a) archaeometric studies for characterizing the building materials and the damaging products to define the provenance of the raw materials and investigate possible restorations actions; b) projects on desertification problems in the Mediterranean area and evaluation of water quality; c) projects related to chemical-mineralogical characterization of soils and fluvial sediments; d) projects on food traceability. Salvatore Pepi received the Degree in Geology in 2010 and he completed his PhD in Earth Sciences at the University of Ferrara in 2014, specializing in environmental geochemistry. His Ph.D. research dealt with the characterization of soil, juice and wine for the determination of elements fingerprints to classify grape varieties according to their geographic origin. He continued this study as research assistant in department of Physics and earth science. His research interests include: environmental geochemistry, evaluation of the trace elements in soil and plant, chemiometric analysis, statistical analysis. He is author and co-author of papers in national and international journals."

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