Analysing the sacred landscape in the Iberian Culture: GIS, caves and ritual performance
| Autor: | Agustín Diez Castillo, Sonia Machause López |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Machause López, Sonia Diez Castillo, Agustín 2022 Analysing the sacred landscape in the Iberian Culture: GIS, caves and ritual performance Zephyrus : Revista de prehistoria y arqueología 90 135 158 |
| ISSN: | 2386-3943 0514-7336 |
| DOI: | 10.14201/zephyrus202290135158 |
| Popis: | Sacred spaces, such as Iberian caves, with liminal location and character, had important ritual significance and socio-political meanings for their communities. Through the Geographical Information Systems -GIS- techniques, we can analyse these sacred spaces in context. In this paper, by using a regional study as an example, we show the main analysis undertaken with gis, such as visibility and mobility, considering diverse variables and formulas. This will allow to develop comparative perspectives with other similar Mediterranean contexts. A first approach to the sacred landscape of the Iberian Iron Age territory of Edeta, in Llíria, València, is presented, analysing two ritual caves in context: Cueva del Sapo and Cueva Merinel, located on the southern border of the territory and frequented between the fifth and the second centuries bc. By using diverse models, we propose access routes to them, with the final objective of thinking about the effort and symbolism that a ritual journey linked to these natural sacred locations would imply. Key words: Sacred Landscape; Ritual Caves; Iberian Culture; Ritual Journeys; gis; r. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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